5,089
edits
SAT Digital Reading and Writing Test quick start guide: Difference between revisions
SAT Digital Reading and Writing Test quick start guide (view source)
Revision as of 19:42, 24 October 2024
, 24 October 2024→Punctuation and "restrictive elements" quick start guide
| Line 1,404: | Line 1,404: | ||
* rules: | * rules: | ||
** only nouns can be possessive | ** only nouns can be possessive | ||
*** | *** ex. ''the '''dog's''' bone'' | ||
* and only nouns can be possessed | * and only nouns can be possessed | ||
** ex. ''dog's bone'' | ** ex. ''dog's '''bone''''' | ||
* | * note: | ||
** | ** possessive nouns act like adjectives | ||
*** | *** ''the dog's bone <'' ''dog's'' describes the bone | ||
* an adjective may follow a possessive if that adjective is modifying the possessed noun | ** possessives can be transposed, or re-worded as prepositional phrases using "of" | ||
*** ''dog's bone'' = ''the bone of the dog'' | |||
* an adjective may follow a possessive noun if that adjective is modifying the possessed noun | |||
** ex. ''dog's juicy bone'' | ** ex. ''dog's juicy bone'' | ||
* | * possessive personal pronouns that '''do not''' use apostrophes: | ||
** ''my/mine, your/yours, his, hers, its, our/ours, their/theirs'' | ** ''my/mine, your/yours, his, hers, its, our/ours, their/theirs'' | ||
*** note: the SAT will try to confuse students over the possessive pronouns its/their versus the homophone (sound the same) contractions it's (it is) and they're (they are) | |||
* | * note: hyphenated words do not use possessive form | ||
* | ** i.e., "the tradition is centuries-old" as opposed to the incorrect "century's old" or "centuries' old" | ||
* | |||
** | |||
'''elimination:''' | '''elimination:''' | ||
*if punctuation or a verb follow the possessor noun, eliminate | *if punctuation or a verb follow the possessor noun, eliminate | ||
**ex. ''The students' of the school'' = incorrect, because a noun cannot possess a preposition ("of") | **ex. ''The students' of the school'' = incorrect, because a noun cannot possess a preposition ("of") | ||
*test if the possessive noun is actually an indirect object instead | *test if the possessive noun is actually an indirect object instead | ||
**switch the possession into a prepositional phrase | **switch the possession into a prepositional phrase using "of" | ||
**if it makes sense, then the noun should be possessive | **if it makes sense, then the noun should be possessive | ||
***ex. | ***ex.: ''The company provides workers' vacations'' | ||
****= ''the company provides vacations of workers'' << incorrect, because the vacations are provided by the employer | |||
**** | ***versus: check if the prepositions "to" or "for" work, in which case the word is not possessive it is an indirect object | ||
***versus | |||
****''The company provides workers vacations'' | ****''The company provides workers vacations'' | ||
*****= ''the company provides vacations | *****= ''the company provides vacations for the workers'' ("workers"= indirect object) | ||
== Hyphen - == | == Hyphen - == | ||
| Line 1,463: | Line 1,464: | ||
**'''possessive nouns''' | **'''possessive nouns''' | ||
*** are not separated from the noun they possess by punctuation | *** are not separated from the noun they possess by punctuation | ||
**** ''That bird flew right by my friend's, head'' << | **** ''That bird flew right by my friend's, head'' << incorrect | ||
****''That bird flew right by my friend's head'' << correct | ***** << a possessive noun cannot possess a comma | ||
****''That bird flew right by my friend's head'' << correct | |||
***<u>exception</u>: could be part of a list of adjective: | ***<u>exception</u>: could be part of a list of adjective: | ||
**** ''That bird flew right by my friend's big, old head'' | **** ''That bird flew right by my friend's big, old head'' | ||