SHSAT Grammar & Revision Questions with answers graded A+

SHSAT Grammar & Revision Questions What does a question that asks for PRECISE LANGUAGE want? - correct answer 1) An answer that uses the most specific, descriptive words. 2) An answer that is NOT repetitive 3) The right answer may include information not mentioned anywhere else. Avoid vague words like things, stuff, it, they What do you check if the VERBS in the answers change between ones with an -s and ones without (i.e. describe vs describes)? - correct answer Check Subject Verb Agreement 1) Find the thing doing the verb's action. (the subject of the sentence) 2) Read only the subject and the verb back to back and listen for which verb is the right one 3) Singular subjects take verbs with an -s at the end. Plural subjects don't What do you check if the VERBS in the answers change between ones with an -ed and ones without (i.e. describe vs described)? - correct answer Check for Past, Present, Future tenses Look at other verbs in the sentence and the paragraph to see what time frame the other verbs are in. Choose one that is logical with the meaning of the sentences. What do you check when a questions asks to correct and error in SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION ? - correct answer 1. Check punctuation 2. Check that the descriptive phrases are placed correctly next to what they describe? What must a DESCRIPTIVE PHRASE do ? - correct answer A descriptive phrase that is separated from the main sentence by commas must be placed NEXT to what they describe! Incorrect In 1970, my parents met, a time when the country was involved in the Vietnam War. Correct My parents met in 1979, a time when the country was involved in the Vietnam War. How do we use a SEMICOLON ( ; ) ? - correct answer Like a period. It should only be used if there is a full sentence BEFORE and AFTER the semicolon How do we use a COMMA ? - correct answer 3 Ways to Use A Comma 1. To connect two full sentences with a conjunction Halloween is next week, but I am not dressing up this year. 2. Between items in a list The dirty, dusty bookstore is filled with second hand books. 3. To separate a descriptive dependent phrase from a main sentence. Born in 1909, my grandmother grew up in Ireland. What does a question that asks to COMBINE & CLARIFY SENTENCES want? - correct answer 1. Answers that are short 2. Answers that use commas (and NOT semicolons) 3. Answers that use correct transition words to show the relationship between answers What do you do when a question asks to TRANSITION TO A NEW PARAGRAPH ? - correct answer 1. Read the last sentence of the prior paragraph