Resources for the ACT® test

Grammar rules matter more than what sounds right, and the shortest of several correct options wins. Prompted questions demand exactly what's asked.

Strategies include annotating thoughts in narrative passages, reading lines only once, and spotting choices that echo passage wording but lack evidence.

Covers four comma rules: separating list items, dividing dependent from independent clauses, joining two independent clauses with a conjunction, and setting off an appositive phrase that can be removed while leaving a complete sentence.

Semicolons connect two independent clauses, each a complete thought that could stand alone as its own sentence, unlike a dependent clause. They can also separate items in a list when those items already contain commas.

Save time on science passages by reading only what each question needs, with a tactic for each format: data representation, research summaries and conflicting viewpoints.

Strategies for 60 questions in 60 minutes include eliminating impossible answers, using a calculator to test equation choices against a table, and budgeting time to attempt the harder final questions.