Digital SAT Grammar: 5 Concepts You Absolutely MUST KNOW
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- English grammar is extremely complicated. Luckily, the DSAT will only test you on a limited pool of grammar concepts. I've scoured every official practice test released by the College Board and identified the 5 concepts that I believe are the most important on the test. Concepts covered include clauses & fragments, run-on sentences & comma splices, subject verb agreement, pronoun agreement, and dangling modifiers. All of these concepts are highly likely to come up on the digital SAT, so be sure to review them before test day.
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Unlike most books on the market, this one wasn't merely revised or redesigned to reflect changes to the test. It was written from scratch based on insights drawn from our comprehensive analysis of every officially released question, along with unreleased questions from leaked past administrations of the Digital SAT. We’ve scrutinized all the trends and tricks to develop a unique approach that will help you master even the hardest questions on the Reading & Writing Section of the Digital SAT.
Highlights include:
• Specialized strategies for approaching every question type within every domain on the Reading & Writing Section of the Digital SAT, along with realistic practice questions to help you get comfortable applying them.
• Guides to all the important grammar and punctuation concepts covered on the test, along with realistic practice questions to help you master them
• Guides to difficult text types, including poetry and texts with graphics, along with realistic practice questions to help you approach them more effectively
• A carefully curated list of high impact words, along with additional tips to help you develop your vocabulary
• 4 full-length practice modules with comprehensive answer explanations for additional practice and self-assessment
Please note that this book exclusively covers Reading & Writing. It does not cover Math.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here!
Im taking sat again after 5 months, and it's first video that i watched, thanks for refreshing my mind !
Just a note to add, “allows” is a SINGLUR verb, not plural. If you get confused, use a simpler noun instead of a gerund (verb+ing) The teacher allows. The teachers allow. (At the end when you repeated the sentence you said allows)
Thank you so much! English is not my first language, and this helps me a lot.
Glad to hear that!
This channel is actually well made. Perfect examples and great presentation/explanation skills!
Thanks!
Thank you so much sir, my math is good but English is not good as English is not my first language and i was really worried for my English section but your this vedio has helped me alot🙂
Glad to hear it. I hope you reach your target score!
Life saver I feel dumb as a junior lol
im a junior too and same fr 😭😭
@@taesroom6553 LOL how was the SAT??
Love ur explanations man!!!
Thanks
Thanks you so much. Explaining is very simple and understandable
Glad it was helpful!
in rhetorical question of digital sat, there are question like, "the student wants to make a *_generalization_* about something something". what does *generalization* means in this context ?
A generalization is a statement that is broad rather than specific. So, for example, if the student wants to make a generalization about plants, the answer should be about all or most plants, not just one type of plant or the specific plants in the experiment.
@@ivyleaguementors thanks alot
Watching this an hour before my SAT lol
How'd it go?
@@ivyleaguementors 1240😭not bad for someone who barely studied for it ( i seriously didn’t have time and took the SAT the weekend before all my AP exams) im retaking it in august
@@riyahf3481 August almost here!
Hello. Thanks for the video. Should we also write essay in DSAT? If yes, is it optional? I’m in a non-native country. How can I apply to Canada, The USA, and so on after my SAT exam? Thanks in advance for your help.
There is no essay section for the DSAT, so you don't need to worry about that. As for applying to colleges, the process for each college may be different, so I suggest that you check the websites for the colleges you are interested in applying to. For most universities in the US, it should be possible to use the Common Application, but again, you should check the websites for those universities first for instructions.
bro thats actually good
This video was very helpful. But I am still getting a lot of questions wrong due to topic 3 (subject and verb agreement) even though I understand the basic idea... Do you have any additional tips about this kind of question? Thanks!
Good questions. I may make another video on the topic, but here are two tips that I think will help. 1) The subject of a verb is never part of a prepositional phrase. 2) The subject of a verb will never be separated from the verb by a single punctuation mark (although it may be separated by two punctuation marks, such as a phrase surrounded by commas).
well, based on patterns I saw in the college board subject verb agreements questions, I recommend looking at the answer choices; if u saw 3 plural verbs and 1 singular one choose the singular one and continue the exam with confidence. These patterns are repetitive and if u dont trust me go ahead and see them on your own. Hope that offers some solace and allays your fears on such questions!
Really good video. Definitely helped me.
Sir , in khan academy app I learn all rules in grammar but i have old sat sample paper where 66 questions in english,also same as your video but in digital sat specific rules in grammar, i practice them in khan academy and correct 100 percent but in old sat sample paper, it is very different rules specially in punctuations so it is true that grammar in digital sat has fixed rules ,not some common sense rules like old sat
Hello sir
Can bodybuilding be considered as an extracurricular activity. I have been hitting the gym since my sophomore year and now I am shredded like a beast.
Haha, nice. Anything you do in your free time can be considered an EC, and if you can articulate why it is meaningful to you in a nuanced and non-superficial way, it could even be a subject of a successful application essay
@@ivyleaguementors thnks for your reply sir. I have a list of EC. Can u plese tell me if I can get into Princeton with it.
1. Sci Fi Novel writing
2. Research on Kardashev Scale
3. Article published about Future farming
4. Own a website
5. Scout movement
6. Online course
7. Built a game using buildbox (in progress)
8. Internship
9. Bodybuilding
10. Owner of a store on print on demand
There is no list of ECs that is guaranteed to get anyone into a particular school. However, it looks like you have an active extracurricular life, so it is certainly possible to get into a school like Princeton with those ECs, assuming your grades etc. are high. Keep in mind that on your application, you'll want to emphasize not just what you've accomplished, but what these activities mean to you and how you've learned or grown through them.
Thank you so much! I understand a lot of new things 🫶🏻🫶🏻
Happy to hear that!
Thank you, it helped a lot.❤
thank you man you saved me
Thanks I’m so scared 😭 Taking it in an hour
hopefully it wasn't so bad. how'd it go?
@@ivyleaguementors first time 1320!! Not bad. Got a similar Act score of 27
Great Video!
SIR, PLEASE EDIT YOUR VOICE IN AUDACITY IT WILL MAKE YOUR VIDEO BETTER
Sorry, how do you know if a verb is put into a real verb tense
This is a great question. Basically, for a sentence to be complete, it needs to have an independent clause, which requires a conjugated verb. That means a verb that is put into a particular tense (for example, simple past or present perfect), as well as a person and number (for instance, third person singular or first person plural). Remember that the -ing form of a verb on its own is NOT a complete verb. It can be paired with another verb to form a complete verb, but on its own, it is probably a noun, adjective, or adverb.
Sir please made video on graph questions
I plan to make a video on graphic questions soon, but unfortunately it won't be ready in time for the test this month. So, here's my quick advice for this type of question: Read the question first. Most graphic questions on the DSAT will ask you to use information from the graphic to logically complete a text. If that is the case, figure out what kind of information would logically complete the text. Then look at the answer choices, and cross off anything that doesn't give you that information. If more than one option remains, check the answers against the graphic to make sure they are correct. However, in many cases you won't even need to look at the graphic.
Please a video on graph questions
It seems like you're the second person to request this type of video. Here's what I wrote in another comment, but it is relevant to you: I plan to make a video on graphic questions soon, but unfortunately it won't be ready in time for the test this month. So, here's my quick advice for this type of question: Read the question first. Most graphic questions on the DSAT will ask you to use information from the graphic to logically complete a text. If that is the case, figure out what kind of information would logically complete the text. Then look at the answer choices, and cross off anything that doesn't give you that information. If more than one option remains, check the answers against the graphic to make sure they are correct. However, in many cases you won't even need to look at the graphic.
thanks. you should have visual guides tho it will be much easier
Thanks. What kind of visual guide would you like to see? Maybe I can incorporate that in future videos
Thank you so much
this video saved me. thank u :)))))
Glad it helped!
Are these rules enough to score perfect in DSAT
No, but they are the most common topics test. Together, they're probably enough to answer the majority of grammar questions on the test.
I need help with inferences
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll keep that in mind for a future video!
you are insane and best teacher
haha thanks
These questions are a bit too easy. Could you solve the beastly ones?😪 thank you so much for these though.
I agree that these questions are not especially hard. Actually, I selected them as relatively straightforward examples of the most common grammar topics on the test. But I would definitely consider making another video reviewing some harder questions. Out of curiosity, are there any specific questions that you consider challenging and would like to see covered?
Why cant 26 be C
There are actually two #26 questions from different tests shown in this video. If you are asking about the text about the game Chutes and Ladders, the answer can't be C because the subject of the verb in the blank is "landing" which is singular, and "have allowed" is plural. If you are asking about the text about commercial plastics, the blank is preceded by a modifying phrase "Despite being, cheap, versatile, and easy to produce." What should this phrase modify? Clearly, it is commercial plastics that are cheap, versatile, and easy to produce, so commercial plastics must be the subject of whatever comes in the blank. Answer C says "commercial plastics' two associated problems." Don't be fooled by the fact that the words "commercial plastics" comes first. Note the ' after plastics. This means that it's just a possessive adjective describing "associated problems." Think of it this way: "commercial plastics' two associated problems" = "the two associated problems of commercial plastics." So, basically, if you choose answer C, you would be suggesting that the problems are "cheap, versatile, and easy to produce," which clearly doesn't make sense.
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