SAT Test Prep Review 1

Which of the following are keys to identifying verb tense questions?

• will

• had

• to

• base form and base form + s

• having

Which of the following are keys to identifying verb form questions?

• having

• -ing form by itself

• will

• had

• base form and base form + s

Which of the following are keys to identifying verb number questions?

• base form and base form + s

• all answers are "be" verbs

• having

• -ing form by itself

• -ed form by itself

To answer a verb tense question, will you need to read the whole passage?

• Yes

• No, only the sentence where the blank is

• Only if you aren't sure

To answer a verb form question, will you need to read the whole passage?

• Yes

• No, only the sentence where the blank is

• Only if you aren't sure

To answer a verb number question, will you need to read the whole passage?

• Yes

• No, only the sentence with the blank

• Only if you're not sure

Sort the answer choices into the type of verb question they represent.

Groups:

(a) Verb Tense

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(b) Verb Form

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(c) Verb Number

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Look at the following answer choices. What type of verb question is this (focus on the verbs)?

a. bounds helped

b. bounds, helping

c. bounds that helped

d. bounds to help

• Verb Form

• Verb Tense

• Verb Number

In 1966, Emmett Ashford became the first African American to umpire a Major League Baseball game. His energetic gestures announcing when a player had struck out and his habit of barreling after a hit ball to see if it would land out of _________ transform the traditionally solemn umpire role into a dynamic one.

• bounds helped

• hounds, helping

• bounds that helped

• bounds to help

Match the "things to look for" to their question type

• Vocabulary

• "main idea"

• Purpose

• "according to the text"

• Main Idea

• "most logical or precise word or phrase"

• Detail

• Text 1

  Text 2

• Dual Text

• "purpose"