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author: catrina coffey

catrina coffey
catrina graduated from rider university with a b.a. in english. she’s been helping students prepare for standardized tests since 2011. in her spare time, you can find her reading anything within arms’ reach, playing video games, correcting grammar, or studying word derivations. (did you know that procrastinate comes from the latin word cras, which means “tomorrow”?)

  • sat math grid-in questions

    if you’d never taken the sat before and hadn’t practiced for it, you’d have a choice on your sat: either read the instructions for bubbling in math grid-ins or don’t. if you read the instructions, you’d be spending valuable time that could be used to pick apart questions instead. on the other hand, if you…

  • sat improving paragraphs: answers and explanations

    let’s look at the answers to those improving paragraphs questions.  explanation 1 the problem: there’s a redundancy issue here. “in general” and “for the most part” mean the same thing, so using them both in a sentence—especially right next to each other—is awkward and totally unnecessary. whenever possible, the sat prefers shorter, clearer ways of…

  • sat improving paragraphs practice questions

    here’s some practice with sat improving paragraphs questions. remember not to spend too much time reading the passage—you only need to get the gist of it. after you skim it, use the questions to guide you through the reading passage to the pieces you should be focusing on. remember to watch for common sat grammar…