<p>The English section requires the test taker to know certain rules and identify these rules being used incorrectly, if they are being used incorrectly, and when the taker identifies this they move on to the next problem. The taker has about 30 -40 seconds to identify the incorrect answer if there is one. Right now I took the test untimed and finished it with 2 extra minutes and got 10 wrong, of which ALL I got right the second time. A good number of them were stupid mistakes on my part. eg: I forgot simple rules about plurality, comma placement, ect.</p>
<p>So basically I am studying by taking test after test, and trying to learn from my mistakes. Anyone doing anything else?</p>
<p>I always found the method of going over correct answers waaaaay too time-consuming and tedious. But it is true that it's good to be able to go over the ones you might have gotten right on accident, or that you weren't very sure of. So when you are practicing, circle the ones that you are unsure and go over them whether you got them right or not.</p>
<p>Has anyone here found it harder to study for the ACT than the SAT? I am just thinking that it takes 35-60 minutes to do a whole section, as opposed to the SAT where you can do a section for practice in shorter amounts of time.</p>
<p>Sterling, IL is how many miles away from Aurora, IL? And in regared to what you mentioned, I understand; it's very exhausting to take a math section that takes 60 minutes or an english section.</p>
<p>taking practice tests is great. when you go back over the answers, figure out whether you missed a question because of a silly mistake or because you forgot the rule. to figure out whether it was a silly mistake, basically retake the questions you got wrong without thinking about what the right answer is and see if you get it right when your mind is fresh. this will show that you do actually know the grammar. if you do know the grammar, taking practice tests is what helps the most. however, if you look at the question again and still get it wrong, you're probably a little hazy on the grammar. look up the concepts on google... for example, how to use semicolons vs. colons and commas.</p>
<p>though i do agree with drummerdude. the reason why the english section works so well for me is because i'm basically a book-a-holic. it helps me notice things that are wrong without really knowing why, but just knowing that they sound wrong.</p>
<p>Sections on the ACT are longer than SAT sections. If 35-60 minutes on one section takes too long, just work part of it and skip to something else.
For example, English is 5 passages. Just do one of them at a sitting. Do the Math section in 4 groups of 15 questions. Work one of the Reading passages at a time. And there are 7 experiments in Science that can be individually analyzed.</p>
<p>Well idk if this may help you, but since I've taken the ACT already I'm probably going to retake it on my own time (i ordered the test) and recheck everything to see if i made the same stupid mistakes...then i'll go back and go through why I made the mistake in the first place.</p>
<p>I am so frustrated because I can never break a 28 on the practice test or the real thing (english). I go over my answers and a good number of them are careless mistakes! I took a practice SAT and scored a 630, which was essentially a 28 on the ACT english section. I know you have probably answered this a hundred times, but the science section of the ACT KILLS my composite; should I take the SAT because there is no science section? I mean I score decently in math, english, and reading, but science, is another story.</p>
<p>YES YES try it. It can't hurt you, so why are you even asking? Just do it. Be aware though that while the SAT doesn't have science, it does have vocab (unlike the ACT), reading questions that seemed way harder than the ACT ones to me, and no English section (although the writing multiple choice) is close to it. Remember, the science is really just another reading section, albeit with graphs and charts and such. If you don't do well on the science part, that may indicate you won't be much better at the SAT verbal section either. But the bottom line is that we don't really know, so TRY IT!</p>