Aaron of Prepped and Polished shows you three common grammar mistakes students make on the SAT and ACT and how to avoid them.
There are many different types of grammar topics, punctuation topics and rhetoric topics that are covered in both the ACT English section and the SAT writing and language section. However, between both sections, there are definitely common mistakes that students make. Today, we are gonna look at specifically grammar mistakes that a lot of students make because they don’t realize that they’re actually making them.
Give a reason for their answer choice
One of the big things I always tell my students is to try and give a reason for their answer choice, which goes for grammar, punctuation and even rhetoric. However, sometimes students come across an answer choice that they know is right, but they can’t explain why I usually hear them say well, it sounds right.
Mental blockade
Another common mistake with grammar is when a student sees the answer choice no change. This is sometimes what I call a mental blockade from both the ACT and SAT. Just because the answer says no change doesn’t mean that it has to change.
Context is king
When you’re looking at the ACT or the SAT, you need to be reminding yourself to read a sentence that you’re dealing with. I recommend that students read the whole sentence, its punctuation or grammar, if they need to get a little bit more understanding or if it’s a rhetoric-based question, maybe read the whole paragraph or paragraphs in question to still understand what is happening.
What was your biggest takeaway from this podcast about Three Grammar Mistakes Students Often Make on The SAT and ACT? Do you have any questions for Aaron and Alexis Avila?
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