English and Reading ACT Strategies

Knowing how many questions each section has and how many minutes you're allowed per section is important for setting a _______.

• record

• trap

• pace

• theme

When you are simply guessing in any test subject, which bubble should you fill in?

• None of them, leave it blank.

• Pick a different answer choice for each guess.

• It doesn't matter which answer choice you pick as long as you use the same one each time you're guessing.

• B and only B - no exceptions.

Sometimes you're given the answer choice 'NO CHANGE' in the English portion of the ACT. What is the general rule about this answer choice?

• It is always the correct answer.

• Don't fear 'No Change'

• It's a trap!

• The ACT will never give you an already-correct underlined portion.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

Mark and Move refers to what?

• A) Marking the question in your test booklet so that you know which questions to return to later.

• B) Put a dash next to that problem on your bubble sheet, but leave it blank because you don't know the answer.

• C)Fill in a bubble for the problem on your bubble sheet, and proceed on to the next question.

• D) Both A and C are correct.

The English portion should be paced__________.

• at 8 mins per passage, with 5 minutes for review at the end

• at 9 minutes per passage

• at 36 seconds per question

• so that less time is spent on the first half of the questions, and more time is given to the last half of the questions.

Jared is taking the math portion of the ACT and is reading each question no more than 2 times and giving himself no more than 10 seconds to decide if he can solve the problem. If he still doesn't know how to solve it correctly, he skips it and only picks questions he knows he can answer. What strategy is Jared using?

• Cherry Picking

• Yards After Contact

• Mark and Move

• Two Rights Make a Wrong

The most correct English answer choice will always be __________________.

• grammatically correct

• consistent with the rest of the writing piece

• clear and concise

• All of the above.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.4

When pacing yourself through the Reading portion of the ACT, how much time should you give yourself per passage?

• 10 minutes per passage: 5 to read it and 5 to answer questions.

• 9 minutes per passage: 5 to read it and 4 to answer questions.

• 8 minutes per passage: 3 to read it and 5 to answer questions.

• You don't need to pace yourself through the reading portion.

The strategy Head Down refers to what?

• When you're finished with a section, use your extra time to take a nap.

• When you feel defeated after a hard section, keep your head up.

• Keep your head down and pencil moving. Don't get distracted by what's going on around you.

• Laying your head down lets your test proctor know when you're finished.

When Jenny reads her answer choices she marks out the obviously wrong answer choices. This strategy is called ________.

• Mark and Move

• Cherry Picking

• Two Wrongs Make a Right

• The Process of Elimination