Quick and Easy ACT Hints

  • Look for contrast words
  • When all answers are grammatically correct, look for meaning.
  • Do you need 2 full sentences?
  • Look for shortest possible answer
  • “:” is for a list or definition
  • Be careful about verb matching/parallel structure
  • Each-singular
  • Possessive or not
  • It’s=it is
  • Its possessive. The Dog chews its bone.
  • There are 3 ways to separate 2 full sentences
    •  Period
    •  Semicolon
    •  ,conjunction
    •  ,and
    •  ,but
    •  ,or
    •  ,FANBOYS