ACT Exam Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Pick the most concise way of stating something. Shortest is best. - ️️ Correct-
Use process of elimination. - ️️ Correct-Try to eliminate wrong answers as you look for
the right one on all sections of the ACT. There is no penalty for guessing...
Evidence that humans are slowly evolving into two different species is being ignored by
scientists. - ✔️✔️Correct-Subject: Evidence
Transitions made easy - ✔️✔️Correct-1. Moreover
2. Meanwhile
3. Additionally
4. Furthermore
Nouns and pronouns can be the object of a verb or preposition - ✔️✔️Correct-
Active voice is preferable to passive voice. - ✔️✔️Correct-Passive voice reverse normal
syntax by making the subject of object and the object the subject. It frequently involves
adding a proposition. At other times, passive voice makes the object the subject and
omits the subject entirely (for example, "The lamp got broken" instead of "I broke the
lamp").
Although the passive voice is not technically grammatically incorrect, it is considered
awkward and unnecessary.
You should avoid picking answer choices that involve the passive voice unless
something is even more wrong with all of the other choices.
Answering illustrate/support questions. - ✔️✔️Correct-If a question asks which answer
best illustrates or supports, pick the choice that gives the most specific
details/examples.
Beware of not/least acceptable questions - ✔️✔️Correct-
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