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SAT Writing? Posted by Justin Berkman | Jul 1, 2015 11:00:00 AM SAT Writing On the identify the error subsection of SAT Writing, you may have noticed that there is always a “No Error” option. On the sentence improvement subsection, answer choice A will always be the same as the underlined portion of the original sentence. Have you ever wondered how often the given sentence on the multiple choice SAT Writing questions will be right? Many students fear the “no error” option, but it is sometimes the right answer. In this article, I’ll explore the frequency of correct no error answers. For this article, I relied on the answers from four SATs released by The College Board. Sentence Improvement: How Often is No Improvement Needed? On the sentence improvement subsection, answer choice A is always identical to the underlined phrase in the sentence. So, how often does not changing the underlined portion of a sentence at all result in a correct answer? There are 25 total sentence improvement questions on each SAT. Frequency of "A" % of "A" Test #1 5 20 Test #2 4 16 Test #3 3 12 Test #4 2 8 What Does This Mean? If correct answers were distributed evenly between answer choices (there are 5 total answer choices for each question), we would expect answer choice A to be correct 20% of the time. Answer choice A tends to be less common, but there are always at least a couple of sentences that don’t need any improvement. Now, let's take a look at the frequency of "no error" on the identify the error subsection. Identify the Error: How Often is There No Error? There are 18 total identify the error questions on each SAT. Answer choice E is always “No error”. So, how often was “E” correct for the identify the error questions on the four tests I examined? Frequency of "E" % of
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2. The company president has takenA steps to ensure that sheB can handle the pressure and anxiety associated withC the job, includingD joining a yoga class and enlisting the support of a network of friends. No errorE. A. B. C. D. E. 3. If you http://www.majortests.com/sat/identify-sentence-errors-test01 are sure thatA you are in the right,B you would notC mind an independent examination ofD the case. No errorE. A. B. C. D. E. 4. The union insistedA on an increase in theirB membersC starting pay, and threatened to call a strike if the company refused toD meet the demand. No errorE. A. B. C. D. E. 5. Television viewers claim thatA the number of scenes depictingB alcohol consumption haveC increased dramatically overD the last decade. No errorE. A. B. C. D. E. 6. no error Employees with lessA personal problems areB likelyC to be moreD productive. No errorE. A. B. C. D. E. 7. The three richest men in America haveA assets worth more thanB the combined assetsC of the sixty poorest countries ofD the world. No errorE. A. B. C. D. E. 8. ShipwreckedA on a desert island, coconuts and otherB fruits formedC the basis of the sailorsD diet. No errorE. A. B. C. D. E. 9. Fifty percent of the people alive today haveA never made a phone call, no error on butB thirty percent stillC have no electricity connections to theirD homes. No errorE. A. B. C. D. E. 10. The rhododendron, whichA ornaments so manyB English gardens, isC not native toD Europe. No errorE. A. B. C. D. E. 11. The farmer should not have beenA so careless asB to leave the door of the house unbolted whenC he had goneD to bed. No errorE. A. B. C. D. E. 12. A censusA of the island revealedB a population of onlyC 10,000 peopleD. No errorE. A. B. C. D. E. 13. The engineer, who is renowned for his ingenuityA, has designedB a very uniqueC cooling system for our new plant inD Spain. No errorE. A. B. C. D. E. 14. Shoes of thoseA kind areB bad for the feet;C low heels areD better. No errorE. A. B. C. D. E. 15. My father saw how muchA Uncle Tom was enjoyingB his early retirement, andC so he decided to do the sameD. No errorE. A. B. C. D. E. Test information 15 questions 10 minutes This is just one of many free SAT grammar tests available on majortests.com. See the SAT grammar page for directions, tips and more information. SAT Prep Test Information Test Structure Scores Subject Tests SAT Math problem solving grid ins SAT Critical Reading sentence completion reading comprehension SAT Writing grammar sat essay SAT Vocabulary sat wordlists vocabulary tests 8 Week Prep Plan SAT Books * SAT is a registered trademark of the College Board, which was not involved in the production