These days, since the elimination of the SAT Essay section, SAT Writing is less about being a good writer yourself, and more about catching the (sometimes) bad writers that College Board throws at you instead. Rather than demonstrating your stellar composition and grammar, you\u2019ll have to evaluate someone else\u2019s for grammatical correctness, tone, flow, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
An important thing to check for on SAT Writing questions is subject-verb agreement. For the sentence to be correct, they must agree! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To really understand what you\u2019re in for with subject and verb agreement on the SAT, we\u2019re starting at the beginning. Back to the basics!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The base of good writing is sentence structure<\/strong>, and the foundation of a sentence is its subject <\/strong>and verb<\/strong>. To really be a pro at sentence writing, the subject and verb of your sentence must agree. Don\u2019t worry if that phrasing doesn\u2019t make sense yet, we\u2019ll get there. Let\u2019s start with an example sentence to get us through these explanations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The dog chased the cat down the street.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Boom. There\u2019s our sentence, let’s dissect it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n