Act English Consistency

The dog lost ______ collar.

• its

• it's

• its'

About what percentage is NO CHANGE correct on the ACT?

• about 10%

• about 20%

• about 5%

• about 15%

Select the complex sentence.

• Because she was aggressive, the girl was pulled out of the game.

• The aggressive girl was pulled out of the game.

• The girl was aggressive and was pulled out of the game.

• The girl played, but her aggression led to her being pulled out of the game.

How much time do you have to complete the English section of the ACT?

• 45 minutes

• 1 hour

• 35 minutes

• 75 minutes

Usage/Mechanics questions deal with what kind of errors?

• capitalization

• punctuation

• sentence structure

• subject-verb agreement

• all of the above

This method is not recommended if you wish to make above a 25 on the ACT. You only go to the underlined portions and read the sentence and answer the question then move to the next underlined portion.

• Graf-by-Graf

• Sentence-by-Sentence

• Passage First

• Answer as you go

___________ is KEY!

• Answering all questions

• Practice

• Consistency

• Knowledge

We took first place in the state competition; next week, we (compete) _______________ in the national competition.

Select the sentence that maintains verb tense consistency.

• She was walking to the store and buys some milk.

• She walked to the store and buys some milk.

• She walks to the store and bought some milk.

• She walked to the store and bought some milk.

Answer explanation

The correct choice, 'She walked to the store and bought some milk,' maintains verb tense consistency by using the past tense 'walked' and 'bought' throughout, unlike the other options which mix present and past tenses.

Which of the following sentences uses parallel structure correctly?

• She likes reading, to jog, and swimming.

• She likes reading, jogging, and swimming.

• She likes to read, jogging, and to swim.

• She likes reading, jogging, and to swim.

Answer explanation

The correct choice, 'She likes reading, jogging, and swimming,' uses parallel structure by maintaining the same grammatical form for all items in the list (gerunds). The other options mix forms, disrupting parallelism.