Digital SAT Grammar: 5 Concepts You Absolutely MUST KNOW

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English grammar is extremely complicated. Luckily, the DSAT will only test you on a limited pool of grammar concepts. I've scoured every official practice test released by the College Board and identified the 5 concepts that I believe are the most important on the test. Concepts covered include clauses & fragments, run-on sentences & comma splices, subject verb agreement, pronoun agreement, and dangling modifiers. All of these concepts are highly likely to come up on the digital SAT, so be sure to review them before test day.
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My name is Nathan Greenberg. I'm a graduate of Brown University and Phillips Academy Andover, with 15 years of experience in test prep and college admissions. I've helped thousands of high school students improve their GPAs, earn high marks on standardized tests such as the SAT, ACT, and AP, and get accepted at the most prestigious and competitive universities in the world. I founded Ivy League Mentors to make my knowledge and experience with students looking to make the most of their education, wherever they may be located.
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Комментарии : 54

@Ts-zr5kt 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! English is not my first language, and this helps me a lot.

@ivyleaguementors 10 месяцев назад

Glad to hear that!

@Zedstorm9246 Месяц назад

Really good video. Definitely helped me.

@monarchdev5285 2 месяца назад

Thank you, it helped a lot.❤

@dude_mude3366 9 месяцев назад

Love ur explanations man!!!

@ivyleaguementors 9 месяцев назад

Thanks

@anthonypadnos 2 месяца назад

Great Video!

@YslamDurdyyew-i6c 18 дней назад

Thanks you so much. Explaining is very simple and understandable

@ivyleaguementors 7 дней назад

Glad it was helpful!

@riyahf3481 2 месяца назад

Watching this an hour before my SAT lol

@ivyleaguementors Месяц назад

How'd it go?

@riyahf3481 Месяц назад

@@ivyleaguementors 1240😭not bad for someone who barely studied for it ( i seriously didn’t have time and took the SAT the weekend before all my AP exams) im retaking it in august

@dinah4853 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much

@yaspr098 4 месяца назад

thank you man you saved me

@user-xv3fc3ch6d 9 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! I understand a lot of new things 🫶🏻🫶🏻

@ivyleaguementors 8 месяцев назад

Happy to hear that!

@steelbeast3986 9 месяцев назад

in rhetorical question of digital sat, there are question like, "the student wants to make a *_generalization_* about something something". what does *generalization* means in this context ?

@ivyleaguementors 9 месяцев назад

A generalization is a statement that is broad rather than specific. So, for example, if the student wants to make a generalization about plants, the answer should be about all or most plants, not just one type of plant or the specific plants in the experiment.

@steelbeast3986 9 месяцев назад

@@ivyleaguementors thanks alot

@Areeba_333 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much sir, my math is good but English is not good as English is not my first language and i was really worried for my English section but your this vedio has helped me alot🙂

@ivyleaguementors 4 месяца назад

Glad to hear it. I hope you reach your target score!

@user-fi8fz7uh7i 11 месяцев назад

This video was very helpful. But I am still getting a lot of questions wrong due to topic 3 (subject and verb agreement) even though I understand the basic idea... Do you have any additional tips about this kind of question? Thanks!

@ivyleaguementors 11 месяцев назад

Good questions. I may make another video on the topic, but here are two tips that I think will help. 1) The subject of a verb is never part of a prepositional phrase. 2) The subject of a verb will never be separated from the verb by a single punctuation mark (although it may be separated by two punctuation marks, such as a phrase surrounded by commas).

@abdallahsaleh1359 9 месяцев назад

well, based on patterns I saw in the college board subject verb agreements questions, I recommend looking at the answer choices; if u saw 3 plural verbs and 1 singular one choose the singular one and continue the exam with confidence. These patterns are repetitive and if u dont trust me go ahead and see them on your own. Hope that offers some solace and allays your fears on such questions!

@ridafarrukh3226 9 месяцев назад

this video saved me. thank u :)))))

@ivyleaguementors 9 месяцев назад

Glad it helped!

@alittletrickery 4 месяца назад

Just a note to add, “allows” is a SINGLUR verb, not plural. If you get confused, use a simpler noun instead of a gerund (verb+ing) The teacher allows. The teachers allow. (At the end when you repeated the sentence you said allows)

@user-fq6pk5sm4u 7 месяцев назад

Hello. Thanks for the video. Should we also write essay in DSAT? If yes, is it optional? I’m in a non-native country. How can I apply to Canada, The USA, and so on after my SAT exam? Thanks in advance for your help.

@ivyleaguementors 7 месяцев назад

There is no essay section for the DSAT, so you don't need to worry about that. As for applying to colleges, the process for each college may be different, so I suggest that you check the websites for the colleges you are interested in applying to. For most universities in the US, it should be possible to use the Common Application, but again, you should check the websites for those universities first for instructions.

@NoName-jg8ld 11 месяцев назад

Hello sir Can bodybuilding be considered as an extracurricular activity. I have been hitting the gym since my sophomore year and now I am shredded like a beast.

@ivyleaguementors 10 месяцев назад

Haha, nice. Anything you do in your free time can be considered an EC, and if you can articulate why it is meaningful to you in a nuanced and non-superficial way, it could even be a subject of a successful application essay

@NoName-jg8ld 10 месяцев назад

@@ivyleaguementors thnks for your reply sir. I have a list of EC. Can u plese tell me if I can get into Princeton with it. 1. Sci Fi Novel writing 2. Research on Kardashev Scale 3. Article published about Future farming 4. Own a website 5. Scout movement 6. Online course 7. Built a game using buildbox (in progress) 8. Internship 9. Bodybuilding 10. Owner of a store on print on demand

@ivyleaguementors 10 месяцев назад

There is no list of ECs that is guaranteed to get anyone into a particular school. However, it looks like you have an active extracurricular life, so it is certainly possible to get into a school like Princeton with those ECs, assuming your grades etc. are high. Keep in mind that on your application, you'll want to emphasize not just what you've accomplished, but what these activities mean to you and how you've learned or grown through them.

@samuelsarpong1459 11 месяцев назад

Please a video on graph questions

@ivyleaguementors 11 месяцев назад

It seems like you're the second person to request this type of video. Here's what I wrote in another comment, but it is relevant to you: I plan to make a video on graphic questions soon, but unfortunately it won't be ready in time for the test this month. So, here's my quick advice for this type of question: Read the question first. Most graphic questions on the DSAT will ask you to use information from the graphic to logically complete a text. If that is the case, figure out what kind of information would logically complete the text. Then look at the answer choices, and cross off anything that doesn't give you that information. If more than one option remains, check the answers against the graphic to make sure they are correct. However, in many cases you won't even need to look at the graphic.

@arifulrahman46 11 месяцев назад

Sir please made video on graph questions

@ivyleaguementors 11 месяцев назад

I plan to make a video on graphic questions soon, but unfortunately it won't be ready in time for the test this month. So, here's my quick advice for this type of question: Read the question first. Most graphic questions on the DSAT will ask you to use information from the graphic to logically complete a text. If that is the case, figure out what kind of information would logically complete the text. Then look at the answer choices, and cross off anything that doesn't give you that information. If more than one option remains, check the answers against the graphic to make sure they are correct. However, in many cases you won't even need to look at the graphic.

@andyye1515 4 месяца назад

Life saver I feel dumb as a junior lol

@taesroom6553 4 месяца назад

im a junior too and same fr 😭😭

@andyye1515 4 месяца назад

@@taesroom6553 LOL how was the SAT??

@trrrrrrrrk 4 дня назад

Sir , in khan academy app I learn all rules in grammar but i have old sat sample paper where 66 questions in english,also same as your video but in digital sat specific rules in grammar, i practice them in khan academy and correct 100 percent but in old sat sample paper, it is very different rules specially in punctuations so it is true that grammar in digital sat has fixed rules ,not some common sense rules like old sat

@andyye1515 4 месяца назад

Thanks I’m so scared 😭 Taking it in an hour

@ivyleaguementors 3 месяца назад

hopefully it wasn't so bad. how'd it go?

@andyye1515 3 месяца назад

@@ivyleaguementors first time 1320!! Not bad. Got a similar Act score of 27

@user-iu5qy1qt8m 9 месяцев назад

I need help with inferences

@ivyleaguementors 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll keep that in mind for a future video!

@rishiy.8996 6 месяцев назад

thanks. you should have visual guides tho it will be much easier

@ivyleaguementors 5 месяцев назад

Thanks. What kind of visual guide would you like to see? Maybe I can incorporate that in future videos

@peeyushsadana7176 3 месяца назад

Are these rules enough to score perfect in DSAT

@ivyleaguementors 2 месяца назад

No, but they are the most common topics test. Together, they're probably enough to answer the majority of grammar questions on the test.

@favoureddie5090 9 месяцев назад

These questions are a bit too easy. Could you solve the beastly ones?😪 thank you so much for these though.

@ivyleaguementors 9 месяцев назад

I agree that these questions are not especially hard. Actually, I selected them as relatively straightforward examples of the most common grammar topics on the test. But I would definitely consider making another video reviewing some harder questions. Out of curiosity, are there any specific questions that you consider challenging and would like to see covered?

@mirasadawi 5 месяцев назад

Why cant 26 be C

@ivyleaguementors 4 месяца назад

There are actually two #26 questions from different tests shown in this video. If you are asking about the text about the game Chutes and Ladders, the answer can't be C because the subject of the verb in the blank is "landing" which is singular, and "have allowed" is plural. If you are asking about the text about commercial plastics, the blank is preceded by a modifying phrase "Despite being, cheap, versatile, and easy to produce." What should this phrase modify? Clearly, it is commercial plastics that are cheap, versatile, and easy to produce, so commercial plastics must be the subject of whatever comes in the blank. Answer C says "commercial plastics' two associated problems." Don't be fooled by the fact that the words "commercial plastics" comes first. Note the ' after plastics. This means that it's just a possessive adjective describing "associated problems." Think of it this way: "commercial plastics' two associated problems" = "the two associated problems of commercial plastics." So, basically, if you choose answer C, you would be suggesting that the problems are "cheap, versatile, and easy to produce," which clearly doesn't make sense.