For English, it is really important to understand that the progress you make won't be linear. For example, I scored 630 on my practice test 2 days before the actual test. However, in the actual test, I scored a 720/800 in EBRW. I would recommend practising a lot of questions from the question bank until you start instinctively recognising patterns. This is the framework for DSAT as a whole: Practice! Practice! Practice!
Period = Semicolon = Comma + and/but.
Two commas or dashes indicate a non-essential clause; if the information between the commas or dashes is removed, the sentence will still make sense.
Its and their are possessive; it means "it is"; they're means "they are"; there refers to a place.
A colon introduces a list or explanation. A complete, standalone sentence is required before the colon, but not after it.
All items in a list must match in form (e.g., noun, noun, noun; verb, verb, verb).
A comma before a preposition (e.g., of, in, on) is incorrect.
A comma followed by it, this, he, she, or they usually creates a comma splice, which is incorrect unless modifiers are being tested.
Than is used for comparisons; then refers to time or sequence.
Singular verbs end in -s (e.g., the dog jumps); plural verbs do not (e.g., the dogs jump).
Words like this, that, these, and those should be followed by a noun.
Pronouns must remain consistent: one = one; you = you; a person = he or she; people = they.
Who's means "who is" or "who has"; whose is the possessive form of "who." Unlike "who," "whose" can refer to both people and things.
For transition questions, cross out the transition first and determine the relationship (e.g., continuation, contradiction, cause and effect) between the two sentences or parts of the sentence before reviewing answer choices.
In a complex series or "super list," if you see ;and within a passage, the correct answer must include another semicolon (;).