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Tips and Strategies
English Section
Reading Section
English or Reading
Miscellaneous
100
This is the best preparation for the ACT Reading/English/Writing sections.
Reading
100
You have ____ minutes to take the English section, and it has ____ questions.
45 and 75
100
True or False: The ACT reading sections gives you poetry passages to analyze.
False
100
This is the single most important rule to keep in mind when dealing with commas on the ACT:
if you aren't sure if you need a comma, you probably don't need a comma "WHEN IN DOUBT..."
100
True or False: You lose points for selecting the wrong answer on the ACT.
False
200
If you are unsure of an answer, you should use these two strategies to help you move on.
eliminate answers and guess
200
NO CHANGE is the correct answer ___ percent of the time.
20 percent
200
This passage type is fictional writing and usually involves dialogue.
prose
200
Timmy who loves Superman is excited for the upcoming movie. Where are commas needed?
Timmy, who loves Superman, is excited for the upcoming movie.
200
True or False: You can receive testing accommodations if you have a recorded learning disability.
True
300
These two things will benefit you most the night before and morning of the ACT.
Getting a good night's sleep and eating a good breakfast
300
What is the correct spelling? a) definitely b) defenately c) defenitely d) definately
a) definitely
300
This passage-type might include topics such as birds' eggs, dinosaur fossils or the parts of a cell.
natural sciences
300
Explain what it means to "read for where"
As you read a passage, take note of "where" in the passage it talks about certain things...
300
When is your ACT?
This TUESDAY between 1st and 3rd blocks
400
Doing this will ensure that you have enough time to finish each section on the ACT.
pacing
400
Neither my cousins nor my aunt ______ coming.
is
400
This passage type is usually a story, but non-fiction.
humanities
400
If a question refers to specific lines, should you answer these first or last?
According to today's presenter, you should answer theses first
400
You have this much time to answer each question in the ACT English section.
30-36 seconds
500
You should bring these two things with you to the test site.
1) a few No. 2 pencils, 2) snacks and/or drinks
500
The English sections tests your knowledge in these three main areas.
punctuation, grammar, and sentence structure
500
What is a strategy for answering paired passages?
Answer questions about individual passages first and then try to answer the ones that ask about both
500
What is one strategy you use to deal with test anxiety?
answers will vary
500
What are you allowed to do during your break?
talk, eat snack you brought, use the restroom, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO USE YOUR PHONE DURING THIS TIME