Parts Of Speech
What is a noun, verb, and adjective?
Noun: Person, Place, or Thing
Verb: Describes an action
Adjective: Describes, modifies, or gives more information about a noun or pronoun.
Questions about who or what is performing an action often require students to identify this part of a sentence.
Subject.
_______+_______ = The Main Idea
The topic of the passage + the point the author is trying to make about the topic.
A semicolon is used to do what?
The A.C.T Writing test is asking you to do what?
Write a 5 paragraph essay.
If you are running out of time what should you do?
This part of speech modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs and is often identified by ending in –ly, though not always.
An adverb.
Pronouns like me, him, her, them, and us are typically used when the pronoun functions as what grammatical role?
An object that can either be direct, indirect, or an object of a preposition.
The ACT Reading section measures a student’s ability to understand this main feature of a passage.
The Main Idea
When would you use a comma in a sentence?
Hint: There is four situations that are most common.
When you are listing, introducing something, interrupting (giving context), or two thoughts that are connected by a conjunction.
Hint: It involves parts of speech.
Never use pronouns! Refrain from you I, or You, especially in a formally written essay.
If you have a couple minutes left after finishing all questions in the test, what should you do?
Take that time to check as many answers as you can.
What are is the name for these words: and, yet, but, or, so.
Conjunctions
An indirect object tells what about the action in a sentence?
Who or for whom the action is done.
The ACT frequently asks students to determine the meaning of words based on this.
Context Clues
True or False:
When a noun is plural and possessive, you use an apostrophe between its last letter and the s.
False.
When a noun is plural and possessive, you should always put the apostrophe after the s.
A sentence must have at least these two things to be complete.
What is the specific process called that you should apply on the A.C.T test that involves checking each answer for correctness?
The process of elimination.
Words like however, therefore, and meanwhile are examples of what?
Transition words
What is the pronoun-antecedent agreement?
The pronoun in the sentence should come after the "Nor/Or" and it should agree with the type of pronoun (masculine, feminine, or neutral).
This thing is often referred to as a coordinating outfit, where every piece fits to make the whole.
Supporting Details
A sentence that contains two independent clauses joined by only a comma is called this.
Comma Splice.
What are the three ways you could correct a run-on sentence?
Introduce a period to cut the length, insert a comma + conjunction, or use a semicolon to seperate two thoughts in the same sentence.
When an ACT answer choice contains unnecessary words or repetition, students should usually choose this type of answer instead.
The most concise answer.
The ACT often tests whether students correctly use pronouns that clearly refer to this earlier word in a sentence.
Antecedent
In the sentence “Between you and I, the exam was difficult,” what correction should be made and why?
You and me.
As objects of prepositions require object pronouns.
A correct main idea should have these two things in order to make sure it is not TOO NARROW or TOO BROAD.
It should be general enough, to include several supporting facts and have a specific focus to show the reader what the passage is about.
What's wrong with this sentence?
Although she wanted to attend the conference, she forgot her tickets; however, she managed to get in and enjoyed the keynote speaker's presentation, it was inspiring.
The semicolon after tickets should be a comma as it is connected to however.
The comma after presentation should be a semicolon to connect the two independent thoughts.
A sentence is considering a run on if it is missing what parts?
A subject or predicate (what the subject is doing) make a sentence complete.
Students should pay attention to the sentence before and after the question because the ACT tests grammar using this.
Context