ACT English
Overview of English ACT Test
The ACT English Test focuses on your ability to correct errors in grammar and punctuation as well as organization and style in five different passages.
5 prose passage with 15 questions per passage, for a total of 75 questions in 45 minutes
Two categories: 1) usage and mechanics 2) rhetorical skills
Areas of focus
Complete sentences
Consistency in tenses
Concise and clear
Word usage
Usage and Mechanics
Comma placement
Commonly confused words: its vs itś, their vs there vs theyŕe
Subject-verb agreement
Irregular verbs
Pronoun agreement/case
Verb tense
Active voice
Appropriate transitions
Conciseness
Rhetorical skills
Word choice and idioms
Select the precise word that fits the context
With idioms, they check to see that you are using the correct preposition (which can be tricky)
Commonly confused words
Affect vs effect
Allusion vs illusion vs elusion
Cite vs site vs sight
Lay vs lie vs laid
Lead vs led
Passed vs past
Than vs then
Questions may say EXCEPT/LEAST NOT--you have to find which one does NOT work