Tag: SAT
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Advice for SAT Reading Question (1), Part 3 – Final Answer
Author: Mark Reading Level: B2 Last time, we discussed some words used in this text that help us to eliminate (B) and (D). Now, let’s see what the correct answer is! Question Studying late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century artifacts from an agricultural and domestic site in Texas, archaeologist Ayana O. Flewellen found that Black women…
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Words of the week: “pretend”, “pretence” and “pretentious”
Author: Mark Reading level: B1 Hello! Today, let’s look at the NOUN pretence and how it relates to the ADJECTIVE pretentious and the VERB pretend. Understanding these words will boost your English skills in general and allow you to say more advanced ideas in your IELTS exams! What Does “Pretence” Mean? Pretence (countable noun) refers…
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Advice for SAT Reading Question (1), Part 2 – Vocabulary
Author: Mark Reading Level: B2 Last time, we discussed why answer options (B) and (D) must be the wrong answers to the SAT question below. Now, we will explore some words used in this text that help us to eliminate (B) and (D)! Question Studying late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century artifacts from an agricultural and…
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How to study for the Reading and Writing SAT
Author: Mark Text Reading Level: B1 Often, when English language learners try to take the Reading and Writing SAT, it is very difficult for them! They find the texts too hard to read, with many words they do not understand and questions that confuse them. Why does this happen? Many teenage English language learners do…
