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Digital SAT Grammar Video Series with Mr. O | Domain 4 Standard English Conventions
149 short animated video lessons (10 hours) that teach every Digital SAT grammar and punctuation rule in Domain 4, step by step, with real SAT-style questions.
What you'll learn
- Joining an Incomplete Clause to a Complete Sentence (23 parts)
- Joining Two Complete Sentences: Period, Semicolon, or Comma + FANBOYS (21 parts)
- Extra Information: Commas, Dashes, Parentheses, or Nothing at All (16 parts)
- The Colon: Introducing a List or an Explanation (10 parts)
- Inside a List: Commas and Semicolons Between Items (13 parts)
- Verbs: Agreement, Tense and Form (18 parts)
- Pronouns, Apostrophes and Possessives (18 parts)
- Parallelism: Keeping Items in Matching Form (13 parts)
- Modifiers: Making a Description Point at the Right Word (17 parts)
About this course
Learn Digital SAT Standard English Conventions (Domain 4) with Mr. O and Coach Maya. The course has 9 playlists and 149 parts, about 10 hours in total. Each playlist follows one TTA SkillDrill lesson from start to finish: the rule, how to spot it on the test, worked examples, the traps test writers use, and quick checks with a pause so you can answer first. Parts are 3 to 6 minutes long and come with captions. Watch a part, then read the matching section of the lesson notes and practise with the SkillDrill questions on thetestadvantage.com.
Course outline
9 lessons · 149 videos · 10 h 19 min · 0 of 149 watchedDomain 4 | Joining an Incomplete Clause to a Complete Sentence
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3:18
Part 1
What Makes a Sentence
3 min
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3:46
Part 2
The Missing Subject
4 min
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5:46
Part 3
Four Jobs and Job Two
6 min
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6:08
Part 4
Order Decides the Comma
6 min
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3:34
Part 5
The -ing Trap
4 min
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3:51
Part 6
Facing Backwards - Tidewater
4 min
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3:50
Part 7
Facing Forwards - Indigo House
4 min
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4:14
Part 8
Job 3 - The Clause Is the Subject
4 min
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3:51
Part 9
That as a Subject
4 min
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4:28
Part 10
Embedded Questions
4 min
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3:41
Part 11
This Raises a Question
4 min
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3:35
Part 12
Job 4 - The Delete Test
4 min
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3:46
Part 13
Brackets Come in Pairs
4 min
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3:50
Part 14
Title Plus Name - No Comma
4 min
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3:57
Part 15
Two Traps - The Harbour Dig
4 min
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4:22
Part 16
When Though Is Not a Signal
4 min
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4:22
Part 17
However Is Not a FANBOYS
4 min
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4:01
Part 18
Final Boss - Two Rules
4 min
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4:56
Part 19
Read the Choices First
5 min
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3:58
Part 20
Tips 1-8 and Practice
4 min
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4:09
Part 21
Tips 9-16 and Practice
4 min
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4:51
Part 22
Practice Set 2 and Takeaways
5 min
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3:34
Part 23
Student Questions
4 min
Domain 4 | Joining Two Complete Sentences: Period, Semicolon, or Comma + FANBOYS
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3:26
Part 1
What Counts as a Sentence
3 min
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4:31
Part 2
The Two-Question Test
5 min
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5:47
Part 3
The Missing Verb Disguise
6 min
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5:33
Part 4
Cliffhangers and Bracket-Out
6 min
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5:34
Part 5
One Added Word
6 min
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3:32
Part 6
The Two-Verb Alarm
4 min
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3:18
Part 7
The Power Wall
3 min
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3:38
Part 8
The Semicolon Rule
4 min
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4:01
Part 9
Comma Plus FANBOYS
4 min
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4:21
Part 10
Splices and Run-Ons
4 min
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5:29
Part 11
Classify and Practice
5 min
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4:10
Part 12
The Period Test
4 min
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3:53
Part 13
Period vs Semicolon
4 min
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3:57
Part 14
The FANBOYS Trap
4 min
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3:43
Part 15
The However Switch
4 min
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4:17
Part 16
Same Word, Opposite Answer
4 min
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3:34
Part 17
Bookends and the Colon
4 min
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4:04
Part 18
The List Semicolon
4 min
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4:44
Part 19
Tips and Practice 1
5 min
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4:51
Part 20
Practice 2 and Core Rule
5 min
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3:13
Part 21
Student Questions
3 min
Domain 4 | Extra Information: Commas, Dashes, Parentheses, or Nothing at All
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3:35
Part 1
Stop Listening for Pauses
4 min
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3:42
Part 2
Trigger 1 - Bookends
4 min
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4:28
Part 3
Never Mix, Never Stack
4 min
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4:10
Part 4
The Hexane Question
4 min
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3:39
Part 5
Trigger 2 - The Lone Comma
4 min
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4:21
Part 6
Quick Check 1
4 min
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3:47
Part 7
Trigger 3 - Job and Name
4 min
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3:18
Part 8
Two Triggers at Once
3 min
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4:06
Part 9
Trigger 4 - That vs Which
4 min
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3:47
Part 10
Trigger 5 - Prepositions
4 min
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4:40
Part 11
Trigger 6 - Fake Pairs
5 min
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3:41
Part 12
The Habit Comma
4 min
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4:18
Part 13
The Unique-Noun Test
4 min
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4:33
Part 14
Test Day Trigger Table
5 min
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6:33
Part 15
Final Check and Summary
7 min
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3:40
Part 16
Student Questions
4 min
Domain 4 | The Colon: Introducing a List or an Explanation
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2:59
Part 1
The One-Sided Rule
3 min
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3:29
Part 2
Four Things a Colon Can Introduce
3 min
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3:24
Part 3
Never After a Verb or Such As
3 min
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3:45
Part 4
The Appositive
4 min
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2:51
Part 5
Colon vs. Semicolon vs. Dash
3 min
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3:26
Part 6
The Hardest Shape: , however:
3 min
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3:52
Part 7
Twofold, Overdrive, Known For
4 min
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2:41
Part 8
Long-Span Blanks: The Internal Comma
3 min
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3:40
Part 9
8 Test-Day Tips + Quick Check
4 min
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3:26
Part 10
Quick Check + Takeaway
3 min
Domain 4 | Inside a List: Commas and Semicolons Between Items
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3:38
Part 1
What List Questions Test
4 min
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4:41
Part 2
The Series Comma Rule
5 min
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3:44
Part 3
Two Traps: Split and Dropped
4 min
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3:46
Part 4
The Semicolon Upgrade
4 min
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3:41
Part 5
Last Item and Two-Item Lists
4 min
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4:38
Part 6
Guided: Temperatures & Depths
5 min
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5:25
Part 7
Upgrade or Not? Two Examples
5 min
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3:48
Part 8
Lists of Actions
4 min
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3:56
Part 9
Two Adjectives, One Noun
4 min
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4:37
Part 10
A List Inside a List
5 min
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4:34
Part 11
12 Test-Day Tips
5 min
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4:58
Part 12
Quick Check, Round 1
5 min
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4:49
Part 13
Quick Check, Round 2 + Recap
5 min
Domain 4 | Verbs: Agreement, Tense and Form
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3:12
Part 1
Three Kinds of Verb Questions
3 min
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3:26
Part 2
Find the Real Subject
3 min
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3:31
Part 3
Subjects After the Verb
4 min
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5:36
Part 4
And, Or, Nor Subjects
6 min
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6:35
Part 5
Always-Singular Subjects
7 min
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5:53
Part 6
One of the Only, A Number
6 min
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3:57
Part 7
Tense: Follow the Evidence
4 min
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3:35
Part 8
Habits and Finished Dates
4 min
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3:33
Part 9
Future and Interrupted Past
4 min
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4:18
Part 10
Perfect Tenses and Old Dates
4 min
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6:14
Part 11
What-Ifs and Semicolons
6 min
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3:39
Part 12
Form: One Main Verb Only
4 min
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4:14
Part 13
Comma Plus a New Subject
4 min
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3:48
Part 14
Having, Which, and Splices
4 min
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3:51
Part 15
The Bare -ing Trap
4 min
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4:07
Part 16
Done By or Doing? To or -ing?
4 min
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5:49
Part 17
Tense, Form, Agreement Check
6 min
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4:21
Part 18
Verb Tips + Recap
4 min
Domain 4 | Pronouns, Apostrophes and Possessives
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5:29
Part 1
Find What It Replaces
5 min
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3:43
Part 2
Some, All, Any, None
4 min
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3:53
Part 3
Groups and Everyone
4 min
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3:53
Part 4
This What? Name It
4 min
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3:45
Part 5
That in Comparisons
4 min
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3:43
Part 6
Subject or Object Case
4 min
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4:01
Part 7
Reflexives, Who and Whom
4 min
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3:41
Part 8
Of Whom and Whoever
4 min
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5:46
Part 9
His or Her vs. Their
6 min
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3:41
Part 10
Two Possible Antecedents
4 min
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3:49
Part 11
Its, It's, Their, They're
4 min
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4:16
Part 12
Its' Is Not a Word
4 min
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3:56
Part 13
Plural or Possessive?
4 min
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4:25
Part 14
Children's and Director's
4 min
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3:56
Part 15
Shared Owners, Hyphen Nouns
4 min
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3:43
Part 16
Than She Did
4 min
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3:49
Part 17
Tips + Final Round
4 min
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3:40
Part 18
Final Check + Takeaway
4 min
Domain 4 | Parallelism: Keeping Items in Matching Form
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3:25
Part 1
Spot It in Five Seconds
3 min
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3:17
Part 2
Key Terms and the One Rule
3 min
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3:25
Part 3
A List of Actions
3 min
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3:46
Part 4
Same Form, Same Doer
4 min
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4:53
Part 5
One To Covers Both
5 min
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4:43
Part 6
Two Descriptions, One Noun
5 min
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4:14
Part 7
A Present-Tense Chain
4 min
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4:07
Part 8
Not Only... But Also
4 min
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4:19
Part 9
Fair Comparisons
4 min
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3:35
Part 10
Where the Blank Sits + Tips
4 min
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3:54
Part 11
Quick Check, Round 1
4 min
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4:12
Part 12
Quick Check, Round 2 + Recap
4 min
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4:04
Part 13
Student Questions
4 min
Domain 4 | Modifiers: Making a Description Point at the Right Word
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3:23
Part 1
Spot It in Five Seconds
3 min
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3:17
Part 2
Key Terms and the One Rule
3 min
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5:05
Part 3
The Renaming Opener
5 min
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3:39
Part 4
Describing Words Point Next
4 min
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4:54
Part 5
The -ing Opener
5 min
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4:50
Part 6
The -ed Opener
5 min
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3:17
Part 7
An Idea Can Be the Noun
3 min
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5:18
Part 8
Unlike, Like, Compared To
5 min
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5:18
Part 9
Read Past the Blank
5 min
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3:31
Part 10
Two Checks, One Recipe
4 min
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5:14
Part 11
Passive Is Not Wrong
5 min
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4:40
Part 12
Possessive: Flag, Not Kill
5 min
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4:44
Part 13
Same Apostrophe, Different Verdict
5 min
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3:33
Part 14
When It Doesn't Apply + 7 Tips
4 min
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3:39
Part 15
Quick Check, Round 1
4 min
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4:04
Part 16
Quick Check, Round 2 + Recap
4 min
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3:55
Part 17
Student Questions
4 min
Before you start
- No requirements. Watch the playlists in order, or jump to the rule you need. After each part, read the matching section of the SkillDrill lesson notes and practise on thetestadvantage.com.