Sentence Correction Questions
Sentence correction questions present a choice of 5 possible versions of a sentence in academic American English. One of the choices is correct, or rather least incorrect. The others each contain one or more errors in diction, syntax, and style.
WHAT IS TESTED ON SC?
SC questions, as these are known, test several layers of knowledge, and vocabulary and grammar are of course the first level. However, the test extends far past this, and uses SC questions to test attention to detail, short term memory, and reading comprehension at the sentence level.
SC TIME CONSTRAINTS
SC questions show up in a seemingly random sequence of verbal questions on a 36 question section. They are dramatically different from the two other types, and so it isn't possible to calculate a precise time constraint. It is easy to spend 2 minutes on an SC question, and also easy to spend more. Overall, the verbal section must be completed in 65 minutes, so 2 minutes should be the usual maximum, but feel free to invest more in one or two SC questions that seem crackable. Just don't go so far down the rabbit hole that you forget to disengage from topics above your pay grade.
Since the adaptive test algorithm is adjusting itself to your performance, it will not allow you to literally skip questions, or to go back and revise your answers to previous questions. You may ask yourself, What should I do when I can't answer one of the questions? As a final resort, choose a random answer, just to move the algorithm forward and avoid tanking the entire test. In fact, you can assume that the test already has a good estimate of your final score, so that any one particular question is not that important. Skipping it - by choosing a random answer - won't make a big difference to your score, provided you return to your baseline performance on the next questions.