ACT ENGLISH AND READING ENGLISH GRAMMAR 45 minutes

ACT ENGLISH AND READING

ENGLISH- GRAMMAR • 45 minutes long and 75 questions. • Underlines: Grammar errors are underlined and assigned numbers that correspond to the question number. Choose the best replacement of (or don’t change) the underlined word or phrase based on rules of grammar, punctuation, syntax, and rhetoric.

2 TYPES OF QUESTIONS ON ENGLISH TEST • Grammar or punctuation • Structure and style

IF IT AIN’T BROKE, DON’T FIX IT • 25 percent of underlined are perfect. • Read non-underlined too • Stay with the style of the passage • Use answer choices- determine the kind of question by the answers

COMPLETE IDEAS VS NON COMPLETE • Breath test • Commas • ACT like commas before the last AND in a list

STOP! GO! . , ! : ? - ; And , and But , but (not puncutation

CHOOSE THE BEST BY GETTING RID OF THE WORST PROCESS OF ELIMINATION

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT • Who vs whom • Best words, wrong words

APOSTROPHES • Contractions are fine • Apostrophes are for 2 things- contractions and possession

STRUCTURE AND STYLE

TRANSITION QUESTIONS SIMILAR • And • Thus • Therefore • since DIFFERENT • However • Yet • Although • still

WORDS THESE ORDER IN PUT THE RIGHT

READING- 4 PASSAGES (90 LINES), 40 QUESTIONS • Read the question • Find the answer in the passage • Put the answer in your own words • Read the answers, cross off any that don’t agree

ACT PRACTICE CITES • Petersons. com/college • 4 tests. com/act • ACTstudent. org/testprep/ • Varsitytutor. com/act-practice-tests • Princetonreview. com/college/free-act-practice-test#!practice