A Comprehensive Review of ACT English Section Tips
Master essential strategies for the ACT English section, covering topics like redundancy, sentence fragments, punctuation usage, and context clues. Learn how to approach different question types efficiently and increase your chances of success in the test.
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Click to edit Master title style ACT English Review 1
Click to edit Master title style 45 minutes 75 questions 5 passages 18 is the Benchmark 22
Click to edit Master title style There are 4 Redundancy questions on every ACT. What does this mean? If a word or phrase is redundant, it is unnecessary and can be eliminated without altering the meaning of the sentence. On the ACT, redundancy tends to be presented in two ways. The first way is that two synonyms will be used to describe something when only one of the words is necessary. 3 3
Click to edit Master title style There are 4 sentence Fragments on every ACT. LOOK for them! Is there a period or semicolon in the underlined part or in the answer choices. 4 4
Click to edit Master title style A period is the same as a semicolon. So, if one is wrong the other is wrong. This is a semicolon ; 55
Click to edit Master title style A complete thought will always be before a colon. : is a colon 6 6
Click to edit Master title style The shortest answer has been correct over 50 % of the time. What is the shortest answer DELETE. 7 7
Click to edit Master title style Don t be afraid to pick NO CHANGE!! 8 8
Click to edit Master title style Pay attention to Context. What is context? it is the place or the perspective from which people are able to observe and accept all changing experiences. Meaning-in-context questions are one of the most common question types in the Reading section of the ACT. These questions ask you to decipher the definition of a word or the meaning of a phrase or sentence used in a passage. 9 9
Click to edit Master title style Trust your eyes and ears! Does it look right? Does it sound right? 10 10
Click to edit Master title style Make sure Subjects and Verbs agree! 11 11
Click to edit Master title style Look for run on sentences and comma splices. 12 12
Click to edit Master title style How do you remember conjunctions? Conjunctions connect words, phrases or sentences. FANBOYS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY7BFNlCYCU&ab_channel=AshleyWoods For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So 13 13
Click to edit Master title style Instead of Could of Use Could Have 14 14
Click to edit Master title style Use than if comparing two things. Use then if a sequence (time or consequence). Here's how to keep them straight. Than is used in comparisons as a conjunction (as in "she is younger than I am") and as a preposition ("he is taller than me"). Then indicates time. It is used as an adverb ("I lived in Idaho then"), noun ("we'll have to wait until then"), and adjective ("the then-governor"). 15 15
Click to edit Master title style - Bagels were cheaper back then. - I poured a glass of juice and then sat down to eat. - First I ll drink my orange juice, then eat my bagel. - I will call you no later than 7 pm. - The company needs a good accountant more than ever. 16 16
Click to edit Master title style They re They are You re - You are It s It is Its Does not exist!! 17 17
Click to edit Master title style If the question is long look for the clue like Scooby Doo! It s there somewhere just have to look for it but don t spend too much time. 18 18
Click to edit Master title style Sometimes a long question takes a long answer. 19 19
Click to edit Master title style Do you ever leave anything blank of an ACT?? NO!! When you hear you have 5 minutes remaining on the test pick a Letter of the day and fill them all in. 20 20
Click to edit Master title style Reading 35 minutes 40 questions 4 passages Benchmark 22 21 21
Click to edit Master title style Passages can be in different order each test Fiction Social Sciences Humanities Natural Sciences 22 22
Click to edit Master title style 10 Questions per passage Goal is to get 8 out of every 10 questions right 23 23
Click to edit Master title style If you don t have enough time Read 3 passages and guess on the 4th one! 24 24
Click to edit Master title style There is usually a paired passage or two that have 2 paragraphs that are related to each other in some way Often these are harder! 25 25
Click to edit Master title style Do you ever leave anything blank of an ACT?? NO!! When you hear you have 5 minutes remaining on the test pick a Letter of the day and fill them all in. 26 26
Click to edit Master title style Math 60 minutes 60 questions Benchmark 22 27 27
Click to edit Master title style Questions generally go from easier to harder. Do the easier ones first! Write all in your book to work and mark out answers you know are wrong. 28 28
Click to edit Master title style Answer choices are in order from least to greatest. Use this to help eliminate answers that don t make since. 29 29
Click to edit Master title style Use your calculator for 1 step calculations. Don t try to plug in an entire equation this increases your chance of making a mistake! 30 30
Click to edit Master title style Draw a diagram if one is not given. If a diagram is given, label it with important information. 31 31
Click to edit Master title style Memorize Formulas! ACT does not provide them for you! 32 32
Click to edit Master title style To benchmark you need to get roughly 33 questions correct! As soon as you get your test, bubble in your letter of the day for questions 31- 60. Then focus your time on the first 30 questions. If you finish those 30 questions, then continue 31-60 until time runs out. Changing the answer one at a time as you do the problems. 33 33
Click to edit Master title style Don t leave any question blank! If you don t know how to do it - Use your letter of the day! 34 34
Click to edit Master title style Science 40 minutes 35 questions Benchmark 23 35 35
Click to edit Master title style There are 6 Science passages 2 easy (charts & graphs) 3 medium (experiments & studies) 1 hard (multiple perspectives) 36 36
Click to edit Master title style Focus on reading and understanding Graphs, Charts, and Tables. Charts and graphs sections do not have italicized headers. Skim headers, axes of graphs, and labels in the passage. 37 37
Click to edit Master title style Go straight to the questions. Use the questions to guide you back to the information you need from the passage. 38 38
Click to edit Master title style Read only what you need. Try to eliminate as many answers as you can. 39 39
Click to edit Master title style Go to the DATA passages first. Do the EXPERIMENT passages last. Experiments and studies have italicized headers labeled: Experiments or Studies. 40 40
Click to edit Master title style Multiple perspectives have italicized headers labeled: Hypothesis, Scientists, or Students. 41 41
Click to edit Master title style Identify the difficulty of each section and complete in order from easy to hard . This is due to time constraints! All students are capable of completing the difficult part if given enough time. 42 42
Click to edit Master title style Never leave anything blank!! Use your letter of the day! Be sure when you are given the 5 minutes left reminder- that all of your questions have an answer! 43 43
