<p>Okay, so I can get 33+ in math, english, and science, but I always miss about three questions per PASSAGE in reading! That's about a 24!!! What can I do to improve this? I really need a 35 on this ACT and any help would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Always read the entire passage before answering any questions. By doing this, you shouldn’t have to go back and look for the answers. Don’t bother underlining anything, that just wastes time. Also, go online to the act website and so the reading practice tests. Practice reading the passages, and time yourself. Become a fast enough reader so that you spend a maximum of 3 minutes on reading each passage. I’ve done this, and I haven’t gotten below a 35 on reading.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help torres. Right now I am practicing with Princeton Review’s 1296 questions book. I’m averaging just over 4 minutes for the reading, but I am underlining unlike what you suggested. I am also writing 1-3 words next to each paragraph to help me find out what each is about when looking back on the questions that ask what a paragraph was about. How do you handle those questions without writing a few words next to each paragraph? Also, congrats on your score. That’s very impressive.</p>
<p>Anyone else have any strategies? I have done 2 passages so far with the method listed above and have missed 3 and 1 respectively. I’m about to do a couple more to see if I can perfect it and get in the -1 to -0 range per passage.</p>
<p>For anyone else reading this, I tried the person above’s strategy and it seems to be working better than my old strategy (you can read about above) so far. I have done 3 passages and have missed 3 questions on the first, 1 on the second, and 1 on the third. </p>
<p>It appears that I am now fine tuning the strategy and it is definitely working better than my old one where I missed an average of 2-3 over a series of 9 passages (varying from missing 0-4, but it was very random and it didn’t appear to be improving).</p>
<p>Also, another great way to speed up your reading time is to pick up a newspaper every day, and simply read a few articles. This helps you retain more information while still reading at a relatively quick pace.</p>