ACT GRAMMAR RULES

1. LESS IS MORE

• Go with the shortest answer
• If its long, you could be rambling

2. HONOR THY COMMAS

• Exaggerate pause and the inflection change
• You will be able to comprehend what you read

4. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

• Singular and plural
• Subject must agree with verbs in number
• Must have so your sentences make sense

6. APOSTRAPHES

• Show posession
• Shows one owner and more than one

10. PUTTING TWO SENTENCES IN ONE

• Makes smooth sentences
• No short choppy ones
• Writing more fluent

11. IRREGULAR VERBS

• Present tense, past tense
• Using the right word & tense
• Could lead to making up a fake word

16. TRANSITION WORDS

• Furthermore, in fact, indeed
• Makes story more fluent
• Leads up to next key point

18. VOICE CANT CHANGE

• One transforms to you
• Causes confusion
• Reader doesn't know who speaker is

20. NON-WORDS

• Irregardless, funner, preventative
• Could be used in wrong place
• Confuses reader
• Reader doesn't know definition

23. WHEN TORN BETWEEN TWO ANSWERS

• Cross out what it cant be
• Extra info won't work
• Helps get right answer
• Process of elimination