Grammar SAT

Apostrophes

• Show possession

  • Singular ending in an s —> apostrophe goes after the s

  • Plurals ending in s —> apostrophe goes after the s

  • Irregular plurals —> apostrophe goes at the end followed by an s

  • Plural individuals (“Maria’s and Omar’s cats are both beautiful”)

  • Shared possession (“Robert and Natalie’s cat is ugly”)

• Form Contractions

  • Go in the middle of the two words being contracted

Pronouns on the SAT

• Find the antecedent (The noun that the pronoun is replacing) and match it

Modifiers

• Whatever or whoever is described before the comma must come right after the comma

Verbs

• Check if there’s an odd verb out first in the answers

• Most questions are subject verb agreement or verb tense

• Will usually have an ‘odd verb out’ where one is singular when the others are plural or vice versa

  • That is the answer

• Check tense and infinitive use questions when there isn’t an ‘odd verb out’

  • Check whether it’s past present or future tense and eliminate. Then figure out the type (perfect, simple)

• If a verb can go with either plural or singular, it is a tense question not agreement

• Check if the verbs are happening simultaneously or not

• Don’t ignore dates