Improving Sentences
Subject-Verb Agreement
Mr. T's Classroom
Greek and Latin Roots
SAT Background
100
In addition to having a theoretical understanding of disease, medical students must have experience in treating patients if he or she is to learn to diagnose illnesses accurately. No error
What is -C- He or She is? Pronoun and Verb Agreement
100
This is the part of speech that the sentence IS ABOUT. It does the action.
What is the subject?
100
Preparedness, Participate Everyday, and this expectation comprise the three classroom expectations.
What is Treat Others as I Wish to be Treated/RESPECT?
100
These two roots mean "Both" and "On Both Sides"
What is AMPHI/AMBI?
100
How many points the SAT takes off when you skip a question.
What is zero?
200
The works of the innovative and reclusive sculptor Marisol Escobar attracted considerable attention during the early 1960s, a time when the public craved artistic novelty and critics focus on the personal lives of artists. No error.
What is -C- Focus On? Tense Error.
200
LOOK for this on the sentence improving section!! These are the two parts that you MUST make sure agree in Subject-Verb Agreement.
What are the subjects and the verbs?
200
This is where you turn in ANYTHING in class - be specific!!
What is ***up to Mr. T's discretion***!
200
This root can be found in the name of Harry Potter's arch-enemy. It means DEATH.
What is MORT?
200
Math, Writing, and this section comprise the three major parts of the SAT.
What is critical reading?
300
They enjoyed going to the movies in the summer, especially when the weather is too hot for them to do anything strenuous outside. No Error
What is -C- Is. Verb Tense.
300
TRUE or FALSE: This sentence have correct subject-verb agreement.
What is FALSE?
300
This is how long Mr. T will accept late work for 50% of its value.
What is one week?
300
Phew! Take a breath!! This root means either "Breath" or "Life"
What is ANIM?
300
The time it takes to complete an SAT.
What is 3 hours and 45 minutes.
400
We had initially planned to remove all of the old furniture from the storage area, but we decided against doing so because it would have took too much time. No error
What is -D- Would have Took. Conditional Tense.
400
This is one of the ways that the SAT will try to trick you on Subject-Verb Agreement.
Up to Mr. T's discretion.
400
This is what happens when your class has the highest homework turn-in rate by the end of the month.
What is 20% extra credit?!
400
WHOLE-CLASS DAILY DOUBLE!!! Complete this ACTUAL Pre-SAT Question. Darren's sensitivity to his celebrity clients is nothing short of ______: he is able to ______ their needs before they themselves are fully aware of them. (A) preternatural ... anticipate (B) legendary ... minimize (C) unconditional ... forestall (D) superfluous ... gratify (E) interminable ... formulate
What is (A) preternatural... anticipate?
400
The score range on a SINGLE section of the SAT (min-max).
What is 200-800?
500
Endangered for decades by hunting and the use of pesticides, the bald eagle, with its snowy-feathered head and white tail, are now making a comeback. No error.
What is -D- Are Now. Subject-Verb Agreement.
500
Select the response within parenthesis that is incorrect. A study by two marketing professors have found that the best way for a newspaper to increase profits is to spend more of its budget on improving news coverage. No error.
What is -A- Have Found?
500
These are the system of consequences in Mr. T's class - IN ORDER!
What is verbal warning, lunch detention (to be served the following day), phone-call home, expulsion from class.
500
All aboard! This kind of train travels ACROSS continents.
What is transcontinental?
500
The test-formerly known as... These words make up the acronym of the SAT.
What is the Scholastic Aptitude Test?