How to Solve SAT Verb Questions in 5 seconds on Average

Verb questions make up 30% of all the grammar on the SAT. So, it is super important for you to get good at verb questions. So, I will teach you how to

questions. So, I will teach you how to master the verb questions. And when I say master, I don't just mean having 100% accuracy on verb questions. I also

mean that you will have 100% accuracy with 5 seconds on average per question.

And it's usually less than that actually. And I'll prove it to you right

actually. And I'll prove it to you right now. Okay. So, this is one prep. This is

now. Okay. So, this is one prep. This is

a great website to practice official question bank practice questions from College Board, the people that make the SAT and they basically sorted everything for you. You can filter by whatever you

for you. You can filter by whatever you want and also like there's just time tracking and it's like formatted nicely, everything like that. Okay, I'm not sponsored by them. It's just a free website you can check out. So, what I

did was I marked for review a few vote questions, really hard vote questions, apparently like they're ranked hard by college board anyway, so they're supposed to be hard. So, I found hard vote questions that I didn't remember the answers to. And you get to see how

I'm solving these in real time. Just

like see me using this process. I'm

going to solve this as fast as possible and go.

Right away, I know the answer is a for this one. Yep. Correct. Next. This is A

this one. Yep. Correct. Next. This is A for that one. Check. Yep. Next. This is

A for this one. Check. Yep. And you see like I'm solving these like pretty much the second I see the question. Okay,

let's do more. Yep, the answer is D for this one. Check. Next. The answer is A

this one. Check. Next. The answer is A for this one. Check. Next. The answer is D for this one. Check. Okay, you you see in real time I'm solving these like

pretty much the second like way less than 5 seconds actually. And you'll be like if I can do this this fast, you could definitely do in 5 seconds. Okay.

And this will drastically increase your score because you not only have 100% accuracy now. You'll also have so much

accuracy now. You'll also have so much more time for the rest of the questions for the reading writing section which I bet you you're struggling with time right now cuz pretty much everyone does reading writing. Okay? So this will help

reading writing. Okay? So this will help you a lot. In this video we're going to first go over the different types of verb questions and like what they are and then we're going to talk about how to tell the difference between them. And

then I'm going to give you a flowchart which is pretty much like the exact process you should follow. You just

follow the flowchart. It's actually like pretty simple and you just follow it and that's allows you to solve every single verb question. Pretty much connects all

verb question. Pretty much connects all this together. And then finally, we're

this together. And then finally, we're just going to like really drill in all this stuff just by doing example questions. Now, let's first define what

questions. Now, let's first define what the heck a verb question is. I define a verb question as anytime you look at the answer choices and you just see the same verb, but there's different versions of

it. So, for example, this is different

it. So, for example, this is different versions of rain, right? To rain,

raining, having rain, rain. There's

different versions of the same word.

Okay? Same thing for this. And there

could be adverbs too. Like it's not only just verbs. It could be verbs and

just verbs. It could be verbs and adverbs. Already is an adverb. So that's

adverbs. Already is an adverb. So that's

fine. Okay. Already served. But it's

just different version of serve, right?

Served, was serving, served, has served.

Okay. Now, when you see punctuation though, like for example, there's a comma here and some answers don't have commas. Like there's different

commas. Like there's different punctuation. So it's testing you on

punctuation. So it's testing you on punctuation words as well. This isn't

quite a verb question. I mean, most of the time, pretty much all the time, the rules I teach you will still apply, but sometimes they don't. You still have to make sure that like if you pick for example you pick B there's also a comma there like that there's a reason why

there's comma there and you know for sure why that comma is there before you pick B. Okay? So you also have to

pick B. Okay? So you also have to combine your punctuation rules as well as as verbs but like most of these verb tricks still apply but if not like I'll teach you how to solve them either way.

Okay. So let's talk about the different types of verb questions. When I say verb question you probably are thinking about tenses right? You look at the past is

tenses right? You look at the past is the past, present, future, and then you pick the the accordingly tense. Like if

the the past is past tense, then you pick the answer choice that's the past tense, right? That's probably what

tense, right? That's probably what you're thinking about verb questions that cannot be photoed from the truth.

As you see from this distribution, tenses are only 10% of verb questions.

90% of verb questions are main verb in single and I'll teach you what these are. Okay? And actually tenses are

are. Okay? And actually tenses are usually only in the first module. Okay?

They're rarely in the second hard module. Maybe if you get the easy second

module. Maybe if you get the easy second module, then you'll see a lot more of these. But if you get the hard second

these. But if you get the hard second module, which I'm assuming is most of you who are watching this video, you won't pretty much ever see these these tense questions in the second hard modules. Like the questions you're

modules. Like the questions you're actually struggling with, they're pretty much always main verb and single pro and like they're pretty much 100%. Like I

did see one single like past, present, future question in this a hard second module on one blue book practice test, but it's like one time out of every like

10 tests that you take. So it's pretty much an effort. Okay. And you notice 50% of all verb questions are main verb questions. So let's go over that first

questions. So let's go over that first because it's super important that you understand main verbs. So by the way, like what the heck is a main verb? It

it's a term I made up. I don't even know what the actual term is. I I just call it main verb because it makes sense to me. Okay, I define a main verb as the

me. Okay, I define a main verb as the main action the subject of the sentence does. Okay, so for example, I went to

does. Okay, so for example, I went to the store. Okay, like this sentence, the

the store. Okay, like this sentence, the main verb here would be went. I mean,

that's the only verb here, but you get the idea. Okay, I is the subject. What

the idea. Okay, I is the subject. What

did I do? I went like that's the main action I did. So that's this is the main verb. So that's what a main verb is.

verb. So that's what a main verb is.

Okay. Now, you need to be able to differentiate between what's a main verb and what's not a main verb in the answer choices when you look at the answer choices. So, let's let's go over that.

choices. So, let's let's go over that.

Okay. I'm going to give you three different categories. Okay. First one is

different categories. Okay. First one is definitely not a main verb.

The second one is could be a main verb.

And then last one is is a main verb.

Okay. So, by the way, what I'm about to share with you only really applies to when you're looking at the answer choices of verb questions. And that's it of specifically main verb questions.

Okay? If you if you're trying to do this, like I I go over how to find main verbs when it applies to punctuation when you're looking for like is this an independent cause or not. So, you have to find the main verb. That's a slightly

different part. I mean, it's still very

different part. I mean, it's still very very similar, but like there's things that won't apply to that. So what I'm about to share with you just like only apply this I mean it kind of connects right but it only applied what I'm about

to share with you to main verb questions and when you specifically when you're looking at the answer choices of main verb questions okay so definitely not a main verb there's going to be three

things the first one is the most common ing verbs just any verb that ends with an ing okay like flying going like you get the idea okay uh

second one to something. So, this is basically in it's what's called an infinitive, but you don't need to memorize that. It's just like anything

memorize that. It's just like anything that starts with a to. Okay, like to fly to go. I don't know why I'm using go and

to go. I don't know why I'm using go and fly. It's just first thing came to my

fly. It's just first thing came to my mind. Okay, the last thing is actually

mind. Okay, the last thing is actually not that common at all, but I'm just going to put this here just in case you run into it. It's that. So, if there's a

word that is right before a uh that said or something like that, okay? Could be a main verb. So this is just any verb that

main verb. So this is just any verb that ends with a ed. So ed verb. Okay, just

that's is ends of it like the last two letters of that verb is ed. Okay. And

then c was or is a main verb is just anything else or I guess everything else. Okay. If it's just not one of

else. Okay. If it's just not one of these. Sorry, my my big head's blocking

these. Sorry, my my big head's blocking now. Okay. So if it's just anything

now. Okay. So if it's just anything that's not one of these four, then it's going to be a main verb. at least

specifically to the context of main verb questions. And this is actually like the

questions. And this is actually like the the the part that's going to be not applied to like rest of punctuation and everything. This is specifically for

everything. This is specifically for looking at the answer choices of main verb questions. Okay. So, how do we

verb questions. Okay. So, how do we actually use this to solve main verb questions? Now, let's look at actually

questions? Now, let's look at actually before we do this, I want you to memorize this. Okay? Just like quickly

memorize this. Okay? Just like quickly pause this video if you need to memorize this. Okay? The question I'm going to

this. Okay? The question I'm going to ask you next next is going to be which of these answer choices are not main verbs. Okay, which of these are not main

verbs. Okay, which of these are not main verbs? So memorize this and so you can

verbs? So memorize this and so you can actually answer the question and actually participate. So see memorize

actually participate. So see memorize this. I just like you just need to

this. I just like you just need to memorize four really. Everything else is a main memorize four words. Verb too

that that's definitely not a main verb and could be a main verb is a ed verb.

Anything that ends with ed and everything else is a main verb. All

right, pause the video. Hope you

memorized it by now. Let's look at the answer. So before we actually like ask

answer. So before we actually like ask you to solve this, I wanted to give you something super super important. Okay,

like lots of people get confused about this. We only look at the first verb.

this. We only look at the first verb.

I'm going to repeat that. I only look at the first verb. Notice I said first.

Notice I said verb, okay? Not the first word. So if there was a word, let's say

word. So if there was a word, let's say there's a word in in front of in front of all these, we don't we ignore that word, okay? We look at the first verb.

word, okay? We look at the first verb.

This is the verb. And by the way, I treat to as part of the verb, right? I

treat to so this is one verb to rain is one verb. So anytime you see two, that's

one verb. So anytime you see two, that's it's just part of the verb. That's the

that's the only case where that happens.

Otherwise, it's like each each word is like its own verb. But um to is part of the verb. So this is one verb. This is

the verb. So this is one verb. This is

one verb. And look remember I said first. So the second verb does not

first. So the second verb does not matter at all. It's completely

irrelevant. Actually there's not even a single scenario where the second verb actually matters at all. Like this does not matter. just like don't even look at

not matter. just like don't even look at it. Okay, look at the first two raining

it. Okay, look at the first two raining having and rain. Which of these there's more than one by the way are definitely not main verbs. Okay, I'm like try

answering it. So, you should have said

answering it. So, you should have said A, B, and C. These are definitely not main verbs cuz two this has a two in front of it. This ends with ing. This

ends with ing. If you scroll up, which you should have memorized by now cuz it's only four different words. My

screen's like glitching all over the place. Okay, ing verb and two. Okay,

place. Okay, ing verb and two. Okay,

those were the the three, right? Like

the B and C were ing verbs and then the answer was A was had a two in front of it. So these are definitely

it. So these are definitely not main verbs. A, B, and C. Okay, main

verb questions. They ask you on should there be a main verb or should there not be a main verb. Okay. So like normally you have to read the passage and then like figure out okay should should there be a main verb on this blank and then you have to pick the main verb and then

should there not be a main. So basically

true or false is the main verb is not a main. It's only one. It's only one or

main. It's only one. It's only one or the other. Okay. There's no like

the other. Okay. There's no like anything in between. So because of this we have something extremely significant we can take advantage of because we have three not main verbs here.

These are all pretty much the same thing because again it's either not main verb or isn't main. There's nothing in between. Okay. So these are these are

between. Okay. So these are these are pretty much the same thing. Then these

are not main not main verbs and that's it. So I might as well just be seeing

it. So I might as well just be seeing two rain and all like two rain two rain the same thing. I might as well be seeing two rain for a b and c. Okay

there can only be one right answer choice. So for example if like if if a

choice. So for example if like if if a was supposed to be the answer there would be three right answers then like which is impossible right? So a can't be the answer. Hopefully that's making

the answer. Hopefully that's making sense. So because

sense. So because there can only be one right answer choice and a b and c are all the same things. So we know it's a main ver

things. So we know it's a main ver question. And our teacher identifies as

question. And our teacher identifies as the main verb. Is it single pose? The

past, present, future, like pretty quickly. Okay, but we know just pretend

quickly. Okay, but we know just pretend we already know for sure it's the main verb question. Okay, there's three not

verb question. Okay, there's three not main verbs.

The answer has to be D then because all three of these are wrong. Okay, they're

all wrong because they're the same thing. They can't there only be one

thing. They can't there only be one right answer choice. That means D has to be the the only answer. This is the only feasible answer choice. Then the

question would is like I bet you this question was asking something to do with the fact that this that you have to pick a main verb in the blank. Okay? Like

whatever the blank is like there should be a main verb there. So you have to pick that one. Okay? Hope that makes sense. This can be vice versa as well.

sense. This can be vice versa as well.

There could be three right sorry three main verbs and then there's one that's not. Okay. But I call this the odd ones

not. Okay. But I call this the odd ones out trick and this only applies the main verb. Like don't try to apply odd ones

verb. Like don't try to apply odd ones out to anything other than main verbs.

Like I had students try applying to past, present, future. Um, don't do that. Okay? Only do it for main verb

that. Okay? Only do it for main verb questions. You can only do it for for

questions. You can only do it for for main verb specifically. Is it a main verb? Is it not a main verb? You can do

verb? Is it not a main verb? You can do awesome with that. Okay? So, this is the out and like again on vice versa. So, it

could be let's say this was rain. This

was had instead of having and then this was let's say rain are raining. Okay.

So, raining had rained rain. then these

will all be main verbs and this is the only one that's definitely not. So

that's the answer too. This is 100% answer because it's the it's the all one's out again. Like these are all three. So all three of these can't be

three. So all three of these can't be correct because all the same thing. This

is main verbs. The other one is not a main verb. That's the one out and you

main verb. That's the one out and you picked that one. Okay, hopefully that makes sense. But once you understand

makes sense. But once you understand that these become this is how I was able to solve it. So all I did when I was solving those questions really fast is I didn't even look at the passage or the question because I know the questions can like ask me this every single time.

I just look at the answer choices and I was able to just pick the ones out every time. It's like, "Oh, that's all out.

time. It's like, "Oh, that's all out.

That's the answer. Oh, that's on." And I I've trained my brain. I don't even think it's that hard. You just like to and ing. That's all you have to look for

and ing. That's all you have to look for really. And I just Oh, yeah. That's the

really. And I just Oh, yeah. That's the

answer. Okay. Now, you might be wondering, what about could be a main verb? What about the ed verb? Right. So,

verb? What about the ed verb? Right. So,

this ed verbs are going to be a main verb. So, let's write this out so you

verb. So, let's write this out so you you better understand this. Okay? So

there's edges could be a main verb or could not be a main verb. So let's let's talk about when it's a main verb. Okay,

when it's a main volume when at least one of these three exists. Okay, so when is ed a main ver? If there is a at least

one of these, if there is a this that or or this. So if you see a definitely not

or this. So if you see a definitely not a main verb as one of the answer choices, then ed automatically becomes a main verb. Okay. And then when is it not

main verb. Okay. And then when is it not a main verb, not a main verb?

If you don't see one of these three. So

if if you if there I guess isn't if there is not a ing verb, a verb with a two right before it or a verb that right

before it. So if you don't see any of

before it. So if you don't see any of these three at all and there's defin there's no definitely not main verbs at all, then ed becomes not a main verb.

Okay, let's do some examples of this and I also I'll explain like the theory behind this as well. I'll try to at least. Okay, this is a good example. So,

least. Okay, this is a good example. So,

if we look at this, there's already definitely not a main verb, right? Verb,

that's definitely not a main verb. That

means that this ed verb, okay, we only look at the first verb. So, like this, ignore that one. Okay, we only look at that one. Okay, so ed this becomes a

that one. Okay, so ed this becomes a main verb then because there's already not main verb that exists. Okay. So,

what's the answer then? Like try this yourself. See if you can figure out the

yourself. See if you can figure out the answer. So, this is these are main verbs

answer. So, this is these are main verbs and this is the only one that's not. So,

this is the answer then because that's the R1's out because there can't be three right answers. So, the the only one that's like different from the rest has to be the answer. And the reason why the ED changes like this is because

again there can only be one right answer. There only be one a really. So

answer. There only be one a really. So

there can't be two odd ones out or else like the question like they wouldn't make sense like there's two not main verbs and then there's two main verbs like there's no answer at that point. So

basically in order to like create like have an answer this ed switches between not a main verb and is a main verb and honestly I might just be making this more complicated to you honestly just memorize what I showed you before. So if

you see not main not main verbs then ed becomes a main verb and if you don't see one of the non main verbs then ed is is not a main verb. Okay. But normally like

there has to be an R1's out. There has

to be. So ED is not a main group in this case because there's already not a main vote, right? And there has to be ones

vote, right? And there has to be ones out. So like this has to be the answer

out. So like this has to be the answer then that this is a main vote. And um

let me see if I can find another scenario where it's just E. I

mean I guess this is the same thing.

Like what's the answer for this one? See

if you can do it. Okay. You should have said D. Okay. This there's actually

said D. Okay. This there's actually three in this case, right?

to suspending and to right the ing. So

these are definitely main verbs. So that

means this is the main verb then and this is the ones out there cuz there's three non main verbs and there's only one is a main verb. Okay, let's look at these answer choices. Is there

definitely not a main verb in here? You

should say no. There isn't. There's no

ing. So there's no reflecting. There's

no ing. There's no to. There's no to reflect. And there's no that like that

reflect. And there's no that like that reflects like you don't see that. Okay,

so there's no definitely not a main verbs in here. That means ed is a main sorry is not a main verb. Okay, because

it has to be ones out, right? It has to be ones out. So these are for sure.

These are one of the four, right? So

these are for sure going to be main verbs. So there has to be not a main

verbs. So there has to be not a main verb to make it on out. So ed becomes not a main verb then. But again, I would just memorize the the condition. Like if

you already see like one of the definitely not main verb not main verbs, then this is just a regular main verb then. But if you don't see any of them,

then. But if you don't see any of them, this becomes definitely not a main verb.

Okay, so that's how you solve main verb questions. That's it. And that's how I

questions. That's it. And that's how I was able to solve like the majority of questions really fast. Now, let's talk about how to solve singular plural questions, which make up 40% of all verb

questions. the second most common. So

questions. the second most common. So

that's like pretty close to how common verb questions are. And just like with verb questions, we need to first know how to differentiate between singular and plurality because a singular plural

question, they ask you is this verb singular or plural and you pick the the correct one like you pick the verb you you have to find has to be singular. So

you pick the singular one. So same thing you have to know the difference between a singular and a plural verb. Now most

people actually get this wrong at least at first when they're like new to the SAT. You have to know that verbs are

SAT. You have to know that verbs are actually the opposite of nouns. For

example, if I have dogs, this is plural, okay? Because it's a noun. If you have

okay? Because it's a noun. If you have an s at the end, it means it's plural.

There's more than one dog here. And you

probably know that. However, if it was a verb, like run.

Okay, this is actually singular even though there's a s at the end. So, verbs

are opposite nouns. If there's a s that actually means that it's singular, not plural. Run is actually plural. Runs is

plural. Run is actually plural. Runs is

singular. Run is plural. So you you can test this too. Like put it here and put it here. Which one sounds better? It

it here. Which one sounds better? It

runs. It run. This sounds better, right?

It runs sounds way better because that's actually the right one. Like this is actually singular. If I put they, which

actually singular. If I put they, which is a plural pronoun, right before the the verbs, they runs.

They run. Which one sounds better?

Probably this one. Right. So this is opposite of you just need to remember verbs are the opposite of nouns. If

there's a s at the last letter of the the verb then that's singular. And if

there's no s then that means it's plural. Uh there are exceptions by the

plural. Uh there are exceptions by the way. I mean it's not really an

way. I mean it's not really an exception. I'll show you an example like

exception. I'll show you an example like focus and focuses. Okay. Technically

there's already one of these one of these is singular and one of these are plural. Okay. It's not like both of them

plural. Okay. It's not like both of them are singular. It's because they both

are singular. It's because they both have s's. However, it's because the base

have s's. However, it's because the base word focus already has a s at the end.

Like focus, it just has a s here. So

when you want to make it singular, you have to add a e s instead. So just just in the basically you always look at the last letter of the first verb. You

always look at the first verb by the way for every single verb question. Like

just like in the main verb like every single verb question, we always look at the first verb and that's the only thing we look at. Okay, first verb. Okay, so

if you see in the first verb, the the base word already has a s at the end.

Then to make it singular, you actually have to add a e s instead of just an s.

Like this is actually plural. Okay, hope

that makes sense. But like it's kind of rare to see this. And it's just when the base word already has an s, then you instead of just like you just add a e s here and like the one with the s like

that's fine that this pl. any other

scenario. If there's a s at the end, it means singular. Even with like is and

means singular. Even with like is and are. By the way, if you didn't know, is

are. By the way, if you didn't know, is and are are the exact same word, but this one's singular and this one's plural. And how can you tell this one's

plural. And how can you tell this one's singular? It's because there's a s at

singular? It's because there's a s at the end. Okay? Same thing with was and

the end. Okay? Same thing with was and were. Guess which one's singular? It's

were. Guess which one's singular? It's

was. It has a s at the end. Same thing

with has and have. Guess which one's singular? It's has because it has a s at

singular? It's has because it has a s at the end. So there's a s at the end. It

the end. So there's a s at the end. It

means single. Yeah. By the way, you have to memorize all these. Okay? You have to know is all the the single plural version of the same word. Actually these

all of these are the same word by the way. This is this is past tense of of

way. This is this is past tense of of these. But um these are all the same.

these. But um these are all the same.

You have to memorize them. No. Right. So

just think about this like is are this is singular plural version of the same word. Was single plur same word and has

word. Was single plur same word and has have is singular plural version of the same. The exact same thing but one of

same. The exact same thing but one of them singular one is plural. Okay. Okay,

you just have to make sure you memorize this cuz you will need to know this to solve single plural questions. Okay, now

that we know how to differentiate between a single plural question, let's actually put that to use and solve a few questions. So, this is actually very

questions. So, this is actually very similar to main vote questions like the R1's out rule. This is extremely similar. Let me actually find a single

similar. Let me actually find a single PL question. Okay, perfect. So,

PL question. Okay, perfect. So,

hopefully you memorized the different categories. If not, like let me Okay,

categories. If not, like let me Okay, let me scroll real quick. Okay, last

chance you have memorized this. Okay, uh

is let me let me let me organize this.

are was were and has have. Okay, these

are singular plural versions of each.

So, make sure you know this because I'm about to show you a question where you need to know this. And just the one with the s at the end means singular. So, uh

singular means there's a s at the end. Okay? And

obviously, like if the base word has an s, then you have to add an e s. But

that's pretty much it. And a plural means there's no s at the end. And by

the way, also the verbs has to be present tense. Obviously, the one

present tense. Obviously, the one exception is was a were because was technically past uh past tense. But the

singular plural, you can only know if it's single plural if it's in present tense. Like if I have a past tense word

tense. Like if I have a past tense word like uh but I don't like ran that's past tense.

Ran's like there's no there's no scenario like you can't tell a single plural. Okay. So like these questions

plural. Okay. So like these questions only test you on present tense singular plural. So I'll show you examples

plural. So I'll show you examples though. Okay, let's go in there. That's

though. Okay, let's go in there. That's

kind of irrelevant. Honestly, I just wanted you to know. Okay, let's move on to here. Okay, try solving not we I

to here. Okay, try solving not we I didn't teach ourselves this yet. So,

first of all, let's identify which one is singular, which one's plural. So, the

same thing as the main third thing. So,

tell me, let's do which ones are plural.

Okay, out of these four answers, which ones are plural?

You should say A, B, and C. These are

all plural because our word have there's no s at the last.

We only look at the first verb. So then

like we don't care about this first verb of the answer choices. These don't have s's. This is the only one that does have

s's. This is the only one that does have an s. Guess which one's the answer. It's

an s. Guess which one's the answer. It's

the it's the odd one's out. Okay. This I

I I don't call this odd ones out now. I

call it the minority trick because of a change that college board made in May 2025. And I'll first show you how to

2025. And I'll first show you how to differentiate between a main verb and a single plural question really easily.

Okay. So how I do it actually I think I'm able to do it because I just like I just see a question. I'm instantly able to tell based on instinct just because I've done hundreds and hundreds of these questions. So I'm just able to tell

questions. So I'm just able to tell right away. But what I would suggest to

right away. But what I would suggest to you to be able to differentiate between a single plural question is you have to see if there is one version one single

plural plural version of the same word.

Okay. For example, this is a single plural question. I know that for sure

plural question. I know that for sure because were and was. Okay, that is a singular and plural version of the same word. Same thing if I saw like if this

word. Same thing if I saw like if this was is I know single plural because is an R. Okay, like I is. Okay, hopefully

an R. Okay, like I is. Okay, hopefully

that that makes sense. So like I know a single pl if war wasn't here then this is not a single plural question anymore.

Okay, because there's no was and there's no war here. There's no like single, the same boy. So if you see a singular

same boy. So if you see a singular plural version of the same boy then you know it's a single plural question. Same

thing let's go to this example. Is this

a single plural question or is it a main verb question? Okay you should have said

verb question? Okay you should have said that this is a singular plural question because reflex and reflect there's a singular and plural version of the same

word even though there's a not main verb here. you you first when you look at a

here. you you first when you look at a vote question actually I I have a flowchart that I'll show you in a bit that's going to summarize like all this and also how to differentiate between past present future and things like that okay so like wait towards kind of

towards the end of the video but for now when you first go into a verb question the first thing you should do is see if there's a single plur of the same word because if there is then that's a single

plural question in this case a single plural okay and here's why I call it the minority trick now because sometimes it might not like not All the answers is a plural cuz for example to reflect they

some f and not main verb. So it used to be it used to be which is really sad that they got rid of this. It used to be that every single question was something like this. Well you can just get the

like this. Well you can just get the answer immediately because first of all what's the answer to this? See if you can solve it.

Okay hopefully you realize that this was a single plural question because were again we only look at the first first verb so we don't care about this. Okay

were was reflect. Okay were and was a single plur in the same word. So then we know the single plural question. So we

just pick the minority, right? Um this

is plural, this is plural, this is plural because there's no S at the last letter. It's the only one that does have

letter. It's the only one that does have a S at the last letter. So this one's singular and that's the answer. That's

the that's the minority. Okay, it used to be every single one is like this, but they changed it since May of 2025. By

the way, there was still a lot of these questions. I I still think the majority

questions. I I still think the majority of the questions are like this. You

could just do this every time, okay?

Like you could definitely like see 100% confidence in this. scenario. Okay.

But oh, my screen froze. Let me Okay, there we go. So, they threw in sometimes not main verbs in the in the answer choices. For example, this one, right?

choices. For example, this one, right?

They just threw in to reflect in here just to throw you off. But this is still single. You can still figure out if it's

single. You can still figure out if it's a single plural question or not by seeing this singular in the same word.

And then what you have to do is just kind of ignore the not main verbs. Okay?

If you see not many votes, like if you see an IMG, like see if you saw reflecting in here, you have to ignore that too, right? Just pick the minority.

So if there is a minority, you're going to pick it. As of the 2025 August SAT, which happened two weeks ago, College

Board did this. Okay, they they made they added two not answer two not main verbs in the answer choices, and you have to pick between A and B now. And

now there's no minority trick. So, I I would say like I don't know for sure cuz they just changed it. So, I don't know for sure. Like, by the way, vote

for sure. Like, by the way, vote questions are kind of like like metas.

Like, you know how in games there's like different metas and then it changes over like a few weeks. It's kind of like I think it's longer duration. Like

probably this this might change like what I'm teaching you right now might change like maybe 6 months from now. It

might change or maybe like it would take like two years for it to change again.

But like the the different patterns that they have in especially the grammar questions, they change because they're trying to like patch different tricks.

They're trying to patch like me, like guys like me who who like analyze the questions and tell you. But you should learn how to solve these as fast as possible because like your score would inre like just from learning this. By

the way, your score will increase probably at least 50 points. Like like

for the average person that's viewing this, you'll probably increase. But if

you're already really good at ver questions, then I guess now you just learn how to solve these faster and then that will increase your score because you have more time to solve the other questions. But you get the idea. Okay,

questions. But you get the idea. Okay,

so they're trying to patch this and they made it impossible to do the minority trick now cuz you still know the single cl, right? Because reflex and reflect,

cl, right? Because reflex and reflect, but now you actually have to read the passage to do it like cuz there's no out anymore. So this is like the the one

anymore. So this is like the the one change. So there's no minority thing

change. So there's no minority thing anymore. So you have to read the passage

anymore. So you have to read the passage and how you figure out like is it A or B is you read the passage and you figure out what's doing the action like what's

reflecting. Here is an example that I

reflecting. Here is an example that I made and this is actually a really hard question but anyways you have to look at the the subject like what's doing the action and you have to figure that out.

So I would actually like try to understand the sentence the blank is in at least like the beginning part like up towards the blank cuz the subject's always going to be before the blank. So,

you just need to read like the part before the blank, figure out what's actually doing the action. And it's

always like they they usually throw in like tricks like they put try to put in like a comma here and some like additional information and then and then like this to try to throw you off cuz like they try to make sure the subject

isn't right next to the blank to fool you off. It's usually like somewhere

you off. It's usually like somewhere else. So I I would try to do okay what

else. So I I would try to do okay what is actually doing this like the shape of ears something a great like what's what's what's doing this okay and it

shouldn't make sense that the shape of ears is a great reflection or I'm not a good way to answer like is or having I don't know okay is or are a great reflection one what's is or okay it's

the shape of the ears that's the is a great reflection hope that makes sense okay now I want to see if you can solve this question cuz this one's really hard. Now the the one tip like by the

hard. Now the the one tip like by the way it should be pretty self-explanatory like what's doing that like understand the sentence and you can just tell okay that's definitely doing this action

could find that. Now the only like thing that's hard about doing find out single plural is questions like this. So I want you to try solving this. See if you know

what the answer is. Okay. If I I probably my guess is most of you picked A. You're wrong. hands is actually okay.

A. You're wrong. hands is actually okay.

So this is like the the tricky thing when you see something of something. So

you first you identify the subject, right? We know this. We know this is

right? We know this. We know this is what's doing the action. Now you have to figure out is this subject single plural. If you see something of

plural. If you see something of something, which is actually super common. This is why I'm like

common. This is why I'm like individually teaching you this pattern.

If you see something of something, the subject is always the thing before the of. It's always before the of. Like this

of. It's always before the of. Like this

doesn't matter. Okay? It's just shape.

Is shape singular or plural?

There's no s here. That means it's plural because it's nouns, right? So

like if there is a s that means it's actually plural because it's nouns.

Okay. So shape that's singular. There's

only one shape, right? So this subject is actually singular even though there's a ear is right there. Okay? And there's

s here, which is probably why you picked a. And honestly, like to me, a sounds

a. And honestly, like to me, a sounds better, which is why you should never rely on like what sounds right what doesn't sound right. You should always just pick the the one accordingly. Okay.

The shape of ears this is singular. So

it's actually the shape of ears is a great reflection of one's ability. Okay,

that's the is this the answer here. So

again just to summarize normally you can take a minority. So first of all you can figure out the single plural question by seeing if there's a single plural version of the same word. So isn't all a single plural versions of the same word?

So there's a single plural question. We

know the answer is going to be either one of these two by the way. And we just need to pick one of these two and we just need to pick the one that's the minority. So normally there was a

minority. So normally there was a minority. So like uh was have there's

minority. So like uh was have there's was here then we know the minority would be are then. Okay. So you just pick the minority. But but if there is no

minority. But but if there is no minority like you can't figure out it's a minority because there's two not main verbs in here. Then you have to figure

out which one is right by reading the passes and figuring out what's actually doing the action. Like what is the what is the subject of this sentence? Like

what's doing the action of this? And

then you just identify that which should be pretty easy. Make sure you understand a sentence. And then if you see

a sentence. And then if you see something of something, it's always a thing before the of. You just look at this word. Is this singular plural?

this word. Is this singular plural?

Okay, this is singular, so let me pick singular. That's single plural

singular. That's single plural questions. Okay, so that that should be

questions. Okay, so that that should be pretty self-explanatory. And hopefully

pretty self-explanatory. And hopefully this makes sense. And again, the majority of the questions like I know this this might seem complicated, which hopefully it isn't, but this might seem complicated. The majority of questions

complicated. The majority of questions will be like this. I would if I had to guess, I would say like probably 80% of the questions. So if I had to guess like

the questions. So if I had to guess like at least 80% of the questions I think honestly it's probably close to 90%. I

still think most of the questions they just like f in one of these like the tricky ones just just once in a while but like the majority question are still like this. I think it's probably because

like this. I think it's probably because really lazy and they don't like changing how they make the questions. So they're

going to like keep on doing what they've been doing for for a long time. So the

the majority of questions you'll see will be like this. Okay. Well, you could just oh it's the immediately you just select the 100% confidence. Now, let's

talk about how to solve past, present, future questions. Now, first of all, how

future questions. Now, first of all, how do you know it's a past, present, future question? It's actually really easy.

question? It's actually really easy.

First of all, see if there's a will.

Okay, actually, most of the time there's going to be a will in there. Like, if

you see a will in one of the answer choices, it's a past, present, future question with 100% certain. So, I don't know if I like I probably didn't put any in here. Oh, yeah. Right there. See,

in here. Oh, yeah. Right there. See,

like I saw will here. Will reach. It's a

past present future then. Okay. Now you

have to how you solve these is you read the passage and you look for context clues. By the way, all the past,

clues. By the way, all the past, present, future questions, at least like so far in blue book and also like any of the official SATs ever like in the history of the digital SAT, past,

present, future questions have always been extremely extremely easy questions.

Like look at this is easy difficulty, right? It's always in the first module

right? It's always in the first module with the second easy module. If you get the easy mod like this is this is past and future because there's a will here.

It's easy difficulty. Okay, these are always going to be extremely easy. You

can pretty much just like pick what sounds right cuz that's what most people do anyways and like they get it right.

That's why it's very easy because a lot of people get these right. Most people

pick it based on what sounds right. So

you can probably just do the same thing.

I would again I would stay away from that cuz there's still like a small chance you get it wrong. I would look for context clues. Okay. Uh I would look for context clues and see if it is it past, present or future. And it's pretty

much only going to be those three. Past,

present, or future. And the reason why I said pretty much, not always, is because I know for a fact that college boy likes to test you on the word had. They want

you to know when to use the word had and like what it does and everything. So,

I'm going to go over that first before we go into like how I would solve these questions. And so, what so had

questions. And so, what so had this is past past tense. I don't know what actually called. I call it past past tense because I I think that's the best way to memorize this. It's the past

tense of the past tense. Okay? And I

I'll show you an example. So when I arrived at the station,

the train left. Okay,

so this kind of sounds like like I ride to the station first and then the train left or like right when I ride to the station, the train left. However, if I put the word had right here, how what

does it say now? Okay, now it says when I ride to the station, the train already left. Like before I even got to the

left. Like before I even got to the station, the train had left. So had

tells us what happened first in past tense because normally in past tense if I just have two past tenses like I ride to the train the train left, you can't really tell what happened first without the word had. It's like it's just we

just know it happened in the past and that's it. We don't really know what

that's it. We don't really know what happened first. However, you put the

happened first. However, you put the word had in front of a a verb now it completely changed. Now we know what

completely changed. Now we know what event in the past happened first. So

this this they test you on had when there's two events that happened in the past. There's two past events and you

past. There's two past events and you want to know what happened before.

There's always going to be clear context clues by the way. Maybe it says the the the train already and then it's going to be a blank maybe the train already this and then you know okay so so already

that means this thing happened first. So

you know to put had had left here like pick the answers that has the had in front of it things like that. So there's

always going to be clear context clues.

So let's solve these questions and we're going to do an example question with the would hat like an actual question uh later in in a bit. So let's solve these though. Okay, again you have to solve

though. Okay, again you have to solve this by finding specific context clues that clearly give away what tenses. So

let's read this occupying a significant part of that the kingdom was one of the major powers between this and so it's like clearly the past right like doing from this. It ruled from this. Okay.

from this. It ruled from this. Okay.

Yeah. Yeah, it literally gives us dates that happened in the past like from from 1440 to 1473. That's past tense. There's

only one past tense answer choice the so you pick that. Okay. And and that's it.

Let's try another question. Another

application looking for context clues is to look for parallel parallelism. I think that's how you

parallelism. I think that's how you spell it. Yeah, parallelism. Okay. This

spell it. Yeah, parallelism. Okay. This

is when you look at other verbs around the blank and figure out what tense those verbs are in. And then that would tell you what tense the blank should be in. And this is like just another

in. And this is like just another application context clues. For example,

if simple sugars such as this and that blank are from elsewhere and survived in fact. So it makes sense because survived

fact. So it makes sense because survived is past tense. This blank should also be in past tense. Okay? And it makes you have to make sure it makes sense. Okay?

Don't just just see like the newest verb. Oh, that's in present tense. I

verb. Oh, that's in present tense. I

need to pick the present tense one. It

doesn't work like that. You have to make sure it actually makes sense for these verbs match. By the way, it makes sense

verbs match. By the way, it makes sense for these verbs to match because they they're pretty much items in a list, right? This and that. All right. It

right? This and that. All right. It

doesn't make sense for items in a list not to match tenses. For example, if I said I I cooked dinner,

I watched TV.

And I have watched washed the dishes.

Let's try another question. And another

way you can look for context clues, by the way, is to look for paralism, which is still just context clues, but it's something more specific. Basically,

parallelism is looking at other verbs close to the blank and figure out what tense those verbs are in. And then

because those other verbs are in this tense, it makes sense for that the blank to be in that tense, too. But don't just pick like the newest verb. Oh, that's in present tense. So, I need to make sure

present tense. So, I need to make sure the blank is in present tense. It's not

how that works. I'll show you an example. So, if simple sugars such as

example. So, if simple sugars such as this and this blank or from elsewhere, it survived impact. Okay, it makes sense for these two this this verb survived

and this verb which is the blank to have the same tense. They're both past tense because it's a list of two things pretty much like this and that. Okay, when you have a list, it makes sense for all the

items in the list to match. They have to have parallelism. For example, I I

have parallelism. For example, I I cooked dinner, watched TV,

and have washed the dishes. Okay, this

shouldn't make sense. Like, it shouldn't sound right to you. Okay, the reason why is because this one isn't in the same.

This is present tense. It has the word have here. This is a different tense

have here. This is a different tense than these. That's why it doesn't sound

than these. That's why it doesn't sound right. If if I got rid of this have and

right. If if I got rid of this have and made sure they were all past tense, I cooked dinner and I watched TV and wash the dishes. Now it makes sense now. So

the dishes. Now it makes sense now. So

items in a list have to have the same tenses. Okay? So because this is pretty

tenses. Okay? So because this is pretty much a list like this thing and that thing, the word and is a list of two things. So these have to match. Okay?

things. So these have to match. Okay?

And survive is past tense. So this has to be past tense. The only past tense answer choice in here is B. So you pick that. And something really important

that. And something really important that you should know is not all past, present, and future questions have the would in them. It's kind of rare for it not to have the will, but there are

chances, times where there's no will.

And like I think for every single question bank questions I've seen there was the word will whenever there was a past present future question just so you know but I have seen like on on actual

tests where there wasn't a word will and it was still past present future and how you figure out those if it's past present future when there's no will.

It's just if there's no main verb ones out like you can't find an R1's out for main verb then it has to like the only thing that's left then is a past present future question. Okay. So I'll show you

future question. Okay. So I'll show you an example of that. And it's also an example of uh using the word had as well. So pause this video and try

well. So pause this video and try solving this question. Okay? And

hopefully you solved it by now. Looking

at the answer choices, there's no main verb I want. Okay? First of all, we should we should look for single plural.

See there's a single plural version. The

same word. There's not. Okay? There's no

has and have or anything like that. No

is no was like you don't see that. Okay?

So we know it's not single plural. Then

we try looking for R1's out because there's no will in here. So we don't know if it's past, present, future. And

there's no ones out like we don't see.

Again, we look at the first verb. We

don't this being doesn't matter. Okay,

look at the first verb of these answer choice. Has, had, is, was, there's no,

choice. Has, had, is, was, there's no, there's no like ed, there's no ing, there's no uh like that. There's no to.

So there's no main verbs, not main verbs at all in here. There's definitely no out here. Okay, then you know it's past

out here. Okay, then you know it's past and future because the only that's left is past present and future. Now, so this is how you can figure out past present, future. And it's kind of rare for this

future. And it's kind of rare for this like pretty much almost all the the verb tense like past present future questions you're going to see is going to be having the word will in them but just in

case this again this is usually going to show up in the first module anyway. So

it it won't be that hard. Okay, let's

try solving this question. So right away before that like I see before that in the same sentence as this is probably going to be past tense before that's context past tense. But before that, the film he least enjoyed

the most. So we we know it's past tense.

the most. So we we know it's past tense.

And I think this question is actually really easy because technically D is past tense. But if you just read it,

past tense. But if you just read it, there's no way that like the film he least enjoyed was being the most recent.

Like it doesn't make sense that the film was being the most recent. CL that just doesn't make sense. Okay. So like you should the only other past tense answer choice is B. But if you want to dive into exactly why the had happened for is

because there's two events that happened like this before that. So this event happened before what's the other I don't I don't remember this question after he finally watched this the influence disagreement vote a

scathing review okay yeah so yeah so he he wrote this review after you watch that before that happened this this event in the past happened okay I don't

know makes sense so there's two events happened in the past so because this is the the event that happened first in the past you have to put the word that had before that's why it's not just like been you know you have to add the word had in there. So they test you. So this

is just a case of just there being two past tense answer choices even though so you know it's past tense, right? Because

of the before that and everything and like it even says uh I don't think 2008.

I think 2008 is just like the year that the movie came out. But there's context clues like before that. There's always

going to be clear context clues that for sure gives away what the answer is. Like

you know for 100% certainty that it's this tense because of the context clue.

And and if you don't know for certain, you're missing the context clue. So you

need to read the passage and fully understand it and figure out what the context clue is. That gives what the answer is. Okay, but here's before that.

answer is. Okay, but here's before that.

So, we know it's past tense and then so there's two past answer choices and how you pick between B and D is you know, okay, how it has to go before it happened first. And it should also just

happened first. And it should also just make sense that like a film was being the most recent. It just doesn't make sense. Okay, you can't like a film can't

sense. Okay, you can't like a film can't be the most recent classic was being the recent. It just doesn't make sense at all. And that's it for past, pres, and future questions. They

should all be extremely easy for you because all you have to do once you realize it's past future, you just look for context clues and once you find the context clue, it's pretty like it's past tense for sure. Or like for example, if I said pred they predicted something

that you know it's future tense and you pick the the one that's future tense or like um the other verbs are all in present tense and so you know it's present tense and you just pick that one, right? They should all be pretty

one, right? They should all be pretty easy to to do and just make sure you actually find the context verb. And

funny enough though, despite them being the technically the easiest type of question for verbs for you, if you properly watch this video and you understand everything, they should actually take the longest for you to

solve because main verbs and and single plural questions, there's always like a minority rule on trick you can do. And

those should actually be a lot faster.

You should you should be able to solve them like the second you see the question once you be like two seconds it takes you to solve those questions. But

these questions maybe take like 10 seconds because you actually have to look for the context clues solve them.

This is a flowchart of your entire verb proc everything I went over like how you differentiate between what type of question is it single plural is it main verb is it past present future or um how

to like solve the question at at that step it's it's already there okay so this is the entire process really and you can take a screenshot of this will

also be below this video if you're watching this on YouTube it's going to be in the pin comment like the link to this um if you're if you're on school like on on like another platform like it'll be below this video somewhere.

Okay, so I'll walk you through this again just to summarize. This is the process to solve all the questions. And

by the way, I also have a version with percentages in case you want that.

Here's just percentages for like each decision making. It's like my best guess

decision making. It's like my best guess with like the percentages chance of each option, each path you go down in the flowchart. Okay. the process to solve

flowchart. Okay. the process to solve all those questions which is 30% of all SAT grammar questions.

Is there a singular implant? Okay, if

you see like a single PL same word, if yes, there's a 40% chance that's yes and 60% chance it's no. If if it's yes, then it's a single plural question and then uh you figure out is there a minority?

If there's no by the way, I'm actually not sure this. I just guess like I said 10% question mark and 90 like I don't know. I like this my best guess might be

know. I like this my best guess might be little might be like 15% 85. I think

it's going to be around there though.

Um, it might change. I don't know because this is the first like again like since two weeks ago that was the first time it actually happened where they they made this type of question. It

always was like you can just do this every time. So I'm not exactly sure.

every time. So I'm not exactly sure.

It's just my best guess. I'll update

this though if like I actually like get a actual statistic on this if they do more of these questions. Okay. Is there

a minority? If there is then you just the minority is the answer. There isn't

meaning like there's only the only two answer choices that you can pick between single plural is just the like two and there's no three or four of them that you can go like okay that's the that's the minority then you're going to have

to read the passage and figure out if the subject is single or plural and pick the corresponding answer. Okay. Now

let's go down this path. If you were to pick no which 60% chance to like is there sing is there a will? Is the word will in the answer choices? If you see the word will then that's going to be a

past present future question which there's a 14% chance there is at least like according like once you get to this step there's a 14% chance you pick yes here okay and it's a past present future

question then and then you just have to look for context clues or parallelism to see if the answer is past present or future tense you picked accordingly

answered okay this one no which is 86 sorry it's yeah 86% no that means is yet to figure out is There were main verb I ones out. Okay, like you have to look at

ones out. Okay, like you have to look at the answer choices and hopefully you still know. Okay, just to quickly

still know. Okay, just to quickly summarize how to do that. Uh first of all, you need to know how to differentiate between ed being a not main verb and a main verb. Like you have to know, okay, if there's already a not

main verb in here, then ed is a main verb. And if there isn't, then ed is not

verb. And if there isn't, then ed is not a main verb. You have to know that. And

then just pick the all ones out. Like

you identify, okay, is this a main verb?

Is this not a main verb? Then you just pick the ones out. That's it. Okay? And

then like it's a main verb question. All

out is the answer. Okay? It's 95 94% of the time. There's a 4% chance though

the time. There's a 4% chance though that you can't find which is really low by the way like there's a chance that you can't find um an out. Then the past and future past present future question

and you just do this. And by the way, if you're in the second module, hard second module, which you can tell is hard because the questions are harder. You

pretty much won't ever go down this path. Like it pretty much just like 60%

path. Like it pretty much just like 60% and then it's going to be a main book question and then you just solve the main book question. Like that's it. So

that's pretty easy. Now I know a lot of you will be super super skeptical about this. I encourage you to test out my

this. I encourage you to test out my process for like follow this process and like rewatch it. Make sure you like know the the tricks and everything really well and follow this process until you

can. And then I'll do some practice

can. And then I'll do some practice questions at the end of this. But I want you to like try it out yourself. Like do

go on blue book practice test and like actually try it and see for yourself if this works or not. If it does, then I think you you'll build more trust in this. But like when I even like my own

this. But like when I even like my own students when I tell them this, they still don't follow this. And then they get questions wrong. They get vote question. How in the world does you get

question. How in the world does you get a vote question wrong? Cuz you didn't you just did your own just that didn't like I followed it but it didn't sound right. So let me let me pick the one

right. So let me let me pick the one that sounds right and then they end up getting the question wrong. Will this

process work 100% of the time? I

genuinely think so. Okay. There are

exceptions, but don't panic. I'll I'll

ease your worries right now. These are

the three exceptions in the question bank that I found from the official question bank made by College Board.

However, these questions were made in 2023. I've never seen these questions on

2023. I've never seen these questions on the blue book test. Actually, this

question actually used to be on blue book practices three, which was discontinued for being inaccurate. And

this question never showed up on blue book test again. Okay. So, I'm pretty confident he will because they literally got rid of this question for being inaccurate. So, I I don't think you'll

inaccurate. So, I I don't think you'll see this again. these two questions I've never shown a blue book test on all the official SATs from 2024 to 2025 like the actual SATs I've never seen any

exceptions to to the the rule. Um that

doesn't mean that in the future they might change the meta because like this video and also I'm sure other people are going to reach it. So they're going to try to patch certain things and that's why vote questions are kind of like metas and games and just just follow the

channel. Like if I notice like six

channel. Like if I notice like six months from now something changed I'll make a completely new video to explain everything. But for the purposes now it

everything. But for the purposes now it it will work okay every single time for official test and on the on the blue book that's been doing practice too. So

again these two questions they were made in 2020 also this question too they were made in 2023 when college was just testing the waters. They sense changed how they approached the questions and that's why they got rid of practice one

one two3 because they were inaccurate because of how the because of all the changes that they made since then. So

again, I don't think they will show up.

And even if they do show up, it doesn't matter, okay? It it won't impact your

matter, okay? It it won't impact your score at all. If an exception does show up on an actual test, it would be about once every 10 tests you take probably

like that. Like there's there's no point

like that. Like there's there's no point if you if you haven't scored a 1530.

And this is actually low bar. Like I'm

I'm thinking like actually like 1560 honestly. But like on an official test,

honestly. But like on an official test, if you've scored a 1530 or higher, maybe maybe consider trying to like actually think about the question. So instead of just blindly following this, you

actually read the passage and go like, okay, yeah, this is testing you on main verbs. I need to find the not main verb

verbs. I need to find the not main verb and pick that one. Or like when you go to single player, oh, it's actually testing you on single player for sure.

And then then I can trust this more.

However, if you're not at 15 and I don't care if you scored this on blue book test, okay, that's just a practice test.

You have this course on an actual test.

Okay? If you haven't even taken the SAT yet and you already think about like not following this, don't don't. Okay? Like

first get above 1500 first before you like try to go crazy. Okay? 1530. And at

that point, if you got a 1530 already, why are you still taking the SAT? Go

work on your common app and college essay. You should spend more of your

essay. You should spend more of your time on that. 1530 is pretty much it's kind of irrelevant at that point. Okay.

But anyways, if you for some reason if you're at a 1530 or higher and you want to like start scoring like 1570s or like some like a lot higher, then it might make more sense to actually like think about exceptions, actually try solving

it. But again, I I want to be very very

it. But again, I I want to be very very very cautionary about actually deviating from this. I want you to follow this to

from this. I want you to follow this to the letter. And we're going to do

the letter. And we're going to do examples right after this to explain um like what I mean by following this to the letter. But I can't tell you how

the letter. But I can't tell you how many times students have doubted me.

Like pretty much every single student at one point doubt tries to doubt me and they go like, "Okay, I I know James told me to to pick this answer choice, but but the passage doesn't sound right when

when that answer choice is there." So,

they pick something else and then they they usually like spend two minutes on those questions, too, cuz they're like trying to debate over like what actually is the correct answer. And they end up getting the question wrong. They waste

tons of time on that question. And like

their score probably would have increased by 40 points if they actually didn't just do that. And I can't tell you how many times students have done this. So, don't do that. And if you

this. So, don't do that. And if you still doubt me, like try it out on yourself. Like on pro practice test like

yourself. Like on pro practice test like on the question bank questions excluding those three questions I showed you. Try

them out yourself and you will start trusting me because it will work every single time and you'll eventually get to a point where you can solve every single vote question on the SAT in on average 5 seconds. I'm about to do a lot of

seconds. I'm about to do a lot of example questions using this process. To

make the most out of the next section of this video, I want you to memorize this.

Okay? Maybe take a screenshot of like pause this video right now and memorize this or maybe rewatch the entire video up to this point like two times if you need to to make sure you have this memorized and completely understand because there's going to be a difference

between just knowing how to do something and actually ask be able to do it. Those

are two different types of knowledge.

Okay. Now, we're going to work on asking be able to do it. So, for the next part of this video, I'm going to have you pause the video right before I solve the question and then follow this process through the letter to the best of your ability and then unpause the video and

see how I solve it cuz I'm going to do the exact same process. And if you are able to do exactly what I did for each of these questions, then you'll have this mastery. Okay? So I want you to

this mastery. Okay? So I want you to right now fully understand this, but like understand the entire process. Have

it memorized. Usually understanding it will help you memorize this. Just as

long as you understand it, like you memorize it by default. So maybe if you watch this entire video if you need to make sure you have this memorized worst case, I guess if you don't like if you don't have enough time, honestly, just like pause the video right now and save

the next section for like maybe tomorrow when you do have enough time to like actually memorize this. I would memorize this. But worst worst case, maybe

this. But worst worst case, maybe screenshot this and just like follow along with it while you're doing the questions. But I I wouldn't recommend

questions. But I I wouldn't recommend that. I I would try memorizing this and

that. I I would try memorizing this and actually try to do the questions using this process. We've come full circle.

this process. We've come full circle.

Here is one prep again, but this time you're going to be solving the questions and then I'll explain how you should have solved it after you solved the question. But before we jump into a

question. But before we jump into a bunch of these questions, first of all, try solving this one. So, pause this video and there's no passage, by the way. Just to show you the answer

way. Just to show you the answer choices, you should be able to tell what the the answer is just based on a trick.

Okay? So solve this question first.

Okay, hopefully you solved it. I wanted

to do this question because even though I mentioned it multiple times, students still don't get it. So this is the last time I'm going to mention this. It's the

first verb. So we ignore the things that aren't verbs. Okay, first verb. So you

aren't verbs. Okay, first verb. So you

look at the first. So obviously this isn't a verb. This is the adverb.

Definitely. Okay, so we look at the first verb. So reflect is was and

first verb. So reflect is was and reflects. So like definitely that's

reflects. So like definitely that's that's not even a verb. Like this is the second verb. That doesn't matter. Okay,

second verb. That doesn't matter. Okay,

so the first verb request all of this we're going to look at reflect is was and reflects. Okay, what's the answer?

and reflects. Okay, what's the answer?

This is minority rule. This is the only one that's plural because this doesn't have a s at the last letter and these all do. So a is the answer for this one.

all do. So a is the answer for this one.

Okay, so I just want to bring that to your attention. It's the first verb. So

your attention. It's the first verb. So

don't get confused if the the first word, not the first verb actually isn't a verb. Okay, you just ignore that. Look

a verb. Okay, you just ignore that. Look

at the first verb. Okay, let's jump into a bunch of these questions.

So, how we're going to do this is pause the video right now. Solve this question and then I'll explain how I'm solving how you should have solved it. Okay?

Solved it right away. Obviously, you

should have looked at the answer choices first or you always look at the answer choices first. The answer choices tell

choices first. The answer choices tell you what to do next. A lot of times you can just get the answer just from the answer choices like 90% of the time.

Okay. So, what do we have here? Uh

measures had would have. So, we see a will. Okay. We see a will. There's also

will. Okay. We see a will. There's also

no measures and measures like measures and measure. So there's no single plural

and measure. So there's no single plural at the same it's not a single plural question and we see a will. So we only make you know it's past present future question. Okay interesting. So then we

question. Okay interesting. So then we have to look for context clues. So like

right in your before you jump into the passage you should have already gotten okay it's past present future question and you should already have in your head okay I need to look for context clues.

Don't just read the passage aimlessly.

It's going to waste tons of time. Okay

read the passes for a specific purpose in mind. So I have to read the passage

in mind. So I have to read the passage to find context clues that's going to tell me what tense the blank is in. Is

it past, present, future? Okay. So let's

read this. Um I guess I'll just start from the beginning. In recent years, so in recent years that's that's probably it's close to the present tense maybe. I

don't know. Okay. Recent years

economists around the world have created new tools that quantify the overall being. Okay. Economics in India for

being. Okay. Economics in India for example use an ease of living index.

This tool. Okay. I I think there's this is present tense probably but there's also like parallel like use. So because

that's in present tense use and ease of living in the school and this is pretty much a mirror of this sense right like um economics use this and it says this tool does that like it's just it makes

sense for this to master. It's like this this sentence is mirroring this is like going deeper into it but it's like restating what it said in this sentence.

So if this one's a present tense then this one must be present tense too. Uh,

but it's also like explaining the use of the tool which is still going on because like in recent years, right? It's still

going on. So, it's just a present tense either way. There's multiple ways you

either way. There's multiple ways you could have got contest. So, the only present tense answer choice really is is a. So, let me pick that one. This is

a. So, let me pick that one. This is

like um would have like it hasn't happened yet. Like would have like Yeah,

happened yet. Like would have like Yeah, that's not I don't even know what tent is. I've never seen that be the answer

is. I've never seen that be the answer by the way, but I I wouldn't count that as that is. Okay. Yep. if the answer was A. So again, look at how you solved the

A. So again, look at how you solved the question and look at how I told you you should have solved the question and if if there's even a single thing that you didn't do different like maybe when you reading the passage, you weren't in your mind, you weren't looking for context

clues or maybe you read the passage first and then you look the answer choices. Okay, I want you to follow

choices. Okay, I want you to follow exactly what I told you. So look at the answer choices first. Answer choice I would do next. You would have known, okay, I need for context clues and you read the passage in mind with context clues like on the top of your mind. You

look for contest cls. Okay, that's how you should solve if you didn't do any of those steps. Like even there's like one

those steps. Like even there's like one thing you didn't do or something you said did slightly differently. You need

to make sure that never happens again.

Okay, like from now on, this is what you're going to do. Next question. I

already did this one, so hopefully it doesn't show. Oh yeah, it doesn't it

doesn't show. Oh yeah, it doesn't it doesn't show the answer. Okay, it says it solved in 3 seconds. Okay, pause this video. Start solving this.

video. Start solving this.

Okay, hopefully you solve this. Now I'm

going to look at Okay, guess what the first thing is? Look, look at the answer choices, right? Look at the answer

choices, right? Look at the answer choices. I see fascinate. Fascinates. I

choices. I see fascinate. Fascinates. I

know it's a immediate because these all have s. I look at the first like my my

have s. I look at the first like my my brain is trained on the first verbs, right? These all have s's. These all

right? These all have s's. These all

have ses at the last letter of them.

That means these are all singular. This

is the only one that's plural. That's

the minority. That's the answer. You can

select a with 100% confidence. Okay. And

you should have you should have solved it extremely fast by the way. Like it

should it should take you five seconds maybe because maybe you have to get used to with fascinate fascinates but yeah single clone. Oh next

single clone. Oh next uh okay pause the video try solving this.

Okay should have solved it by now. Same

thing all were have was answers was because were and was is the exact same thing. So make sure you you still know

thing. So make sure you you still know like is or was were has have those are like the same versions of this of the same void but it's just one single one's plural was that's same version the same

word was is the only one that's singular then we know it's between B and D and these are all plural so the minority is going to be was and by you can select this with 100% confidence okay don't

read the passage like you should not have looked at the passage at all this is from the answer choices because this question is testing you on singular or plural okay and if if the answer was going going to be plural, then there will be three right answer choices.

There can't be three right answer choices. So, obviously, it's going to be

choices. So, obviously, it's going to be the only single one and like the answers, the question is going to test you if it's single or not. Okay, you can select the don't look at the passage.

You should not have looked at the passage at all. You should just look at the answer choices, pick the and then that's it. Okay,

that's it. Okay, wait. So, I need to check. Yeah, it's

wait. So, I need to check. Yeah, it's

right. Obviously, it's right. Okay. Oh,

shoot. No. Okay. Look at this. Okay.

Hopefully something. You notice I like zoomed into the answers right away. This

is muscle memory. Okay. I just every grammar question I I immediately zoom into the answer choices because that's what I'm going to look at. Okay,

this one you should have seen this one's slightly weird because of like the the int at the end but same thing like has this is has not but but has was is or

okay you see is and are is single version of the same word is is the singular one and there's a bunch of other singular ones so the the minority is going to be D.

Okay. Hopefully that makes this by the way. This is like was wasn't was not. By

way. This is like was wasn't was not. By

the way, you shouldn't. Yeah, I think everyone knows that. Hopefully. Like

hasn't is just has not. Okay. Yeah. So

the answer is the the cool keep on going.

Solve this one. Okay. Hopefully you

solved it. So again I'm looking at the answers immediately. Okay.

answers immediately. Okay.

G to have it. You first sort of actually look for develop like develops and develop or or some version some variation of that where it's like single pro version of the same void but you you don't see that here. There's

no developer develops. Yeah, there's not like it. So then you should go is there

like it. So then you should go is there a will? No, there's no will. Okay. Then

a will? No, there's no will. Okay. Then

you just like is there a main verb that out? Yes, there is. This is definitely

out? Yes, there is. This is definitely not a main verb. This is definitely not a main verb because you should know them like ing to and that. Okay. If you see an ing or if you see a two at the beginning or a dot at the beginning,

then it's definitely not a main verb.

And these are definitely not main verbs.

Okay, so the answer is B. And obviously

ed here is a main verb in this area because there is a not main verb already here. If there was a not main verbs,

here. If there was a not main verbs, then this would be a not main verb as well. But there has to be out to the

well. But there has to be out to the end. So you can just look at the answer

end. So you can just look at the answer choices. Um hopefully you like you

choices. Um hopefully you like you eventually get to a level where he's just like oh ing to have like just for sure just be you can see that right away like the second you see this question and hopefully he gets up eventually but for now just follow follow the the

order. You should still follow it just

order. You should still follow it just to make sure until like it's just like you can just do that in like milliseconds in your head quickly. It's

like instinct at that point like I bet you if you like did a brain scan while I was solving these questions you would see like I don't have to think at all when I'm solving these. It's just

pattern. It's I just see it. It's just

like when you see the color purple, you just know it's purple. Like it's just like like that to me. If you just do enough, you can get to that point as well. Okay.

well. Okay.

Check. Sorry. Check. Okay.

Next. Yeah. Try solving this one.

I keep on zooming to the answer choices.

Okay. Solve that one. Okay. So, answer

choices. You should Okay. You shouldn't

have looked at the passage because wasn't seen that. Bam. The answer is complete. And you see this is like

complete. And you see this is like repetitive. Like all these questions are

repetitive. Like all these questions are now the same any like they're just the exact same thing. And like you probably understand how I'm able to solve these so fast now because it's just the exact same. Like I I've done so many of these

same. Like I I've done so many of these questions. Every single one of these

questions. Every single one of these questions at least to me they're pretty much the exact same question because it's the exact same process for every single one of these. And I've gotten to a point where it's like yeah like I get

bored. It's just obviously yeah you just

bored. It's just obviously yeah you just see so many of these. Okay. So this one okay he should have looked at the answer choices. It's all promote and promotes

choices. It's all promote and promotes the version of the same word. Which one

is the minority then? Let's see. That's

because these are all plural. There's no

look at the first word. There's no s.

Okay.

Yeah. Moving on. Like we've seen so many single plural questions in by the way.

Like it's like I'm not doing I basically just like took out like I basically what I did was I just got a bunch of question baked questions and that's it. Like I

didn't like it there wasn't an order I selected them and this is kind of just like the questions themselves. Okay. So

I s this one. You should have picked C like pretty fast because is annoying.

Wait, there's actually that's weird.

Yeah, but like is same word in the same word is annoying. And this these are all plural. It's the only one I think code.

plural. It's the only one I think code.

Yeah. Next

one. Okay.

You should like uh identify and identifies single purpose in the same word. This

one has a S at the end. These ones

don't. This is definitely the minority.

Pick that one and move on. Next.

What about this one?

Okay. Should have solved it by now. Look

at the answer choices. How many of these have we gone? It's crazy. It's just

single FL questions all the time. But,

uh, focuses and focus is actually example. Like I talked about f the word

example. Like I talked about f the word focus specifically. But because the base

focus specifically. But because the base word already has an s, then the singular version actually adds a e s on top of the s. So just because it has a s, this

the s. So just because it has a s, this actually is plural because the base word already has an s. Okay. I I did mention that if you forgot about that like rewatch that portion. Okay. Yeah.

Obviously that was right. Next. Okay.

Try solving this one.

You should have look at the answer choices. There's no rain in rains,

choices. There's no rain in rains, right? There's no single blow. So we we

right? There's no single blow. So we we next look for will. There's no will. And

then we look for ones out. Yeah, there's

definitely ones out main. Like these are definitely not main verbs. Is the only one that is a main verb. The stance.