ACT ENGLISH TIPS

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 ACT ENGLISH TIPS

  1. Sentence diagramming

Ittai walks slowly around the neighborhood.

The brightly shining sun is yellow.

The car moves extremely slowly

Samuel drives to tutoring with his mother.

William helps his friend with math homework.

Laura talks to her sister in the morning.

The society of advanced mathematicians proposes changes.

Rebecca is one of my students.

Peter has many pages to read.

  1. What is a full sentence?
  2. There are 3 ways to separate 2 full sentences
  3. Semicolon ;
  4. Period .

iii.      ,and | ,but |,or |FANBOYS

  1. Subject verb agreement
  2. Singular subject—singular verb
  3. The student tries to succeed.
  4. Ignore prepositional phrases when matching subject and verb
  5. The carton of boxes weigh 20 twenty pounds.
  6. The apple and the orange taste/tastes good.

iii.      The group of exceptional athletes have/has achieved success this year.

  1. Either a pen or a pencil help/helps in writing.
  2. Comma usage
  3. Use commas to offset by the way statements.
  4. Judah, one of my ACT students, lives in Teaneck.
  5. Do not use commas for herself | itself | himself
  6. Jessica, a student from Bergenfield, helped me with my homework.
  7. Alan enjoys algebra, the study of numbers and variables.

iii.      The lawyer John Smith handles many cases in Hackensack.

  1. Samantha, herself, knows right from wrong.
  2. Lists
  3. I need to buy apples, oranges, and grapes.
  4. Nominative and Objective case pronouns
  5. Who is there to pick him up?
  6. To who should I address the letter?
  7. He enjoys teasing she, but he also likes helping he.
  8. Parallel structure
  9. Sarah enjoys the music of Chopin more than Beethoven.
  10. Yael enjoys swimming, running, and to practice yoga.
  11. To trust ones instinct is often being misguided.
  12. Past, Present, and Future tense verbs
  13. She has danced.
  14. She had danced.
  15. She danced.
  16. The economy has improved since 2009, and the markets now face volatility.
  17. Donald Trump had pondered running for President since 2008, and he now runs a successful campaign.
  18. The economy has suffered several recessions before 1930.
  19. Parsimony-Use as few words as possible-choose the simplest answer
  20. Susan had her family volunteer each year at the food bank, helping poor people annually.
  21. The physically demanding task was strenuous.
  22. Possessive
  23. Girl’s room
  24. Girls’ rooms
  25. Girls’ room
  26. Girl’s rooms
  27. Contractions vs. Possessive
  28. They’re
  29. It’s
  30. Its
  31. Its’
  32. Their
  33. She’s

Examples-Correct the following sentences.

  1. Yahoo is led by a woman but HP is not.
  2. Facebook is a publicly traded company, but was not before 2000.
  3. Both Avaya or Panasonic offers excellent phone systems.
  4. Dancing in the rain is a favorite pastime for most children.
  5. Susan enjoys traveling to Vermont; she always tries to hike, ski, and fishing.
  6. The class of ACT students try to learn effectively.
  7. Prior to 2000, many computer experts have worried about Y2K.
  8. Since 2001, most Americans had worried about Al Quaeda and the Taliban.
  9. Operating machinery and to try to move a tractor are dangerous tasks.
  10. For who are we buying the present?
  11. The financial advisors recently evaluated they’re portfolios.
  12. The financial advisor’s portfolios have been questioned by investors.
  13. I still love yesterday’s music.
  14. The dog chews its’ bone.
  15. Tutoring students are rewarding.
  16. On his way to tutoring, Jacob and Joe called Sarah to tell her they were running late.