ACT Structure
Anatomy of a Sentence
Clauses and Phrases
Punctuation
Pronouns
100
Covers grammar, punctuation, and rhetoric.
What is English?
100
All subjects are A. Nouns B. Verbs C. Pronouns
What is nouns.
100
Contains a subject and a verb.
What is a clause?
100
Commas, colons, semicolons, and periods are known as
What is Stop Punctuation
100
Used to replace nouns.
Pronoun
200
Has 60 questions and lasts 60 minutes
What is Math
200
These words express action and states of being.
What is verbs.
200
This combination of words do not convey a complete idea so they are called dependent clauses.
What is a phrase?
200
Fill in the blank. You can combine two independent clauses by using periods, commas, and ___________.
What is semicolons.
200
Pronouns are either: A. Feminine or masculine B. Hyphenated or not hyphenated C. Singular or plural D. A and C
What is D?
300
Topics include inferring, paraphrasing, retrieving, and summarizing.
What is Reading?
300
Used in a sentence to answer the question of who or what.
What is a direct object?
300
Clauses that can stand on their own and convey a complete idea are called:
What is independent clauses.
300
Stop punctuation can only be used between two __________ ________________.
What is Independent Clauses?
300
They is an example of a: A. Complex pronoun B. Collective pronoun C. Compound pronoun
What is C?
400
You have 30 minutes to complete this test that requires you to analyze an issue.
What is Writing?
400
In the sentence, "I am an experienced swimmer," experienced is referred to a the
What is modifier?
400
True of False. The ACT will ask you to name a particular type of clause.
What is False?
400
Used to separate unnecessary information, between a list of two things, after every item in a list, and with FANBOYS or STOP punctuation.
What is a comma?
400
True or false. Pronouns must agree with the verbs they replace.
What is False. Pronouns must agree with the nouns they replace.
500
A formal word that describes writing that is clear, concise, complete, and consistent.
What is rhetoric?
500
Words such as "and" or "because" are used to join other words and phrases together are also known as:
What is conjunctions?
500
FANBOYS are known as
What is Coordinating Conjunctions.
500
Used in contraction or to signify possession.
What is an apostrophe?
500
Groups of people or things that are considered a single group.
What is Collective Nouns?