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Tham khảo tài liệu 'sat writting essentials 9', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | THE MULTIPLE-CHOICE SECTION Italian master Artemisia Gentileschi painted large-scale historical and religious scenes which a were often violently in an era when women b artists were consigned to portrait painting and c imitative poses. No error. d e 3. Historians agree that the combat mission was a a b failure because the soldiers were inadequate c d armed. No error. e Since you know you re looking for adjective adverb errors they should have been easy to find. In the first sentence the adverb federally note the -ly ending is used to modify the noun tax when the adjective federal is required. Sentence 2 also uses an adverb violently to describe a noun scenes . In sentence 3 the verb armed is described using the adjective inadequate. Change the adjective to the adverb inadequately to correct the error. Some of the most confusing adjectives and adverbs are included on the list of misused words on page 23. Note the differences between good and well feel bad and feel badly and more and most. There s a good chance you ll see them on the test. Another frequently tested issue with adjectives and adverbs is comparisons. Recall that the comparative form -er is used to compare two things. The superlative est is for comparisons among three or more things. Whenever you find a sentence that includes a comparison check to see how many items are being compared. For example Of the two cross-country trips I ve taken I liked the one to Santa Fe best. Best might not jump out at first glance as an error it doesn t necessarily sound wrong. But there are only two things being compared and that means the comparative better is correct. Strategies for Identifying Sentence Errors 1. Listen to the sentence. If it sounds wrong to you and the error isn t immediately apparent think about how you d fix it. What change would you make to improve it 2. This question type is presented in order of difficulty. Although each question is worth just one point the first few will be easier than the .