Unit 2, Lesson 1Blue Team10.20.14

VocabularyUnit 2

Sentence Completion Reminders

• Memorize the SAT Hit Parade words• Predict an answer• Look for clue words• Connect unfamiliar words to similar sounding

words or find prefixes, roots or suffixes you know• Use process of elimination to guess if you need

to

1. debilitate (verb)

•to impair the strength of; to weaken

•synonyms: cripple, disable, weaken

2. admonish (verb)

•to caution or advise against something

•synonyms: warn, rebuke, berate

3. alleviate (verb)

•to ease a pain or burden

•synonyms: mitigate, lighten, pacify

4. anomaly (noun)

•an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, or quality; something abnormal

•synonyms: abnormality, inconsistency, rarity

5. enigma (noun)

•a puzzle, mystery, or riddle

•synonyms: see above

6. capricious (adjective)

•impulsive and unpredictable

•synonyms: fickle, unstable, arbitrary

7. commend (verb)

•to mention as worthy of confidence or attention

•synonyms: applaud, endorse, compliment

8. ascertain (verb)

•to find out, as through investigation or experimentation

•synonyms: verify, determine,

Writing MC: Sentence Corrections and Paragraph CorrectionsUnit 2

Review: Sentence Error Strategies

• Check Verbs• Subject-verb agreement• Parallel structure• Tense

• Check Nouns• Number agreement

• Check Pronouns• Pronoun-noun agreement• Pronoun shifts• Ambiguity• Case (me/I, he/him, etc.)

• Check Prepositions• Correct preposition

Review: Sentence Corrections

1. When questioned, a surprising number of A

fifth-graders said that telling the truth—even if it B

meant being punished—was preferable than C D

living with a lie.

No errorE

Review: Sentence Corrections

D is correct

The correct idiom here is preferable to, not preferable than.

Review: Sentence Corrections

2. The gods of Greek mythology, who were neitherA

omniscient nor particularly ethical, amused B

themselves by taking on disguises and meddling inC D

the affairs of mortals.

No errorE

Review: Sentence Corrections

E is correct

A has a plural verb to match gods, and neither must accompany the nor later in the sentenceB is a correct use of the adverb to modify the adjectiveC and D are parallel and correct use of verb gerunds

Review: Sentence Correction

1. One reason that a growing number of people

have no family doctor may be that fewer and A B

fewer medical students are choosing to train as C

a general practitioner.D

No errorE

Review: Sentence Correction

D is correct

The sentence contains a number agreement error. Since students is a plural noun, the second part of the sentence should also be plural: as general practitioners.

Review: Sentence Correction

2. Under the proposed law, which many deem A B

too harsh, any motorist convicted of drunk C

driving would spend 30 days in prison and lose

their license for five years.D

No errorE

Review: Sentence Correction

D is the correct answer

The pronoun their is plural and does not agree in number with its singular antecedent, motorist. The sentence should read his or her license.

Review: Sentence Correction

3. The process of learning new languages A

require a commitment to memorization and B

pronunciation practice, even if progress seems C D

slow.

No errorE

Review: Sentence Correction

B is correct

Even through languages is closer to the verb require, its subject is actually the singular process; the error is in B. A and C are correct idiomatic usage. D consistently uses a present tense verb and properly uses the adjective slow to modify the noun progress.

Strategy: Understand Common Mistakes

• Read pages 140-141

• Complete Sentence Correction # 1-2 in Kaplan Packet• Run-On Sentences• Sentence Fragments

Reading: Long PassagesUnit 2

Critical Reading: Review

• What are the steps to reading a short passage?

Strategy: Mark the Long Passages

Kaplan handout:• Read pages 236-237 of the handout

• Using the tips you just read, mark the handout on the following page.