English Language study guides

A complete overview of ACT English format and strategy: the enhanced 2025 section (50 questions in 35 minutes), the three scoring categories, pacing at about 42 seconds per question, the best-choice mindset and NO CHANGE, and how to handle the rhetorical questions. The strategic foundation for the section.

A complete overview of the Knowledge of Language reporting category on ACT English: word choice and precision, concision and redundancy, tone and style consistency, idioms and prepositions, and word connotation and precise transitions. The style category that rewards precise, concise, consistent wording.

A complete overview of the Production of Writing reporting category on ACT English: topic development and purpose, adding or deleting information, organization and sentence order, transitions and cohesion, introductions and conclusions, and the writer's goal questions. The rhetorical category about purpose, unity, and organization.

A complete overview of punctuation on ACT English: commas and unnecessary commas, apostrophes and possessives, colons and semicolons, dashes and parentheses, end punctuation and question marks, and the common traps. Punctuation is a large part of the Conventions of Standard English category.

A complete overview of sentence structure and formation on ACT English: complete sentences and fragments, run-ons and comma splices, joining clauses and conjunctions, modifier placement, parallel structure, and verb tense and consistency. The largest slice of the Conventions of Standard English category.

A complete overview of usage and grammar on ACT English: subject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement and reference, pronoun case, verb forms and tense, adjectives and adverbs and comparisons, and commonly confused words. The usage half of the Conventions of Standard English category.