SAT Reading and Writing
SAT Standard English Conventions Practice
Standard English Conventions questions test sentence boundaries, punctuation, verb forms, agreement and other grammar rules. They are about 26% of SAT Reading and Writing, and the rules repeat, so practice pays off quickly.
421official questions
160easy
103medium
158hard
Standard English Conventions Skills
| Topic | Questions | Easy | Medium | Hard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boundaries | 213 | 61 | 55 | 97 |
| Form, Structure, and Sense | 208 | 99 | 48 | 61 |
Tips for Standard English Conventions Questions
- Learn the handful of boundary rules: periods, semicolons, colons, commas and dashes.
- Find the subject of the sentence before choosing a verb, and skip the words in between.
- When two choices seem fine, the shorter, clearer one is usually correct.
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