Blanks¶
- Read entire sentence
- Find clues/words/phrase in sentence
- Identify sentence type
- Look for keywords
- Come up with own words and match
- Eliminate options
- Do not be afraid to pick word you don’t know
Types
- Single
- Double
- Triple
Types
- Single sentences
- Multiple sentences
- Dependent blanks
- Back-to-back blanks
- Other blank is the clue
No Shifts¶
- Likewise
- Infact
- indeed
- so
- Just as … so (too)
- Not only … but also
Elaboration¶
- hyphen
- colon
- semi-colon
Apposition¶
Two similar/related words (usually adjectives) follow one another
Eg: “pointed, even polemical”
Cause-Effect¶
- because
- given that
- as result of
- since
- therefore
- consequently
- thus
Shifts¶
Reversal¶
- Though
- Although
- Even though
- Despite
- Yet
- But
- However
- Notwithstanding
- Nonetheless
- Regardless
- Not without detractors
- Typically
Types
- Single reversal
- Double reversal
Time shifts¶
- Once
- At first
- Then … now
- Initially
Perception Shift¶
- Since …
- Only with
False shift¶
- albeit
Sentence Equivalence¶
2 answers
Both will be synonyms