Verbal Workbook for the NEW SAT (Barron's Critical Reading Workbook for the SAT) [Paperback]

Sharon Wiener Green (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0764124110 | ISBN-13: 978-0764124112 | Edition: 11

The newly restructured SAT has replaced its old Verbal section with a section called Critical Reasoning and has added an entirely new section on Writing Skills. Barron's new 11th edition of the Verbal Workbook for the NEW SAT reflects this major change, presenting four full-length practice tests in Critical Reading and Writing Skills, including a self-assessment, with all questions answered and explained. This workbook also features an extensive vocabulary list with definitions, an additional SAT high-frequency word list, and hundreds of practice and review questions covering sentence completion, reading comprehension, English grammar and usage, and essay writing.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

[back cover]


Choose Barron’s Method for Success on the all NEW SAT

Critical Reading and Writing Skills Sections

Read and understand the author’s overview of the new test sections

Devise your personal study plan for success

Take the book’s practice tests and score your results

Review the answers and explanations for all test questions



It’s Your Path To a Higher Test Score

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 11 edition (February 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764124110
• ISBN-13: 978-0764124112
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #699,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sharon Weiner Green, M.A., is former Instructor in English, Merritt College, Oakland, California, and the author of numerous test preparation books.

Customer Reviews

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71 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It has everything it's supposed to: not too much nor too little, December 26, 2005

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Renegade (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Verbal Workbook for the NEW SAT (Barron's Critical Reading Workbook for the SAT) (Paperback)

A very adequate Book!

This book covers various types of questions for the Reading sectoin and the Writing section. It has lots and lots of practice for reading section but could have more for writing (the practice tests on the back can cover that).

It breaks down the reading section into two sections for each type of questions: Sentence completion and Reading. It has all the information you need for each section and tons of practice questions for you to improve your skills.

Writing section is analyzed with many questions that contain the most common types of grammatical errors that are tested on the test. If you learn all those types and practice with the practice tests, you should do fairly well on the test.

For the essay part, it gives bunch of useful tips along with some sample essays with grader's comments.
This book also has the SAT High-frequency word list with 800 words that frequently appear on the SAT.

It doesn't have any useless information so doesn't overprepare you. It has just everything a SAT verbal workbook should have. Therefore, I highly recommend this book to everyone.

Other Books:
Princeton Review's Reading and Writing workbook is very short and inadequate. I wouldn't recommend it.
Kaplan's SAT reading workbook has tons of problems and so that book's pretty good.
Kaplan's SAT Writing workbook isn't as thorough as Barron's but it's good enough to give it a try.
For studying SAT overall I would strongly recommend the Maximum SAT which is the best SAT prep Book I have seen. It is really helpful to study along with the Official SAT Study Guide by collegeboard.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Verbal SAT workbook, September 12, 2008

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Elizabeth Defusco "ldtc2" (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Verbal Workbook for the NEW SAT (Barron's Critical Reading Workbook for the SAT) (Paperback)

This is good but it's almost exactly the same as SAT Critical Reading. No need to buy both. The Verbal SAT book is better as it has a grammar section.