Test Strategies for Winners
What to Expect When You're Testing
Punctuation.!?
Sentence Structure, Organization, Redundancy & Repetitiousness
Mr./Ms. Fix It
100
Make your chances to guess right better by using Process of Elimination, or this...
What is P.O.E.
100
This is the fourth test of the ACT. It includes 7 passages, 40 questions, and you have 35 minutes to take it. It's also mostly about reading graphs; the text just takes up time!
What is the ACT Science test
100
This punctuation mark can be used in dates, items in a series, with coordinating & subordinating conjunctions, and parenthetical phrases.
What is the comma
100
"I were going to his house" is an example of this common error found on the ACT.
What is subject verb agreement
100
Sam and I is going to do our homework when we get home.
What is Sam and I are...
200
Strategy to use if you're unsure what a word means or if a sentence might be off topic, redundant, or doesn't fit the passage's tone
What is When in Doubt, Take it Out
200
This is the second test during the ACT. You have 60 minutes to answer 60 questions. There are only 4 trig questions, so if you don't know how to do the problem, guess and move on!
What is the ACT Math test
200
This can be used to show ownership (careful with plurals!) and in contractions.
What is the apostrophe
200
"Maria was going to the beach, but she is too tired" is an example of this common ACT sentence structure error.
What is verb tense agreement
200
Their are to many questions on the ACT! (two errors: spell them out correctly)
What is There are too many questions on the ACT!
300
This is our test strategy from ACT English Workout II: Make it Make...
What is Sense
300
This is the third test on the ACT. You have 35 minutes to complete 40 questions. There are 10 questions for each of the four passages, which are as follows: Prose fiction, social science, humanities, and natural science.
What is the ACT Reading test
300
This can be used to join two related independent clauses; using it in the writing section will help improve your score too!
What is the semicolon
300
However, In conclusion, Consequently, Furthermore, On the other hand, Ultimately are all examples of these types of words that you should use in your ACT essay.
What are transition words
300
The ACT has it's rules and we should follow them all.
What is The ACT has its rules...
400
35 out of 75 times on the ACT English test, the shortest answer is correct. Use KISS here, which stands for...
What is Keep It Simple Silly (other answers ok)
400
This is the very first test during the ACT. It is made up of 5 passages, 75 questions, and you have 45 minutes to complete it.
What is the ACT English test
400
This is used to offset a list, to tell time, introduce a longer quotation, or include a phrase that describes the subject of a sentence.
What is a colon
400
"I have a student who is doing wonderful in class, but they are always trying to do better" is an example of this common ACT error.
What is pronoun antecedent agreement
400
Ms. Figliulo doesn't like boring sentences, she only likes complex writing.
What is Ms. Figliulo doesn't like boring sentences; she only likes complex writing.
500
Most of the time you can do this on the English ACT test... Even if you can't really "hear" anything!
What is Trust Your Ear
500
This is the last section of the ACT. You only have one question to answer in 30 minutes. You should spend 5 minutes planning, 20 minutes drafting, and 5 minutes proofreading.
What is the ACT writing test
500
These are used to show dialogue in a story, when an author is using text from another writer, or to imply something in his/her writing
What are quotation marks
500
"Each and every student and child in this high school and educational facility will do a fantastic, great, fabulous, and good job on the PSAE the next two days April 23rd and April 24th this Wednesday and Thursday" is an example of this common ACT error.
What is redundancy
500
I should of studied more over break, but I will still do awesome on the PSAE!
What is I should have studied...
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