Includes SAT Practice Test Questions
How to Ace the SAT Reasoning Test, using our easy step-by-step SAT test study guide, without weeks and months of endless studying...
If you need help for the SAT II Subject Tests, please go here for information on the SAT II Subject Tests.
Dear Friend,
On a beautiful late spring afternoon, this past year, a young woman received the devastating news. She had just gotten back her score on the SAT test. It was not what she had hoped for. In fact, it was not even close to the expectations she had and what she thought her 4.0 grade point average would help her score on the SAT test.
The worst part was that she knew that she could never get into the university she had planned to go to with an SAT test score that low.
Then she remembered her friends and felt even worse. All of her closest high school friends had already gotten their SAT test scores back and had already been accepted into the university they all planned to attend together. She had been procrastinating about taking the SAT test, because she hated standardized tests, and this only confirmed her hatred.
"Why do you have to take the SAT test to get into college?" she angrily wondered.
She didn't look forward to having to tell the embarrassing news to her friends. "What would they think of her?" she thought, eyes brimming with tears, as she imagined her friends starting college without her and the isolation and exclusion of being the one left behind.
How to Solve the Problem
Unfortunately, this hypothetical situation occurs all the time. Someone thought they were going to a prestigious university, told all of their friends, made plans for the future, picked out a degree, and then got an embarrassing reality check from their score on the SAT test.
The SAT Reasoning Test is quite simply an objective assessment of a test taker's requisite foundation of knowledge and skills.
SAT test scores are used by the College Board as a uniform standard of qualification. While it may not be fair, all of a person's plans for the future may be dependent upon needing a certain SAT test score.
That is the whole purpose of the SAT Exam Secrets study guide: to give test takers the keys to understand how to succeed on the SAT test.
Our Study Guide for the SAT Test Is Unlike Any Other
If you'd like to get the SAT test score you deserve, to quit worrying about whether your score on the SAT test is "good enough," and to beat the test taking game, then this might be the most important message you read this year.
Our comprehensive study guide for the SAT 1 Reasoning Test is written by our test experts, who painstakingly researched the topics and the concepts that you need to know to ace your SAT test. Our original research into the SAT Reasoning Test, offered by the College Board, reveals the specific content areas and the essential skills that are critical for you to know on the SAT test. We've taken the information and developed a study guide that is guaranteed to help you be successful on the SAT test.
Now, we know you may be skeptical, so let us give you three good reasons we can back up what we claim:
The Three Reasons To Believe What We Say
The First Reason:
Our company's name is Mometrix Test Preparation, and we have a team of standardized test researchers who have worked on developing our study guide for the SAT test. The standards for who gets to work on the team are very strict- we demand the best for our customers, and only those who met our exacting standards made the cut. The dedicated research staff have years of combined experience in mastering the content and skills necessary to succeed on the toughest exams.
The Second Reason:
Some academic studies have revealed that test takers do not really benefit from the traditional test preparation process. But we knew there had to be a solution- if test takers were not doing well on the SAT test despite high intelligence, there had to be a set of secret keys to the test that would open the door of success for these test takers.
We believe we have succeeded in finding the secret keys of the exam. What we found was surprising, and in some cases ridiculously simple once explained to the average test taker.
We put the findings together in a thorough, concise study guide that we believe allows any test taker, at any skill level, to improve his or her results dramatically with a minimum of effort.
The Third Reason:
We created the product in part because we were frustrated by the options available to test takers who really wanted to do well on the SAT test.
A common approach is to TEACH the material, instead of TEACHING THE TEST. That's not necessarily good enough for the SAT test- you have to know how to apply the knowledge. Most test takers already have a general knowledge of the material that will be covered on the exam.
One reason some test takers do well on the day of the test is that they have made the critical connection between the material they learned and how to use the material to succeed on the SAT test.
Our guide addresses the difference between merely knowing the material and knowing how to use the material to perform on test day.
You're going to save time, money, and aggravation. You'll learn to avoid the mistakes and the bad strategies that you've been vulnerable to. Just for starters, here are some ways our product can help your score on the SAT test...
The Exclusive Test Taking Techniques
- Explains how the SAT test time limits are the #1 enemy of most students, and what you can do about it- You avoid falling into the many "time traps" built into the test, giving you an immeasurable advantage over those who go into the test unaware
- Shows you super speed methods to get through the questions you know with ease- Saving you time so you concentrate on the hardest questions without rushing
- Allows you to recognize critical "hedge" words - You'll understand their significance so you're not caught off guard
- Our researchers are more than just academic theoreticians who understand the technical nature of standardized tests, but are also experts on test taking itself- they reveal the exact skills and the information you'll need to perform under pressure during the test.
- Get quick, customized help for the questions you have about how to use our materials- just send us a quick email and we'll get back to you promptly with the answer.
- Empowers you with a key word searching tips that will let you save more time than you thought possible- You won't be wasting precious time anymore scouring Verbal passages, but will immediately be able to find exactly what you are looking for
- Explains why your "best guess" may be worse than a blind guess- You know the BOTTOM LINE benefit to your score, so you know when to guess and when to leave a question alone
- Keys to questions that "give away" the wrong (or right) answers- You get credit for some of the questions without really even knowing anything about them
- Details the EXACT STUDY PLAN for the SAT test that we believe gives the most results in the least time- No matter if you're studying for a week or a month, you won't waste the precious study time you have on useless activities
- Shows how to use SAT's score reporting system to your advantage- You can use SAT's own system against them to get a higher score- this technique is so obvious, we wonder in amazement why they allow such a gaping hole in their system!
- A systematic analysis and the best breakdown into "plain language" of how to deconstruct and master difficult problems- You turn problems that most students stumble over to your advantage
- Learn why, when, and how to guess to your advantage. Many test takers use exactly the wrong strategy, but you can avoid the pitfalls with the help of our standardized test experts
- Warns you of the "fact traps" to watch out for - You won't fall prey to these easy to miss questions
- The secret keys to the sentence completions that "gives away" the right answer a lot of the time- You know the special "flags" and the specific "giveaways" to look for in this section
- The most efficient and accurate method for picking the right answer on the critical reading questions- You won't be scratching your head trying to read the mind of the test question writer, but will instead know exactly what to look for to pick the best answer
- A comprehensive Math Review written in some of the easiest non-technical language you've ever read- You get a "plain talk" refresher on the most critical areas you will need to master for the SAT Math
- Includes instructions detailing the best way for you to get started with your preparation efforts so you can begin the path of improving your scores immediately
- Our quick problem solving method for the student-produced response questions- You speed right through these notorious time-wasters
- Gives you simple explanations for those hard to remember mathematical facts - You won't make some of these careless oversights anymore
- Courteous, unlimited customer service is 100% free- if you need the product emailed to a different address, lose the product, or have any other difficulty- the help you need is just a short email away and our representatives are active 7 days a week helping customers
- The research of our team of test experts is 100% independent and original
- Our exclusive "calibration strategy" to help you never go too fast OR too slow when answering even the toughest questions
- The 5-step process we've developed, what we call the "phased" approach, concerning the use of the various study aids and practice tests
- How the problem of procrastination can kill your chance of success, and the most important thing you can do about it
- How to know when you've studied as much as you need to for the exam- and the reason why we think some people should spend LESS time studying for the test
- The Top 20 things you should take care of within 24 hours of taking the test- use the list we provide as a checklist to make sure you've taken care of the "little things" in addition to studying hard
- How to predict the right answer before you see the answer choices- and how to prevent the wrong answers from "polluting" your mind and tempting you into a trap designed by the test writers
- Why answers that "sound" correct are often the very ones that are wrong- and how to tell the difference between the right answer and the many clever-sounding traps set for you by the test writers
- Our "benchmark" method for deciding which of the answer choices you should pick
- How some of the random bits of information in a question often "give away" the right answer choice
- How to "milk the question" for clues to the right answer even if you have no idea what the question is asking about
- How to avoid panicking when you don't know the answer to a question- we offer a systematic method that will serve as the "lifeline" you need to minimize the time wasted on the test questions that leave you stumped
- What to do about the tough questions that you have no clue how to answer- don't just give up, use the advice we offer to make sure you give yourself the best chance of getting the right answer
- How to use our brainstorming method to get "inside the question" and reveal the hard-to-find clues and some of the subtle things you didn't realize you knew
- Do you know what a "hedge phrase" is? Learn why looking for the key "weasel words" in the question can help identify the correct answer
- Why "new information" in the answer choices almost always means that the answer choice is wrong- and the way to avoid this trick planted by the clever test writers
- Learn to avoid this time-draining mistake on the test - why the technical terms you don't know can be a major stumbling block and waste precious time, and the way that you can work around them
- The secret to using the contextual clues in the questions and the answer choices to make important distinctions between the right and the wrong answer choices
- The two situations where you should NOT check your answers thoroughly
- How to avoid careless mistakes by using the quick "double check" system. It will more than pay for itself relative to the time it will take you
- Test writers will often quote directly from the question in an answer- learn whether this is something you should trust or avoid
- Why "extreme statements" in the answer choices are dead giveaways for wrong answers- find out how to detect the subtle differences between reasonable answers and the answers that are almost always wrong
- Learn how to group your answer choices into "families" that often narrows down the pool of correct answers- this is a quick way to immediately eliminate one or two of the answer choices and increase your odds of getting the question right
Now, you're probably wondering how and why we can do all the things we claim.
Let us explain.
Before we go any further, let us clarify what SAT Exam Secrets is not. It is not a stale rehash of all of the things you have already learned in the past.
SAT Exam Secrets is our exclusive collection of the tips and the information that we have specially selected to give you the best results on the SAT test for the least time spent studying. It's written in everyday language and is easy to use.
We cover the 5 essential skills necessary to do well on the SAT test, plus comprehensive reviewscovering the Mathematics, Critical Reading, and Writing tests.
Don't take our word for it.
Listen to what our customers say about other Mometrix test preparation products.
I purchased the Secrets file, and I just wanted to let you know that I got a 99% on my test. I just want to thank you again, and hope you have continued success in your ventures. Sincerely, Paul L.
My name is Chris. I used the Secrets study guide for five days. The study guide made the test so easy to understand. Like you said this program is worth 100's of dollars. To me 1,000's!! THANKS, Chris G.
I just had to thank you guys for the test prep! I bought the guide as a last minute prep, I mean maybe 5 hours before the test. Like I said, I had ZERO preparation! I was nervous about the test let alone receiving the score I needed. I read the guide through only once before test time and needless to say, the only way I passed was thanks to your refresher!! Brian
Just dropping you a note to let you know that I am completely satisfied with the product. I had already taken the test once and landed in the 75 percentile of those taking it with me. I took the test a second time and used some of your tips and raised my score to the 97 percentile. Thanks for my much improved score. Denise W.
I heard about your website from a friend. I am enrolled in a review course, and in hindsight, I wish I wouldn't have taken my review course and instead spent a fraction of the money on your program. Thank you! Zac L.
Warning: Always Look for These 6 Criteria
There is a lot of confusion surrounding studying for the SAT test, and standardized tests in general. In our opinion, these are the 6 criteria you should always look for in a study guide for the SAT test:
One: The guide must be written by writers who have painstakingly researched the topics and concepts needed to succeed on the SAT test. The blind cannot hope to lead the blind.
Two: The guide must be written in easy-to-use everyday language so all test takers can access the information.
Three: The guide must be to-the-point, with no fluff to distract the test taker from the truly important information.
Four: The guide must address the test first, the material second. If the material was the only thing that was important, then every test taker that understood the material should get a perfect score- that doesn't happen because there's a difference between simply knowing what's on the test and the way you perform on the test. You want a study guide to close that gap.
Five: The guide must motivate the test taker to actually study for the exam. If the guide is hard to read, the time spent studying will be slow and painful, and the results will be meager.
Six: The guide must be guaranteed- if you don't pass with flying colors, you get your money back- no questions asked.
You get at least 10 times your money's worth!
When you consider what's at stake with the exam, we believe the value of our study guide gives you at least ten times your money's worth.
In summary, here's what you get:
When you buy SAT Exam Secrets, it includes-
The 5 Secret Keys to SAT Test Success:
- Time Is Your Greatest Enemy
- Guessing is Not Guesswork
- Study Smarter, Not Harder
- Make the SAT Test Work For You
- Test Yourself
The comprehensive Critical Reading review including:
- Determining the Relationships
- Making Strategic Eliminations
- Understanding Word Types
- Finding the Right Opportunities
- When Truth Doesn't Equal Correctness
- Avoiding the Trap of Familiarity
- Making Logic Work for You
- Skimming Techniques to Save Time
- Keys to the Sentence Completion Sections
The comprehensive Mathematics review including:
- The Easiest Math Review You'll Ever Read
- Solving for Variables
- How to Read the Word Problems
- Keeping Probability Simple
- Using the Right Formulas
- Graphing for Success
- Breezing Through Ratios
- Understanding Line Plotting
- The Logical Approach to the Student Produced Response Questions
The comprehensive Writing review including:
- Keys to Quick Improvements
- Recognizing Not So Obvious Errors
- The Logical Path to Churning out an Essay
- Simplicity is Bliss
- How to Recognize Parallelism
- Secrets to Using Good Punctuation
- Clearing Up Word Confusion
- How to Approach a Topic
- Strength Through Diversity
- Tips on Weeding Your Garden
A complete set of SAT Practice Tests,
plus all of the other special tips and secrets we have included to help you prepare for the exam...
Receive the Following Bonuses
Since we know it's 100% to your benefit to use our study guide, we want to further encourage you by also including the following with your order:
- Bonus OneSAT Exam Practice Test Questions- Think you're ready for the SAT test? Test yourself using our practice test questions. Find out if you're prepared or if you need to head back to the study guide for another review. Use our practice test questions to make sure that you're not caught off guard on the day of the test!Our SAT practice test questions give you the opportunity to test your knowledge on a set of questions. You can know everything that is going to be covered on the test and it will not do you any good on the day of the test if you have not had a chance to practice. Repetition is the key to success and using the practice test questions allows you to reinforce the strengths you already have, while improving the weaknesses that you need to overcome.Detailed answer explanations are included for the questions. It may sound obvious, but you have to know which questions you missed (and more importantly why you missed the question) to be able to avoid making the same mistakes again when you take the real test. That's why the practice test questions we include for the SAT test include answer keys with detailed answer explanations to each question. The in-depth answer explanations will allow you to better understand the questions that were difficult for you or that you needed more help to understand.
- Bonus TwoStudy Secrets- The way to get the test score that you deserve is by proper preparation. The best preparation includes both knowing what to study and how to study. Our SAT Exam Secrets study guide will teach you what you need to know, but our Study Secrets bonus will show you HOW to use the information to be successful on the SAT test. The ability to learn faster will accelerate the progress you make as you study for the test. Here is some of what is included in the bonus:
- Starting off right by having the proper mindset and intensity
- Designing the right plan and the right schedule to help you stay focused
- Creating the right goals that will help you target the success you deserve on the test
- Working through your preparation plan as you study
- Recognizing the difference between effective and ineffective studying
- Understanding how to use the resources you have available and identifying the key information you need to succeed
- Being prepared for the unexpected and staying focused on the day of the exam
Study Secrets teaches you everything you need to know about studying, so that you can maximize the effectiveness of the time you spend in preparation; the techniques provided are guaranteed to get you the results you deserve on the day of the test. Study Secrets is the most in-depth, comprehensive study manual available and is completely free with the purchase of SAT Exam Secrets. - Bonus ThreeSAT Exam Secrets in Action- Our test experts take on some of the toughest problems on the SAT test and deconstruct them step-by-step. This is our exclusive advanced method that shows you how to find the solution to each problem at LEAST two or three different ways, depending on your strengths and preferences.
- Bonus FourHow Colleges View Your SAT Test Score, and What This Means for You for Admissions and Scholarships- Go "behind the scenes" at a college admission office and see what your score REALLY means to the admissions counselors.
- Bonus FiveHow to Overcome Test Anxiety- Do you get really nervous the day before important tests? If so, you could be suffering from a mild form of what's known as "test anxiety." The report we include gives you some of the latest important research into test anxiety, including our exclusive tips on how to make the test-taking experience as stress-free as possible while maximizing the score potential you have.
- Bonus SixSAT vs. ACT- Ever wonder about the difference between the SAT and ACT. We break down the two in detail and compare them side by side to show you how they stack up against each other.
- Bonus SevenHigh-Frequency Formulas- Do you remember how to calculate the areas of geometric figures? You can review and memorize the list we provide of high-frequency formulas at your leisure to maximize the chance you won't get hit off-guard by something you haven't seen in years.
- Bonus EightPrefixes and Suffixes- For the crucial words that you don't recognize on the sentence completion section, it's always a huge help to be able to dissect the word into its components and piece together a definition without any prior knowledge of the word. Using our exclusive list of the prefixes and the suffixes you are most likely to encounter, you'll be an ace at breaking down the toughest words on the test.
- Bonus NineThe SAT Words You Must Know to Ace the Sentence Completions- While the new SAT test doesn't have an analogy section and learning vocabulary is less important, it's still a huge help for the sentence completion section. Therefore, we include a list of these high-frequency words that you can review and memorize at your leisure to maximize the chance you won't get hit off-guard with words like "retinue" and "educe."
- Bonus TenContact Information for Major Universities and Colleges- Since applying to colleges requires sending off for application materials, submitting form after form, and placing follow-up phone calls we make it easier for you by providing an easy to use list of addresses, phone numbers, and websites.
- Bonus ElevenShould You Retake Your Test?- There's a lot of confusion with regards to whether you should retake the test or not. The report we include shows you how to handle this complex question based on the personal situation that you are in.
- Bonus TwelveOvercoming Math Fear- Did you know that some people have an extreme fear of math? This report tells you why this is (you'll be surprised by the reason), and includes some of the best tips on what you can do to overcome the latent math fear you may have. Don't let the fear you may have of math compromise the score you get on the test- if you're an otherwise intelligent person, there's no reason why you should do badly on the math sections of the test. The report we give you will show you exactly what to do.
- Bonus ThirteenSAT Quick Reference Guide- Ever heard of the 80/20 rule? Guess what - it applies to studying too. Eighty percent of the stuff that you need to know on the test can be learned in twenty percent of the time. That's why you need our SAT Quick Reference Guide!We know that one of the hardest parts of studying is sorting through all of the information. There is so much stuff that you need to know in preparation for your test. However, while you want to go through everything to make sure that you don't miss out on something you've never heard of before, it's equally important that you stay up to date on the basic core knowledge that you will be tested on.Our SAT Quick Reference Guide is condensed study material. We've taken the basics of the test and boiled it down to the most important concise facts and need-to-know information. Our goal was to create a set of cheatsheets that you can print out that would allow you to do a quick review in a short amount of time. Unfortunately our cheatsheets don't give away the actual answers to the test, but they do the next best thing. They give you that basic review of the most critical things that you need to know to be successful.
- Bonus FourteenSpecial Bonus for SAT Exam Secrets Customers:Undergraduate School Secrets- If your upcoming undergraduate school program is a concern for you, then we'd like to also give you a copy of Undergraduate School Secrets, an easy-to-use guide that goes into detail about everything you need to know about undergraduate school and is guaranteed to help you get accepted and be successful in your future career. Here is some of what is included in the bonus:
- How to "frame" your individual situation so you look best in front of an undergraduate school admissions officer
- Discover the most important techniques you should use to select the right undergraduate school and guarantee that you get in
- Use our "Big Picture" overview of the entire undergraduate school admission process to formulate an intelligent strategy for your situation
- Which undergraduate school admission activities yield the most bang for the buck
- What the most common mistakes most potential undergraduate school applicants make- and how you can avoid falling for these easy traps
- A complete master plan that ties all of the expert advice together, so you can start using these techniques TODAY to get into the undergraduate school of your choice
Undergraduate School Secrets is written by a team of experts, who know what is required to get into undergraduate school and then be successful. Undergraduate School Secretsnormally retails for $29.99, but is here available completely free along with your regular purchase of a copy of SAT Exam Secrets.
By the way, the bonuses are yours to keep even in the unlikely event you decide to take advantage of our ironclad money-back guarantee:
You can't lose with our 100%,
ironclad, moneyback guarantee
We insist that you order SAT Exam Secrets entirely at our risk. That's why when you order from this site it comes with a Risk-Free, 1-year 100% Money-Back Guarantee. There's absolutely NO RISK on your part. Why are we going to such great lengths?
Even though we are absolutely confident in the quality of our study manual and its ability to help you get the results you deserve, we want to completely eliminate the possibility of any remaining doubts or concerns.
So go ahead and order your copy of SAT Exam Secrets today. Take the time to read it, use it, and profit from it. If you use any one of our secrets, and somehow fail to recoup your small investment in the form of the test result you want - send us an email at support@mometrix.com to arrange a 100% refund of the product price.
Now let us take the guarantee one step further. If you don't like this exclusive book for ANY reason, you can return it for a 100% refund of the product price. And remember, this is a 1 year guarantee. You're free to return it at any time, for any reason, up to one year after the purchase date- no hassle, no questions asked.
We understand that it may be hard for you to believe that this sort of information really exists- something that is unconditionally guaranteed to work or your money back, and is being offered at such a low price. If you don't mind, let us speak from the heart and we'll let you in on one of our main motivations:
We're sick and tired of good people losing opportunities because of the score they get on a test.
A good test score opens doors- and when the door doesn't open, dreams and ambitions die, and we think that's a horrible thing.
If you think there's even the smallest chance that this material will help you, you owe it to yourself to try out our product. Don't let fear or doubt stand in the way of what could be the best opportunity you have to achieve the test score you need to fulfill the dream you deserve.
What we're saying is, don't decide now if the product is for you. Just get it and try it out. If it doesn't do everything we say and more, if you don't save time, money, and frustration, if it isn't what you thought it was, if it doesn't work for you, you have nothing to worry about when you order from this site because you can get every dime of your money back under the no-loopholes guarantee. So you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Get the SAT Exam Secrets Study Guide
Here's how to order right now!
SAT Exam Secrets can be ordered directly from this site. A printed copy will typically ship within one business day from our shipping facility.
Or, if you prefer, you can order the study guide as an instantly downloadable ebook. It doesn't require any special software- if you can read this web page, you have all you need to start using and applying SAT Exam Secrets in just five minutes. You don't have to wait for anything to come in the mail. Download SAT Exam Secrets immediately!
Both versions are the same price and contain the same information- if you need instant access and are comfortable with ebooks, order the ebook. If you would prefer the physical book and can wait for the product to arrive in the mail, order the printed book.
It's easy to order your copy of SAT Exam Secrets. The entire comprehensive package retails for$20.99, but is available to you today at the incredibly low price of $14.99. Just click one of the links below.
If you have any problems or questions, please send an email to support@mometrix.com and we will be sure to get it working for you.
If you would like to order through the mail, click here to order SAT Exam Secrets study guide by check or money order.
By Jay Willis
This Page Last Updated: 10/06/2017
This Page Last Updated: 10/06/2017