READING AND WRITING SAT FLASHCARDS

What’s a noun?

any object you can point or touch

What’s a verb?

An action that you can do

Singular verus plural?

If there’s one person vs more than two people

Tenses of verbs?

Past, present, future

Verbs in “ing” and “to” function as

nouns so they need a main verb

Three rules of Posessives

1. You are=You’re

2. Cats posessives=Cats’

3. Any OTHER noun=Dog’s

What should you do to differentiate the singular vs plural noun?

Look at the verb and what matches

Clause Definition

A group of words that includes a subject noun prhase, a verb phrase, and an object phrase (maybe). There’s two: independent and dependent.

What’s the rule for any SAT Writing Question?

It includes an independent clause.

How many ways can you separate independent clauses?

Period, semi-colon, and a colon

Separating two independent clauses with a colon

The secno dindepednet clause must somehow illustrate the idea in the first one (provide additional info or examples related to the idea)

What’s a comma splice?

Two independent clauses separated by a comma.

What is a run-on sentence?

Two independent clauses with no punctuation.

When can you combine two independent clauses with a comma?

With a conjunction (FANBOY)

Dependent Clause?

A sentence that can not stand on its own

A dependent clause will ususally start with…

a conjunction or relative pronoun

When the dependent clause goes before the dependent clause

there is a comma

When the dependent clause goes after the independent clause

there is no comma

Infinitive Form

“to dance” or “to eat”

Infinitive Clause

The clause begins with “to understand” or “to flip”

Infivitve clasuse before the independent clause there is

a comma

Infinitive Clause after the independent clause there is

no comma

Sentence Fragment Definition

Any group of words that doesn’t include an independent clause

Colon’s Usage

It’s used after an independent clause to introduce text that illustrates the idea in the independent clause using one or more examples that provides further information

Rules for Colons

Everything that is before the colon