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** CB = College Board | ** CB = College Board | ||
* All practice tests referenced or excerpted here are from the [[https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/practice/full-length-practice-tests College Board Official Practice Test Suite]] | * All practice tests referenced or excerpted here are from the [[https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/practice/full-length-practice-tests College Board Official Practice Test Suite]] | ||
* See also [[List of word parts of speech & their grammar rules]] for list of commonly used words, their parts of speech category, and rules governing their use. | * See also [[List of word parts of speech & their grammar rules]] for list of commonly used words, their parts of speech category, and rules governing their use. | ||
'''<big>A note about modifiers</big>''' | |||
* modifiers describe or otherwise add information to a sentence core | |||
** sentence core = Subject + Predicate | |||
*** at a minimum = subject + verb | |||
*** the predicate is the verb + additional modifiers (adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases, etc.) | |||
* modifiers consist of five of the below 11 Parts of Speech | |||
** adjective, adverb, determiner, | |||
== Adjective == | == Adjective == | ||
=== modify nouns === | === modify nouns === | ||