Practice makes the man perfect and practicing SAT sentence completion questions is one thing that you should do ceaselessly, with dedication, trying to get the perfect score every time. All you have to do is to read the sentence carefully, go through the options quickly and decide which word will fit the blank to make the sentence logically complete. Can it get simpler than this?

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If you’re proficient in English, then you will find the exercise given below as easy as ABC. All the best!

1. Kicking the bucket is a humorous ____ for dying.

a)      Dictum

b)      Incantations Read more…

Geez! so we know that the College Board is really into the Critical Reading since it devotes an entire 800-point section to this skill on the SAT. Here’s an overview of the format of the Critical Reading Section of the SAT.

Critical Reading (Multiple-Choice Questions)

1) Sentence Completions ( 19 questions)

2) Passage Based Reading/Reading Comprehension (long and short) (48 questions)

Total 67 questions in time allotted 70 minutes (two 25-minute sections; one 20-minutes section).

The Sentence Completions are plain old Fill in the Blanks sort  where an educated logical guess is all that it takes to ace the part;  the long and short  passage test entails general subjects which ask you to answer questions regarding the author’s point of view, the gist of the passage, editing in context etc.. The critical reading sections on SAT are designed to test your ability to read and understand written English so if you are an English speaker, it works well with some practice, but if you are not a native English speaker you might first like to brush up on your vocabulary and grammar before attempting any practice questions. Read more…

Are you drawing up a blank while filling in the blanks? A closer look at the SAT Sentence Completion Questions and the good news is that there are pretty well-defined procedures for tackling these sentence completions. SAT sentence completion questions involve a sentence with one or two blanks where the right word/s needs to be placed most rationally. Here are the top strategies you’d like to know to follow —-

1) Read and read again, the Sentence carefully without looking at the word choices. Find the main idea of the sentence. Understand its tone. Then focus on the logical relationships, direction and its meanings.

2) Look for Clues or Hint words: You should always be able to find hints in the main sentence, encircle them for reference and understand whether these words change the direction of the sentence. For example

AMOUNT WORDS

always, all,  completely, more than, less than, fewer, best, worse, half, most, almost, completely, minimally,never, none

CAUSE-EFFECT WORDS

as a result, because, consequently, hence, if, in order to, so, then, therefore

SYNONYMs

also, and, another, besides, for example, furthermore, in addition, in other words, moreover

ANTONYMs

but, if, nor, although, nevertheless, despite, even though, in contrast, however, in spite of, instead, on the contrary, on the other hand, rather, still, yet, conversely Read more…

Sentence completion questions make up a quarter part of the SAT Critical Reading Section of the SAT. Each Sentence Completion Question provides you with a sentence missing one or two words and requires you to choose the “Best Word/s” to fill in the blanks. All require you to make a logical deduction with the help of word clues in the sentence and use of simple common sense.

Example of a Sentence Completion Question: Read more…