Directions:

The Improving Sentences section of the SAT tests your ability to recognize errors in grammar and sentence structure. A part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined section. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original is better than any of the alternatives, select answer choice A, if not, select one of the other choices. Your choice should produce the most effective sentence based on the available answer choices. In choosing answers to the Improving Sentences questions, follow the conventions of standard written English.

Tips on mastering SAT's Improving Sentences:

• Read the entire sentence before you look at the answer choices.
• Remember that those parts of a sentence that are not underlined cannot be changed.
• Read each answer choice with the rest of the sentence: this approach gives you the opportunity to take in and evaluate the sentence as a whole.
• Pay close attention to details to make sure your brain does not subconsciously "paper over" any errors.
• Because you are looking for "the most correct answer", make sure you analyze all five answer choices before selecting one.
• Use process of elimination to get to the correct answer.

Questions appear in increasing order of difficulty.