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ACT English: Grammar

Learn the 50+ grammar rules that the ACT tests on. This section covers both the basics, like punctuations and verb tenses and the advanced strategies required to answer even the hardest questions.

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ACT English: Grammar

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Strategies for SAT Writing Section
Sentence Structures
Comma Usage
Semicolons, Colons, Dashes, & Apostrophes
Modifiers
Verbs
Subject Verb Agreement
Pronouns
Parallelism
Miscellaneous Grammar
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Learn the 50+ grammar rules that the ACT tests on. This section covers both the basics, like punctuations and verb tenses and the advanced strategies required to answer even the hardest questions.

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Strategies for SAT Writing Section

The SAT Writing and Language Test is a passage-based test. There are four multi-paragraph passages and 44 questions to go with them. The makers of the SAT break this test down into two main sections: Usage and Mechanics and Rhetorical Skills.

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Sentence Structures

Though sentence structures are rarely tested on the SAT, you will need to understand them to accurately answer comma-based questions.

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Comma Usage

The comma is widely used in writing and is the most commonly tested concept on the SAT Writing and Language Test. Therefore, it’s extremely important to understand how to correctly use commas and when to avoid them.

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Semicolons, Colons, Dashes, & Apostrophes

Even though comma usage is the most prominent punctuation rule tested on the ACT, other punctuation such as semicolons, colons, dashes, and apostrophes are frequently tested as well.

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Modifiers

Modifiers are words, phrases or clauses used to describe something in a sentence. They are often tested on the SAT in the form of comma usage.

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Verbs

The SAT Writing and Language Test repeatedly tests the proper usage of verb tenses. Knowing when to use different verb tenses and forms will be extremely beneficial to you on this part of the test.

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Subject Verb Agreement

The ACT English section usually tests 4-5 questions on subject-verb agreement on every test. Here we tell you all you need to know about subject-verb agreements on the ACT.

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Pronouns

A pronoun can often be used as a substitute for a noun in a sentence. Anytime a pronoun is used in a passage, that pronoun must have a clear antecedent; that is, it must directly connect to a noun or pronoun that was mentioned before it.

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Parallelism

Parallelism is a very strange concept. Unlike commas, semicolons, pronouns, tenses, etc., parallelism isn’t applied to just a single area of grammar – it spans all aspects of the English language.

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Miscellaneous Grammar

There are many pesky little grammar rules that you’ll be tested on as part of the SAT. Therefore, it’s important to not just know these grammar rules, but also how test questions are structured .

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ACT English: Rhetorics

Learn specific strategies that you can use to answer all the rhetorical questions that are asked on the ACT English section.
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