SAT CRITICAL READING WORKBOOK

SAT CRITICAL READING WORKBOOK

PART 1 INTRODUCING THE SAT: CRITICAL READING SKILLS

Nature of the Test

Overview and Content

The Critical Reading Sections

Sentence Completion Questions

Passage-Based Reading Questions

Before the Test

Six Months Before

Two Months Before

The Night Before

During the Test

Use Time Wisely

Center on the Test

PART 2 SELF-ASSESSMENT

Overview and Content

SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST

Answer Key

Analysis of Test Results

Answer Explanations

PART 3 SENTENCE COMPLETION QUESTIONS

Overview

Tips on Handling Sentence Completion Questions

Before You Look at the Answer Choices, Think of a Word That Makes Sense

Spot Clues in the Sentence: Signal Words

Notice Negatives

Words Have Many Meanings: Stay Alert

Break Down Unfamiliar Words, Looking for Familiar Word Parts

Take One Blank at a Time

Sentence Completion Exercises

Level A

Level B

Level C

Answers to Sentence Completion Exercises

Answer Explanations

PART 4 PASSAGE-BASED READING QUESTIONS

Overview

Tips on Handling Passage-Based Reading Questions

Try to Anticipate What the Passage Is About

Pick Your Questions to Answer

Read Purposefully: Passage, Questions, and Answer Choices

Go Back to the Passage to Double-Check Your Answer Choices

Tackle Paired Passages One Passage at a Time

Passage-Based Reading Exercises

Level A

Level B

Level C

Answers to Passage-Based Reading Exercises

Answer Explanations

PART 5 BUILDING YOUR VOCABULARY

Overview

Tips on Building Your Vocabulary

Read Widely to Develop Your Feeling for Words

Use Memory Tricks to Keep New Words in Your Active Vocabulary

Create Your Own Unique Flash Cards

Passage 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Custom House” (Preface to The Scarlet Letter)

Acquaint Yourself with Word Parts—Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots—to Expand Your Vocabulary

Work Through the SAT High-Frequency Word List to Expand Your College-Level Vocabulary

SAT High-Frequency Word List

Basic Word Parts

Common Prefixes

Common Roots and Stems

Common Suffixes

PART 6 TESTS FOR PRACTICE

CRITICAL READING TEST 1

Answer Key

Analysis of Test Results

Answer Explanations

CRITICAL READING TEST 2

Answer Key

Analysis of Test Results

Answer Explanations

CRITICAL READING TEST 3

Answer Key

Analysis of Test Results

Answer Explanations