Klein Forest High School Klein ISD We will identify and practice strategies for successful achievement on the PSAT/NMSQT on October 15, 2014 Skills Tested

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We will identify and practice strategies for successful achievement on the PSAT/NMSQT on October 15, 2014

• Skills Tested on the PSAT/NMSQT

• Sample PSAT/NMSQT Questions

• Scoring the PSAT/NMSQT

• Test Preparation Strategies

Prepare for the PSAT/NMSQT®: A Step to the Future



30 minutes: 39 questions

Focus on editing, grammar, usage, and organization.• 20 Improving Sentences Questions

• 14 Identifying Sentence Error Questions

• 5 Improving Paragraph Questions

Writings Skills Questions



LET’S TRY ONE……



Choice (C)!And the answer is……

Explanation:It avoids the wordiness of the original sentence by deleting the unnecessary word “there” after the relative clause “where he remained”.



Incorrect answer explanation:



LET’S TRY ANOTHER……

(a) Elected President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1953, Indian diplomat Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (b) had rose to political prominence (c) during India’s struggle for (d) independence from Great Britain. (e) No error.

Select the one underlined part of the sentence that must be changed to make the sentence correct, or select "No error" to indicate that the sentence contains no error.



Choice (B)!And the answer is……

Corrected Sentence:Elected president of the United Nations General Assembly in 1953, Indian diplomat Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit had risen to political prominence during India’s struggle for independence from Great Britain.

The correct past perfect form of the verb is “had risen,” not “had rose.”



There is no error at (A). The past participle “Elected” appropriately serves to introduce the participial phrase “Elected president of the United Nations General Assembly in 1953,” which appropriately modifies the noun phrase “Indian diplomat Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit” and describes an action that occurred in the past.

There is no error at (C). The preposition “during” idiomatically follows the noun “prominence” and appropriately introduces the prepositional phrase “during India’s struggle for independence from Great Britain.”

There is no error at (D). The noun “independence” appropriately serves as the object of the preposition “for” and the preposition “from” idiomatically follows the noun “independence” and appropriately introduces the prepositional phrase“from Great Britain.”

Incorrect answer explanation:



Scale:

• 20-80 for each test section

Averages:

• 11th Graders: 47-50• 10th Graders: 43-46• Younger Students: 38-42

What is your goal?

How is the PSAT/NMSQT Scored?



Read the Writing skills section of the PSAT/NMSQT Study Guide, pages 29-30 and then turn in your guide to your teacher.

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Klein Forest High School Klein ISD We will identify and practice strategies for successful achievement on the PSAT/NMSQT on October 15, 2014 Skills Tested