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The Critical Reader- Complete SAT Grammar Rules Flashcards

1
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  1. Subject Verb Agreement (A)
A

Subject-Non-essential Clause-Verb

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  1. Subject Verb Agreement (B)
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Subject-Prepositional Phrase- Verb

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  1. Subject Verb Agreement (C)
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Prepositional Phrase- Verb- Subject

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4
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  1. Subject Verb Agreement (D)
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There is/ There has= Singular Noun There are/ There have= plural noun

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5
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  1. Subject Verb Agreement (E)
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Neither/Nor + Verb (All Singular)

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6
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  1. Subject Verb Agreement (Important)
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“Group Nouns”- (ex. company)- singular
Each-Singular
Gerunds used as subjects= singular

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  1. Verb Tense (A)
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Tense Consistency

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8
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  1. Verb Tense (B)
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Present-Perfect vs. Simple Past

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9
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  1. Verb Tense (C)
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Would vs. Will (Would= past, will=present)

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10
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  1. Verb Tense (D)
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Gerunds vs. Infinitives

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11
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  1. Verb Tense (E)
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Past Participle vs. Simple Past

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12
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  1. Verb Tense (F)
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Past Perfect (had+past participle) ex. had gone

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13
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  1. Pronoun Case
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Hint: What goes for singular goes for plural. Important: Between You and Me NOT Between You and I

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  1. Antecedent-Pronoun (A)
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One and You (You…You or One…One)

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  1. Antecedent-Pronoun (B)
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Singular vs Plural

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16
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  1. Antecedent-Pronoun (C)
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No antecedent

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17
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  1. Antecedent-Pronoun (D)
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Ambigous Antecedent

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18
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  1. Antecedent-Pronoun (Important)
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Do it= WRONG Do so=RIGHT It=BAD (wrong most likely ALWAYS check its antecedent)

19
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  1. Adjective vs. Adverb
A

The SAT switches them to test you. Adverbs usually end in -ly and adverbs modify verbs.

20
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  1. Parallelism (A)
21
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  1. Parallelism (B)
A

Phrase What precedes and follows a conjunction must match in structure

22
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  1. Prepositions
A

Idiomatic stuff bud

23
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  1. Faulty Comparison
A

Compare things to things and people to people

24
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  1. Comparatives vs. Superlatives
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More/-er (2) Most/-est(3 or more)

25
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  1. Double Negatives and Double Positives
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ex. more happier ex. scarcely no food == BAD

26
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  1. Word Pairs
A 
A. Either- Or
B. Neither-Nor 
C.Not only-but also
D.  Both- And 
E.  Between- And
F. As-As
G. More/Less Than
H. So/Such That
I. From-To 
J. Just as-so (Rare)
K. At once- and (Rare and usually correct when it appears)
27
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  1. Noun Agreement
A

Hint: Look for professions

28
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  1. Relative Pronouns
A

Who/That vs. which: which set off by commas and that is not. who vs whom not TESTED on the SAT

29
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  1. Coordinating Conjunctions (and vs but)
A

Make sure things are being contradicted by but and things are being transitioned by and… and so forth

30
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  1. Diction (1 per test maximum)
A

word choice

31
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  1. Redundancy (1 per test maximum)
A

redundant word choice

32
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Fixing sentences tricks

A

1) shorter is better
2) -ing (esp. being) BAD
3) Passive voice is bad

33
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Major Issues Tested on fixing sentences (A)

A

Sentence Fragments

34
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Major Issues Tested on fixing sentences (B)

A

Commas and semicolons

35
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Major Issues Tested on fixing sentences (C)

A

Coordinating Conjunctions

36
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Major Issues Tested on fixing sentences (D)

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Semicolons , the four transitions: however, therefore, moreover, consequently

37
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Major Issues Tested on fixing sentences (E)

A

Dangling Modifiers

38
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Major Issues Tested on fixing sentences (F)

A

Misplaced modifiers (Rare)

39
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Major Issues Tested on fixing sentences (G)

A

Gerunds/wordiness

40
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Major Issues Tested on fixing sentences (H)

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Non-Essential Clauses IMPORTANT: If an answer choice has a non-essential clause used correctly, it is likely corret

41
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Parallelism on fixing sentences(A)

42
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Parallelism on fixing sentences (B)

A

Binary or Two-Part Parallelism

43
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Stuff from finding errors that shows up on fixing sentences

A

Subject-Verb Agreement (Typically subject-prepositional-phrase verb)

  • Antecedent Pronoun (Watch out for It, Which, and This, which often lack antecedents)
  • Verb Tense (esp. Tense Consistency)
  • Conjunctions (and vs. but/however)
  • Faulty Comparisons (always fix with that of/those of)
  • Word Pairs (esp. between…and, so…that, just as…so, not only…but also)

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