English
This part of speech connects clauses, sentences, or words and includes "and," "but," and "or."
A Conjunction
This term describes the central point or message of a reading passage.
In the sentence, "The students finished their essays," "their" refers to this word.
The Students
The comma in “After the game, we went out for pizza” is used for this reason.
To separate the introductory phrase from the rest of the sentence.
In “The cat runs fast,” this verb form correctly matches the singular subject.
Runs
On the ACT, you need to know when to use this punctuation mark to join two independent clauses without a conjunction.
A Semicolon
When a question asks you to draw a conclusion that isn't directly stated,what reading skill is it testing?
Inference
In "Each of the dogs has its collar," this pronoun correctly matches the singular antecedent "each."
Its
In the sentence “The bouquet of flowers smells lovely,” what is the verb?
Smells
In “The students read every day,” this verb form agrees with the plural subject.
Read
A sentence with this error has two independent clauses joined only by a comma.
Determining whether the author’s goal is to inform, persuade, or entertain is called identifying this.
Author's Purpose
For the sentence, "Everybody should do _____ best," choose the correct pronoun.
This word should always be capitalized, no matter where it appears in a sentence.
I
In “Either the teacher or the students are responsible,” the verb agrees with this part of the compound subject.
The subject
This term describes the ACT question type that asks you to improve the organization or clarity of a passage.
Revision
When the ACT asks what a word means as used in the passage, it is testing this skill.
Vocabulary
Identify the pronoun error: "Neither of the girls brought her book"
Her is incorrect
The apostrophe in “children’s books” shows this.
Possession
In “The team wins its games,” the verb should be singular because “team” is this type of noun.
A Collective Noun
On the ACT, you must know the difference between "its" and "it's."
"It's" is a contraction for what two words?
It is
To find evidence or examples that back up a statement in the text, you must locate these.
Supporting Ideas
In "Both the teacher and the students shared their opinions," "their" refers to this group.
Teachers and Students
In the sentence, She said, “Let’s go,” the quotation marks are used for this reason.
To show who is speaking
In “Everyone enjoys the show,” the verb is singular to agree with this pronoun.
Everyone