<p>I haven’t even tried taking a science section without reading the passage. I may try that in a practice section tomorrow. I like knowing all the info, personally.</p>
<p>@Need34orAbove</p>
<p>I basically started with the one I felt the most comfortable with because I needed less time on those, and ended with the one I felt the most uncomfortable with because that the one I spent the most time on.</p>
<p>how did you improve for the English section? Do you have any suggestions? I’m stuck around 28. I would really like to improve to a 31; I have 1 week left. Thanks</p>
<p>@megaman6c This may sound redundant, but practice a lot of see what mistakes your making and try to understand why? If you do that over time your score will just naturally go up.</p>
<p>About to start an ACT test from the Red Book in about an hour or so! Will give you updates!</p>
<p>@GoldenMonkey I tried the pen point and reading passages in a different order like you and I got a 32 on reading today! So happy! The highest I’ve ever gotten on an ACT reading subscore is a 30 and my last test I actually got a 20 (<em>cringe</em>). I started with the science just like you because I like science and math more and worked my way backwards. I ended up with like 12 minutes on the prose fiction, which was great. Thanks a lot for the tips.</p>
<p>So I am an avid lurker on CC and I have been really interested in your thread in particular. first of all, I’d like to commend you for your progress and I have actually been using your advice full-heartedly. I have been taking several act english tests and I scored a 35 on my last test, a significant improvement from my 27 in june. I have also been using the pen technique and starting backwards and got a 34 on my last practice test, a jump from a 29 in june. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Hey. Do any of you have any tips in general for boosting your scores? Im taking the test on Saturday and Im kinda freaking out because I took a test today fron the red book and got :
English: 28
Math: 29
Reading:28
Science: 29
Composite: 28</p>
<p>I took a test in the 2012-13 ACT packet and got:
English: 31
Math: 33
Reading: 29
Science: 27
Composite: 30</p>
<p>I just dont know what happened and Im kinda freaking out because I want to get a 30+. And I dont know why my math and English scored dropped so much!</p>
<p>Honestly, the only advice that I can give u is practice. You should also go over every single question on the test u’ve taken, including ones u answered correctly.</p>
<p>Can you please list and describe your ACT Reading techniques? I can speed read with decent comprehension but I can’t remember most specific details they ask. Has anyone tried the Barron’s margin notes or underlining “key” ideas?</p>
<p>I was wondering if you guys could all post all the English tips/rules that you have experienced! I want it to be a review to myself as well as everyone else. e.g Who vs. Whom.</p>
<p>From my experience using official practice tests, the answer is almost never whom. </p>
<p>I can’t say that I know how to describe my tactics. I just go at it and never think twice about a question. I’ve read that you’re supposed to budget ~45 seconds per question. I tend to go through some in much less time, so I “bank” those seconds for harder questions.</p>
<p>One of my biggest problems was going too fast in English. I think that’s the case for most people actually xD but try to slow down a bit, it helps a lot.</p>
<p>I have who vs whom questions. I know that one way of thinking about it is if you make the sentence into a question, if the answer is he, its who, if its him, its whom.</p>
<p>____ do you want to win the tennis match?</p>
<p>You would answer: I want HIM to win. So the answer would be whom</p>
<p>____ ran in the race?</p>
<p>You would answer: HE ran the race. So the answer is who.</p>
<p>Sometimes it will be plural so it would be them or they.</p>
<p>Haha guys when I said “e.g Who vs. Whom” I didn’t expect everyone to talk about that haha. </p>
<p>What I meant was that if you guys have any English, Math or Science rules that you find necessary put on this thread so we can all use it as a learning experience. It would be way better then the book tell you.</p>
<p>Guys can someone clarify two things I have commonly seen on ACT English:</p>
<p>1.) Is there always a semicolon before those connecting words like: furthermore, therefore, thus, however etc. Can you have however without a comma or anything around it?</p>
<p>2.) Is -it was a lot- they same thing as -it was a lot,</p>
<p>I need some clarification thank you!</p>
<p>1.) There is NOT always a semicolon between those words. If they express a break in thought and are necessary to the integrity of the sentence, use a semicolon, the word, then a comma. The only times you don’t put a comma afterwards in these situations is with the “otherwise” or “so”.</p>
<p>Guys I just started the English section on the 2012-2013 ACT practice test! I will definitely post my score!</p>
<p>So overall in the English section from the 2012-2013 ACT practice test I got a 31. I am slightly disappointed. I know I could have ‘gotten’ a score of 32 or 33 but I made some stupid mistakes here and their. I need to also use the time remaining more carefully. I have over 5 min left :P.</p>
<p>Can someone please help me with questions 4, 21, 26, 31, 38, 56, 62. I would love some explanations behind why its correct thank you!</p>
<p>I’ll probably do the reading section as well today, maybe.</p>
<p>Make sure you take tomorrow off lol i got “burned out” last time because I studied until last minute 
but it may actually work in you favor</p>