<p>I got a 27 on a practice ACT. I glanced at comparison charts and it said that it's equivalent to either a 1820 or 1860 on the new SAT. It's better compared to my 1640 on the SAT. How would colleges look at my score on the actual ACT? </p>
<p>My practice scores:
English: 20
Math: 28
Reading: 31
Science: 28</p>
<p>How could I imporve my English score? I haven't practiced my writing yet. Any tips on how I can improve my writing for the ACT?
I got a 490 on it on the SAT.</p>
<p>Well for English you just really need to know the structure of the English language (as the terminology would imply)... I'd really encourage you to take an ACT prep class to remind you of the basics and help you learn the specifics - I did and it jumped me from a 32 to a 35.</p>
<p>Are you a native English speaker? Or is english a second language? If it is your native language, you should be reading more (reading good writing, not magazines), and listening more to more advanced sources (famous movies, news, etc.) not mtv/vh1 crap. If you do this, you should be able to recognize what is said, and what is not said in English. Most of those errors are incredibly obvious. If you have heard enough english, you should be able to pick them out. Just think, "would I say/write that?" </p>
<p>If you are not a native speaker, you will have to study the rules of english in detail. I would suggest taking a class in it.</p>
<p>I am a native English speaker. I was born and raised in California. I correct my family's grammar all the time. I don't do well on the questions that ask for the purpose or placement of sentences.</p>
<p>Study grammar rules! Or you will just learn them in school when you are writing papers... I used to be so bad at the writing section, but now it's my easiest section. Most of the answers don't 'sound' right... yet, you can't always use that to help</p>
<p>I've always used the "don't sound right" rule. It's weird that I got a 20 in English, but I got a 31 in Reading.</p>
<p>Sounds like you need to know some grammar rules to confirm your intuition.</p>
<p>Ah, I haven't taken the ACTs yet so I have no idea... I got a 650 in writing on the SATs though, mainly just using the 'doesn't sound right' thing. Some rules you just have to know though. neither/nor, either/or came up on my SATs, Tenses, make sure the right pronouns are being used (he/him), who/whom, if the sentence starts off saying 'you' but then changes to 'one', it has to be consistent... Things like that. I am currently studying for the ACTs and I just finished the English section. Learn punctuation and that kind of stuff too. I am using the PR book and learning things I never knew before about English. I also think the rules taught in the PR book will be helpful for both the ACT and SAT so maybe you should give it a try?</p>
<p>Also, the ACT english puts a big emphasis on "wordiness." They want your writing to be concise with few redundancies. If in doubt, the shorter one is almost always the right choice. Make sure you aren't saying the same thing twice.</p>
<p>My honors language arts teacher kept reminding everybody about the SAT and grammar rules. I'm also going through the princeton review book.</p>
<p>Sounds like a good plan. Another idea which always helps me review English grammar is (ironically) studying a foreign language. It's weird, but I've learned more English grammar from studying Spanish and Latin. If you've learned any of the romance languages (Latin is best), then review their grammar rules (tense matching, subordinate clauses, antecedents, etc.) to spruce up your English score.</p>
<p>Haha I've learned more about English in Latin class than I actually did in English class... Go figure.</p>
<p>Exactly. :)</p>