General Test Questions
Grammar Counts!
The Numbers Have it
Reading is FUNdamental!
MAD Scientist
100
This section tests your understanding of standard, formal English.
What is the English Section.
100
This punctuation mark ends a complete thought when not in a direct quote or an interjection.
What is a period?
100
True of False: The ACT Math section requires and detailied knowledge of Trig and pre-Calc.
What is False
100
The four types of stories you will be tested on
What are prose fiction, humanities, natural science and social sciences.
100
True or False: The ACT SCience section tests reasoning over specific content knowledge
What is "true"
200
You should never do this with a question on the ACT, even when running out of time.
What is omit the question.
200
There are seven of these which work together to connect independent clauses and they can be memorized with this mnemonic device
What is "FANBOYS"?
200
The three sections of the ACT Math section and their titles.
What are three sections, the pre-alg/alg, intermediate alg and co-ordinate Geometry and plane Geomentry/Trig.
200
True or False a workable strategy is: You should start to answer questions before you have read the entire passage
What is "True".
200
The four science areas tested are:
What are earth/space, physics, biology and chemistry.
300
This section is weighted a little more heavily on the Math and contains how many questions.
What is early arithmetic and Algebra I with 24 questions.
300
The proper puctuation mark in the following example should be: "To cut through root vegetables like potatoes, rutagegas and parsnips, you should use a chef's knife( ) not a paring knife."
What is a comma.
300

These questions, when answered correctly and confidently will give you a great starting point to the Math section.

What are the first 35 out of 45.

300
Two two "drier and more factual" passages on the ACT Reading section allowing you to use the "SQ3R" approach
What are the Social Science and Natural Science passages.
300
Each ACT Science passage uses these to test data representation; get them and you get the points!
What are the first two to three questions of each experiment!
400
You should read the question, predict the answer and apply your choice to the answer grid on these sections.
What are the English, Reading and Science sections.
400
This punctuation mark should only be used after a complete sentence to introduce a list, quote or detailed explanation.
What is a colon?
400
From left to tright the order of operations to approach a problem known as PEMDAS?
What are: parenthesis, Exponents, multiply, divide, add and subtract.
400
Reading two lines above to two lines below a specific underlined portion can help answer
What are the Vocabulary in Context questions
400
Diagrams are usually used for the Science category of:
What is Biology,
500
The items you should have on test day are:
What are a calculator, your ID, admission ticket, pencils and a watch.
500
This punctuation mark should be used to separate two independent clauses and must also be used with a comma.
What is a semi-colon?
500
The term for the perimeter of a cirlce is?
What is circumference
500

8.5 minutes

What is the amount of time you have for each Reading Section passage and its questions

500

True or False: Scope is just as important to ACT Science as it is to ACT Reading?

What is True! Don't be intimidated! 

scope- staying strictly within the boundaries of the text, data, or experiment provided—without adding outside assumptions or overgeneralizing.



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