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10 Essential Grammar Rules

for SAT® Writing


The SAT: Format, Structure and Question Types

Section Sub-Section Total Testing Time Number of Content/Skills


& Breakdown Questions & Types Covered

Evidence-Based Reading 65 Minutes 52 reading and


Reading & vocabulary in
Writing context

Writing 35 Minutes 44 grammar and


usage
SAT Reading Passage Content Breakdown

Subject Passage Content

US & World 1 passage; focus on contemporary work of US or World Literature


Literature
History/Social 2 passages, or 1 passage and 1 pair; focus on a U.S. Founding
Studies document or work inspired by those documents
Social Science 1 Selection; focus on economics, psychology, sociology or another social
science.

cience 2 passages, or 1 passage and 1 pair; focus on concepts in Earth Science,


biology, chemistry, or physics.
SAT Writing - An overview of the SAT Writing sections

Type of Question Skills/Content Tested

Command of Asked to improve the way passages develop information and ideas. For
Evidence example, choose an answer that sharpens an argument’s claim or adds
relevant supporting details.

Words in Context Make a passage more concise or precise, improve syntax, style or tone by
choosing the best words to use in a sentence or paragraph.

Specific Subject Area Read passages about topics in history, social studies, and science. Then,
Analysis make editorial decisions on how to improve them.

Expression of Ideas Assess a passage’s organization and impact by choosing which words or
structural changes improve how the paragraph makes it’s point.

Standard English Tested on the building blocks of writing: sentence structure, usage, and
Conventions punctuation. Topics include verb tense, parallel construction, subject-
verb agreement, and comma use.
2020-21 SAT Test Dates & Registration Deadlines

est Date Registration Deadline Online/Phone Late Online Score Release


Registration Deadline

August 29, 2020 July 31, 2020 August 18, 2020 September 21, 2020

September 26, 2020 August 26, 2020 September 15, 2020 October 9, 2020

October 3, 2020 September 4, 2020 September 22, 2020 October 16, 2020

November 7, 2020 October 7, 2020 October 27, 2020 November 20, 2020

December 5, 2020 November 5, 2020 November 24, 2020 December 18, 2020

March 13, 2021 February 12, 2021 March 2, 2021 March 26, 2021

May 8, 2021 April 8, 2021 April 27, 2021 May 21, 2021

June 5, 2021 May 6, 2021 May 26, 2021 July 14, 2021
1. The Subject and Verb Must Agree in Number

• Singular: Jack runs down the street. (Jack is a singular subject, and


runs is a singular verb)

• Plural: Jack and Jill run down the street. (Jack and Jill is a plural
subject, and run is a plural verb)
2. Collective Nouns are Singular

• Incorrect: The jury are convinced that John is guilty.

• Correct: The jury is convinced that John is guilty.


3. Prepositional Phrases DO NOT Make a Subject Singular or
Plural

• Incorrect: The group of members are extremely passionate.


• Correct: The group of members is extremely passionate.
• Incorrect: The book with five chapters are well written.
• Correct: The book with five chapters is well written.
4. Pronouns Must be Clear in Reference and Number

• Even though John was tired, he still went running.


• Incorrect: John, Jim, and Carl were running when he got tired and stopped.
• Correct: John, Jim, and Carl were running when Jim got tired and stopped.
• Incorrect: The mile times of the students in Jim’s class were higher
than that of Carl’s class.
• Correct: The mile timesof the students in Jim’s class were higher
than those of Carl’s class.
5. Modifiers have to Appear Next to Whatever they’re Modifying

• Incorrect: A very precocious young boy, engineering came easily to


Billy.
• Correct: A very precocious young boy, Billy found engineering easy.
• Incorrect: The basketball player announced his plans to train harder
during the meeting.
• Correct: During the meeting, the basketball player announced his
plans to train harder.
6. Each Word Should Make Sense in
Context
• For homophone questions, the sentence will usually read something
like:
There are a number of dogs without there collars.

A) NO CHANGE
B) There, their (Correct Answer)
C) Their, there
D) They’re, their
For word choice questions, the sentence will usually look like:

Although fitness advocates preserve that the supplement is beneficial,


the FDA has yet to release positive results.
A) NO CHANGE
B) sustain
C) maintain (Correct Answer)
D) endure
7. Commas Separate Main and Subordinate Clauses

• Incorrect: Pandas are my favorite animal, they are so cute.


• Correct: Pandas are my favorite animal. They are so cute.
• Correct: Pandas are my favorite animal; they are so cute.
• Correct: Pandas are my favorite animal, for they are so cute.
8. Follow Sentence Rules to Avoid Run-Ons and Fragments

• Run-On: My wife comes from the city and I come from the Suburbs.

• Fragment: My wife coming from the city and I from the suburbs.

• Correct: My wife comes from the city, and I come from the suburbs.
9. Verbs and Sentence Structure must Remain Parallel

• Incorrect: John wanted to buy a new car, partly because of his need to have a
reliable vehicle, but mostly because of his greatly desiring to look cool.
• Correct: John wanted to buy a new car, partly because of his need to have a
reliable vehicle, but mostly because of his desire to look cool.
• Incorrect: John loved running with his friends, swimming in the ocean,
and walk through the valley.
• Correct: John loved running with his friends, swimming in the ocean,
and walking through the valley.
10. Correlative Coordination Means Two
Parts
• ..or – Either John or Jim is the club leader.
• ..and – Both John and Jim are funny
• not so much…as – He’s not so much funny as he is annoying.
• just as…so
• ..nor
• not only…but(also)
• at once…and

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