<p>[ACCUPLACER:</a> Sentence Skills](<a href=“http://www.tmcc.edu/testing/accuplacer/sentenceskills/]ACCUPLACER:”>http://www.tmcc.edu/testing/accuplacer/sentenceskills/)</p>
<p>can anyone explain the rules for construction shifts ? I don’t get it ?</p>
<p>“construction shift” is basically the same idea of the sentence portrayed in often a different voice. it usually involves changing from passive to active voice or quite frequently on the SAT, making the sentence more concise. </p>
<p>passive: the test was being taken by him
this is logically correct. but from a writing standpoint
it should be
active: he took the test
it portrays the same idea but it’s much more concise, and therefore more effective writing</p>
<p>making sentence concise sometimes also requires removing words like being, to be, etc.
in general good writing minimizes or eliminates any forms being or to be</p>
<p>Excited children ran toward the loud music, and they told others about the ice cream truck outside.</p>
<p>Rewrite, beginning with</p>
<p>The excited children, who had run toward the loud…</p>
<p>let me see what your saying.</p>
<p>the orginal is present…new part(the excited is past)…</p>
<p>So the next part is past–</p>
<p>A. music, they told
B. music told
C. music, telling
D. music and had told</p>
<p>can’t be c,a is out since it sounds akward…d sounds funny…</p>
<p>has to be B and yep its past tense…</p>
<p>I cannot stress enough — write these out, don’t just do them in your head. Scrap paper isn’t just for math.</p>