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ACT Workshop. ENGLISH. NOW You know it—answer it! LATER Not sure—circle question and move on. NEVER No clue—Guess!. Triage. TWO PASSES. First pass: Answer all questions you KNOW. Second pass: Answer the tough ones you circled. POE. Use the Process of Elimination - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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ENGLISH
ACT Workshop
Triage
Click icon to add pictureNOWYou know it—answer it!
LATERNot sure—circle question and move on.
NEVERNo clue—Guess!
TWO PASSES
First pass: Answer all questions you KNOW.
Second pass: Answer the tough ones you circled.
POE
Use the Process of Elimination Read through all answer choices! Try to eliminate wrong answers. If you can eliminate at least 2, guessing becomes
much easier.
Words of Advice
Get plenty of sleep.Eat a healthy breakfast.Write in your test bookletBring your
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1. Identify the TOPIC
2. Use POE
3. Use Context.
4. Trust your ear, but verify.
5. Don’t fix what’s not broken.
by noticing changes.
Practice Drill
VERBS
Singular verbs end with S.Plural verbs do not.
Examples:The kids love chocolate.The kid loves chocolate.
The dogs eat a lot of food.The dog eats a lot of food.
Verb Tips
Identify the subjectCheck the tenseBe concise
Passive Voice
Uses “to be” and preposition by
Usually too wordy- not concise
Irregular verbs
Pronouns
1st Person
2nd Person 3rd Person
Subject I, we You She, he, it, they
Object Me, us You Her, him, it, they
Possessive My, mine, our, ours
Your Her, hers, his, its, their, theirs
Pronoun-Antecedent Problems
Every student must have their pencils.
I never go to that place because they have stale bread.
Politics is my favorite subject. They are such fascinating people.
He ought to speak French well. He lived there for twenty years.
Pronoun Pairing Problems
Him and her are dating.
The doctor gave some medicine to my mom and I.
Me and my friend are studying for the ACT.
Please give they and I more homework.
Tricky Pronouns
Singular: anybody, anyone, each, either, everybody, everyone, nobody, somebody, someone
Pronoun Tips
Find the originalCheck the case
Who versus Whom-Who- subject-Whom- object
Modifiers
Adjectives- modify nounsAdverbs- modify verbs, adjectives, and other
adverbsComparison- erSuperlative- est
Stop Punctuation
Used between complete ideas Period Semi-colon Question mark Exclamation mark Commas to connect 2 complete ideas— combine with FANBOYS
Vertical Line Test - Used to determine if the ideas before or after are complete thoughts.
Go Punctuation
Used to slow down
Commas: to connect an incomplete idea and a complete idea to create lists to set apart unnecessary Information
Colons Single Dashes
Use vertical line test
Conjunctions
although, as, because, if, since, that, until, what, which, while, when, where, who, whom
Add a conjunction to make an idea incomplete, or take it away to make an idea complete.
Prepositional Phrases
Prepositional phrases modify (describe) a noun.
Look to the left of the PP to find the subject.
Apostrophes
-Possession -single: add ‘s -plural nouns: add just an
apostrophe
-Contractions -It’s versus its -who’s versus whose -they’re versus their
Transitions
Contrast: although, but, despite, even though, however, nonetheless, nevertheless, or, yet
“Keep going”: and, because, finally, furthermore, moreover, since, so, thus, therefore
Be concise!
If you don’t need it, don’t use it.
EXCEPT/LEAST/NOT Questions
Use POE
NO CHANGE is almost never the answer
STRATEGY Questions
All revolve around the purpose of the text.
Look at the reasons in the answer choices.
ORDER Questions
Work best with POESentences: -Don’t try to re-order all the sentences
yourself -Look for transition words -Use POEParagraphs: -There will be a warning at the start of the passage -Placement of new info
Grading the Passage
Identify the purpose in the question
Look at the reasons in the answer choices