Subject/Verb Agreement
1. Each of the students in the advanced biology class (A) has / (B) have completed the lab report.
What is has?
How much time are you allowed on the English ACT?
What is 35 minutes?
The committee reached (A) its / (B) their decision after several hours of discussion.
What is its?
What is POE or Process of Elimination?
What is a comma splice?
Neither the coach nor the players (A) was / (B) were satisfied with the final score.
What is were?
How many questions are on the English ACT?
Running late for class (A) the bus was missed. / (B) she missed the bus.
If you are in doubt about whether to use a comma or not, what is a good rule to remember?
What is "when in doubt, leave it out"?
A colon can only follow what?
What is a complete sentence?
A collection of rare manuscripts (A) is / (B) are stored in the university archive.
What is "is"?
This answer choice is true on the English just as often as any other choice.
The teacher, along with her students, (A) is / (B) are attending the conference.
What is "is"?
If you are unsure of an answer and there is no penalty for guessing, the smartest strategy is to:
(A) Leave the question blank
(B) Make your best educated guess
What is make your best educated guess?
To determine whether or not you need commas around certain information what should you do with that information?
The list of required materials (A) includes / (B) include several reference books.
What is includes?
If in doubt which answer choice should I select?
Everyone in the theater (A) was / (B) were silent during the performance.
What is was?
What is the term when you repeat the same information over and over again on the ACT English?
Redundancy
What should you do with contractions to see if they are correct or not?
What is, when in doubt, sound it out!
5. The number of applicants this year (A) has / (B) have increased significantly
What is has?
Approximately how many sections are on the English ACT?
What is five?
While driving to school (A) the rain began to fall. / (B) he noticed the rain beginning to fall.
What is he noticed the rain beginning to fall.
What is the possessive pronoun that the ACT tries to make correct that does not exist. Hint: Ms. Smith HATES it!
What is a strategy called your "spot of the day"?
The letter that you choose to answer when you are unsure of what the answer is.