Unit 2, Lesson 1 Green Team

Vocabulary Unit 2

Sentence Completion Reminders Memorize the SAT Hit Parade words Predict an answer Look for clue words Connect unfamiliar words to similar sounding words or find prefixes, roots or suffixes you know Use process of elimination to guess if you need to

1. debilitate (verb) to impair the strength of; to weaken synonyms: cripple, disable, weaken

2. admonish (verb) to caution or advise against something synonyms: warn, rebuke, berate

3. alleviate (verb) to ease a pain or burden synonyms: mitigate, lighten, pacify

4. anomaly (noun) an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, or quality; something abnormal synonyms: abnormality, inconsistency, rarity

5. enigma (noun) a puzzle, mystery, or riddle synonyms: see above

6. capricious (adjective) impulsive and unpredictable synonyms: fickle, unstable, arbitrary

7. commend (verb) to mention as worthy of confidence or attention synonyms: applaud, endorse, compliment

8. ascertain (verb) to find out, as through investigation or experimentation synonyms: verify, determine,

Writing MC: Sentence Corrections and Paragraph Corrections Unit 2

Review: Sentence Error Strategies Check Verbs Subject-verb agreement Parallel structure Tense Check Nouns Number agreement Check Pronouns Pronoun-noun agreement Pronoun shifts Ambiguity Case (me/I, he/him, etc.) Check Prepositions Correct preposition

Review: Sentence Corrections 1.When questioned, a surprising number of A fifth-graders said that telling the truth—even if it B meant being punished—was preferable than CD living with a lie. No error E

Review: Sentence Corrections D is correct The correct idiom here is preferable to, not preferable than.

Review: Sentence Corrections 2. The gods of Greek mythology, who were neither A omniscient nor particularly ethical, amused B themselves by taking on disguises and meddling in CD the affairs of mortals. No error E

Review: Sentence Corrections E is correct A has a plural verb to match gods, and neither must accompany the nor later in the sentence B is a correct use of the adverb to modify the adjective C and D are parallel and correct use of verb gerunds

Review: Sentence Correction 1.One reason that a growing number of people have no family doctor may be that fewer and AB fewer medical students are choosing to train as C a general practitioner. D No error E

Review: Sentence Correction D is correct The sentence contains a number agreement error. Since students is a plural noun, the second part of the sentence should also be plural: as general practitioners.

Review: Sentence Correction 2. Under the proposed law, which many deem AB too harsh, any motorist convicted of drunk C driving would spend 30 days in prison and lose their license for five years. D No error E

Review: Sentence Correction D is the correct answer The pronoun their is plural and does not agree in number with its singular antecedent, motorist. The sentence should read his or her license.

Review: Sentence Correction 3. The process of learning new languages A require a commitment to memorization and B pronunciation practice, even if progress seems CD slow. No error E

Review: Sentence Correction B is correct Even through languages is closer to the verb require, its subject is actually the singular process; the error is in B. A and C are correct idiomatic usage. D consistently uses a present tense verb and properly uses the adjective slow to modify the noun progress.

Strategy: Understand Common Mistakes Read pages Complete Sentence Correction # 1-2 in Kaplan Packet Run-On Sentences Sentence Fragments