[Video] Q19: No change or its or there or their

Explanation for Question 19 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 1

For question number 19, we're looking at this sentence right here, 2 which says scientists have long known that particles facilitate melting by darkening, 3 snow, and ice limiting its ability to reflect the sun's rays and were 4 asked about this word here. It's and the first question 5 is, should we use it or should we use there? 6 The difference being that when you use it, you're talking about a singular thing. 7 And when you use there, you're talking about a plural thing. 8 So first let's figure out what is reflecting the sun's rays. 9 We see scientists as long known that SU particles, 10 right? So we're looking at particles here that facilitate melting. 11 And so particles is plural. So that it's it's are out 12 of the case immediately because we want something that's plural. 13 And now the question is what is the difference between there and there? 14 T H E R E as we see it in the answer choice C 15 talks about location, right? 16 So you might say my school is over there, 17 or my car is over there. So when you're talking about the physical placement 18 of something that is when you use T H E R E, 19 now there is the possessive version. 20 Uh, you might say that is their dog, 21 right? Those people own the dog. And so when you're talking about possession, 22 you use the version of there found in D right? 23 And so we can ask ourselves the ability is the ability a location, 24 or is it something that the particles have, 25 right. So another way you could say the sentences,...