Revising for the English SATs

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Revising for the English SATs
The Writing paper
will have a question on ANYTHING!

• It is looking for
• complex sentences
• higher connectives
• adjectives and adverbs
• tone and style appropriate to the purpose

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Revising for the English SATs
Turning a simple sentence into a complex sentence
1. Start with a simple sentence
The cat sat on the mat.
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Revising for the English SATs
Turning a simple sentence into a complex sentence
2. Turn the full stop into a comma
The cat sat on the mat.
The cat sat on the mat,
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Revising for the English SATs
Turning a simple sentence into a complex sentence
3. Add a good connective (although, because
etc)
The cat sat on the mat,
The cat sat on the mat, because
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Revising for the English SATs
Turning a simple sentence into a complex sentence
4. Add a second clause that sounds sensible
The cat sat on the mat, because
The cat sat on the mat, because his owner was
washing his rug.
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Revising for the English SATs
Turning a simple sentence into a complex sentence
5. Now add some (cool) adjectives
The cat sat on the mat, because his owner was
washing his rug.
The perplexed, agitated cat sat on the prickly
mat, because his doting owner was washing his
worn, grubby rug.
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Revising for the English SATs
Turning a simple sentence into a complex sentence
5. Finally, add a (cool) adverb
The perplexed, agitated cat sat on the prickly
mat, because his doting owner was washing his
worn, grubby rug.
The perplexed, agitated cat sat forlornly on the
prickly mat, because his doting owner was
lovingly washing his worn, grubby rug.
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Revising for the English SATs
Turning a simple sentence into a complex sentence
6. Much better!
The perplexed, agitated cat sat forlornly on the
prickly mat, because his doting owner was
lovingly washing his worn, grubby rug.