ACT General Information
English Section Only
Test Strategies
Commas, Commas, Commas
Wildcard
100

This is the highest possible score you can get on the ACT.

What is a score of 36?

100

This section tests your understanding of standard, formal English.

What is the English section of the ACT test?

100

Looking for wrong answers to determine the right answer is known as.

What is “Process of Elimination”?

100

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John Adams John Quincy Adams Theodore Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were all graduates of Harvard.

John AdamsJohn Quincy Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy were all graduates of Harvard.

100

To leave out or to exclude the underlined portion.

What is OMIT?

200

The number of sections on the ACT.

4 sections

200

The number of passages on the English Test.

What are 5 passages?

200

When running out of time, this strategy works because there's no penalty for wrong answers.

What is “Letter of the Day” or “fill in every bubble”?

200

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Yes Ms. Martin I remembered that a sonnet has fourteen lines.

Yes, Ms. Martin, I remembered that a sonnet has fourteen lines.

200

This is how many points you lose for answering a question incorrectly on the ACT.

What are ZERO points?
300

Name the sections of the ACT in the order that they appear on the test.

English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science

300

The amount of time you have to complete the English section on the ACT test.

 What is 45 minutes? (if without accommodations)

300

You should do this if you finish your test and still have time remaining.

What is “review your answers”?

300

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The Tony Award an annual award for theatrical excellence was named for Antoinette Perry an American theatrical producer.

The Tony Award, an annual award for theatrical excellence, was named for Antoinette Perry, an American theatrical producer.

300

The average ACT score in the state of Mississippi.

What is 17.5?

400

The ways colleges use your ACT scores. (Hint: There are 3.)

What are Admissions, Class Placement, and Scholarship Opportunities?

400

The number of questions on the English section of the ACT.

75 questions

400

If you come to a question that you absolutely don't know the answer to this is what you should do.

What is “guess and move on”?

400

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Steamboat Willie Mickey Mouse’s first sound cartoon debuted at the Colony Theatre in New York City on November 8 1928.

Steamboat Willie, Mickey Mouse’s first sound cartoon, debuted at the Colony Theatre in New York City on November 8, 1928.

400

The average ACT score for Meridian High School.

What is 13?

500

What are the three reporting categories for the English section of the ACT test?

Production of Writing (POW), Knowledge of Language (KLA), and Conventions of Standard English (CSE).  

500

You must use this to mark your answers in your test booklet. (*Be specific!)

What is a #2 pencil (not a mechanical pencil)?

500

This gives you a higher probability of guessing more correct answers.

What is “guessing the same letter for all the questions you ran out of time to answer”?

500

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If I finish my homework if I do the laundry and if I promise to be home by eleven may I go to the concert?

If I finish my homework, if I do the laundryand if I promise to be home by eleven, may I go to the concert?

500

Which is being used correctly "would have", or "would of"?

What is would have?