🚀 Getting started with the SAT
A six-step path for students who are new to the SAT (around Years 8–9): understand the test, build vocabulary and sentence structure, start with easy questions, then move to timed practice.
Difficulty levels are AUSLEX estimates based on each question’s content. Your progress is saved only in this browser — no account needed.
1Understand the test
Learn how the Digital SAT is structured and how the maths questions are worded in English.
2Build core vocabulary
Learn the words the test uses most — in eight languages — and practise easy Words in Context and Transitions questions.
3Master sentence structure
Start with the grammar rules rated easiest, plus complete sentences and comma splices — the foundation of every grammar question.
4Practise easy questions
Each link opens only the easy questions of that type, including short literature passages and basic maths.
- Central Ideas and Details Easy 11
- Command of Evidence: Quantitative Easy 10
- Command of Evidence: Textual Easy 3
- Text Structure and Purpose Easy 2
- 📖 SAT Literature Easy 14
- Math · Algebra Easy 14
- Math · Problem-Solving and Data Analysis Easy 16
5Move up to medium and hard
Work through every question type and the remaining grammar rules. Use the difficulty filter on each page to step up gradually.
- Words in Context
- Text Structure and Purpose
- Cross-Text Connections
- Central Ideas and Details
- Command of Evidence: Textual
- Command of Evidence: Quantitative
- Inferences
- Rhetorical Synthesis
- Transitions
- Math · Algebra
- Math · Advanced Math
- Math · Problem-Solving and Data Analysis
- Math · Geometry and Trigonometry
- Semicolons Hard
- Colons Hard
- Commas with coordinating conjunctions Medium
- Nonessential information: matching punctuation Hard
- Essential information: no commas Hard
- Dashes Hard
- No comma between essential parts Medium
- Descriptive titles and names Medium
- Agreement with tricky subjects Medium
- Pronoun case and clear reference Medium
- Verb forms and perfect tenses Medium
- Modifier placement Medium
- Parallel structure Medium
- Plural and possessive nouns Medium
- Finite and non-finite verbs Hard
- Logical comparisons Hard
6Practise under time pressure
Take full-length timed modules, then review every mistake with the explanations.