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SAT Reading and Writing
1.singular subjects: each, every, either, neither, one, no one,
everyone, every- body, someone, somebody, anyone, anybody, nobody
2.noun: word that denotes a person, place, thing, idea, quality, or act
3.pronoun: a word that takes the place of a noun (ex: it, I, me, you, they). should never be vague/able to refer to two nouns.
4.verb: action or a state of being
5.subject: noun or pronoun that "does" the action (ex: HE snowboarded) 6.object: noun or pronoun that the verb acts on (ex: he tickled ME) 7.preposition: go with objects (ex: to, at, in, over, under, after, of, up, "he went IN the house") 8.verbs always agree with subjects: if the subject is singular, the verb 1 / 2
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should be singular (agree in number)
9.pronouns always agree with nouns: singular subject = singular
pronoun
10.pronouns that can be singular or plural: some, any, none, all, most
11.use subjective and objective pronouns correctly: subjects = I, he, she,
they, we, who objects = me, him, her, them, us, whom
12.use pronouns consistently: if you start off a sentence using the
pronoun "you", you need to use "you" throughout
13.tenses of words make sense: look for key time words like "when"
14.Do not replace an adverb with an adjective, nor an adjective with
an adverb: adjectives describe nouns
adverbs describe verbs or adjectives or other adverbs and usually end in "-ly"
15.constructions should always be parallel: related ideas expressed
in the same way (ex: spitting, drooling, slurping- not spitting,
drooling, and to slurp) 16.no run on or fragmented sentences: ex: Zach ate the mysterious
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