SAT Grammar / Agreement
Answer SAT questions whose choices are forms of one verb, such as is and are, by finding the subject the verb has to match, even when other nouns stand between them.
The sentence “The basket of apples is heavy” appears, the words “of apples” fade, and “basket” is marked as the subject and “is” as its verb. Then a gray pointer clicks “tiles” in “The tiles on the kitchen floor are cracked,” marking it as the subject of “are.” Next the pointer clicks the description “a boat with room for forty cars” in “The ferry, a boat with room for forty cars, leaves at noon,” and it folds away, leaving “The ferry leaves at noon.” Then “Rain” and “wind” in “Rain and wind are in the forecast” are marked together as two things. Finally, choose the word that fills the blank in “The songs on the old record ___ scratchy,” using the buttons after the picture.
