<p>So obviously, I need to work on my grammar. Please help me raise my english score. Do you think it would be possible to raise it to 30+ in time for September ACT. I heard the book The Elements of Style was good, could someone reccomend a specific edition via amazon. </p>
<p>Thanks alot in advance, hopefully if I raise my english I could get a 33 or higher.</p>
<p>You could start by remembering to put a question mark after sentences that are questions...</p>
<p>Had you taken many practice tests before June? I just know what sounds right and what sounds wrong because I have read, watched TV and listened to the radio my whole life. That is how I score well on the test. Also, one trick is that the shortest answer is USUALLY the right one. They don't like wordiness and redundant information.</p>
<p>Hoe can you have 36 reading and 22 English. Something is fishy. You read that much to comprehend, yet you don't know mechanics. I simply can't believe you.</p>
<p>well, the "Princeton review: cracking the ACT" is a really good book to learn about English. I raised my English score up 5 points. i only have 1 tip is that you don't have to learn everything about grammar to do well. Just find a pattern to the types of question the ACT asks for and sharpen your skills in that certain area. good luck!</p>
</a> Its from the official website. The reason behind my poor score is probably because I haven't had a grammar lesson since 5th grade. I am a good writer, however my grammar is definitly subpar. Also, I feel that comprehensive reading and identifying sentence errors are two completly different skills.</p>
<p>Justin, use the PR book. Honestly, it really really really really works.</p>
<p>Before, I used to get around a 28ish score on English with really hard problem in the timing area. After reading the review of ACT English the Princeton Review gives, I've been getting 34 with 10 minutes to spare.
It's really easy to improve English :)</p>
<p>If you haven't had a grammar lesson since the 5th grade, I think that you have a good chance at raising your English score once you get the basic rules down. I'd suggest choosing any one of the books the people above suggested in order to learn the basics covered on the ACT English and then practice, practice, practice. I used Barron's for a review on grammar rules and the Official ACT book/McGraw Hill/Barron's for practice. I ended up getting a 35. Good Luck!</p>
<p>Actually, the English and Math parts do require a bit of knowledge to pass them. I have two books-The Real ACT Prep Guide and PR's Cracking the ACT 2006 Edition....PR version explains the English a lot better than the Prep Guide. They break the English section into the types of questions you will answer, but they also provide individual chapters about usage, grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation. If you still need help on getting a higher score, then I would suggest just looking up those topics online.</p>
