-When you take the SAT critical reading advices,you need to be really prepared so so can kno what your doing.You have 25 minutes for two of the sections and 20 minutes for the third section.

-There are some questions that tests your knowledge of the meaning of words and your ability to recognize relationships among the parts of a sentence so that you can choose the word or words that best complete each sentence.

-Based upon reading selections ranging from 100 to about 850 words,passage-based reading questions may require you to:
1.Recognize the meaning of a word as used in contex.
2.Interpret specific information presented in the passage.
3.Analyze information in one part of the paassage in terms of information presented in another part of the passage.
4.Evaluate the author's assumptions or identify the logical structure of the passage.

-Some reading selections consist of a pair of passages that present different points of view on the same or related subjects.

-The better your vocabulary knowledge,the easier you'll find it to understand both the critical reading reading passages and the sentence completion items.Even and occasional math item is made a little more complicated by the use of a challenging vocabulary word.Fortunately,the kinds of words that regularly appear on the SAT,as with so much else on the exam,fall into definite patterns.

-If you make yourself acquainted with all the words in the SAT word list,you will absolutely learn a number of new words that will appear on your SAT.

-Words don't stay in mind until the fourth or fifth time you learn them.Try to begin your vocabulary study several weeks before the exam.take 15 or 20 minutes a day to learn a new words.

-Learn the definition of each word;examine the sample sentence provided in the word list;learn the related words;and try writing a couple of sentences of your own that include the word.Refer to your own dictionary for further information if you like.

-Get into the habit of reading a little every day with your dictionary nearby.When you encounter a new word in a newspaper,magazine,or book,look it up

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