ACT English Practice

When students want to raise their scores quickly, the English section of the ACT is typically the easiest place to start. There are basic English grammar concepts that you need to know for the ACT that are easy to learn. Once you learn the content, then it’s all about practice.  

Take a look.

The English section tests around 25 repeated grammar rules over and over again.

Here they are: The Top 25 Topics For ACT English Practice.

  1. Joining Sentences: periods, semi-colons, colons, FANBOYS

  2. Using commas correctly in sentences

  3. Verb tense & agreement

  4. Independent and dependent clauses

  5. Who/whom

  6. It’s/Its/Its’

    (Its’ is not a word)✔

  7. Apostrophes: plural vs. Possessive

  8. Full sentences vs. sentence fragments

  9. Dashes

  10. Pronoun agreement

  11. Dangling modifiers

  12. Parallel structure

  13. Transitional words and transitions between paragraphs

  14. No redundancy/shorter is better!

  15. Specific detail questions

  16. Style questions--insert, delete, or replace?

  17. Sentence order & paragraph order

  18. Yes, yes/ No, no questions

  19. What was the writer’s intent?

  20. Should have, could have, would have
    (NOT should of, could of, would of)✔

  21. Which is NOT acceptable?
    (Always circle NOT and EXCEPT)✔

  22. Comparisons
    (More THAN, not more then)✔

  23. Lie/lay, affect/effect, pair/pear/pare, lead/led

  24. Appositive or  NOT?
    Usually, there are NO commas around proper names on the ACT✔

  25. Coordinate vs. cumulative adjectives

Feeling OVERWHELMED?

You don’t have to be! Many students walk out of my English training sessions saying that “they learned more in the past three hours than they have in all of their school years combined.” 

I love hearing this because I love grammar. I love teaching. I love words.

I’m thankful that I have been able to communicate these basic grammar concepts
in a way that students can easily understand. 

Practice makes better.

Better test scores mean access to better opportunities and more choices for you when it comes to college. Access to merit-based scholarships gives you more opportunities and can broaden your options. Practice will never make perfect — but better scores give students better options.

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