<p>Hello.
I am a ACT rookie, just started studying for ACT. I know that vocabulary for SAT is heavy, but I am curious if ACT vocabulary is just important as SAT vocab. Will studying SAT vocabulary cover ACT vocabulary?</p>
<p>There’s virtually no ACT vocab. SAT stresses it a lot - ACT has none of it. Just basic vocabulary is good enough to do well on this test. Studying SAT vocab will not benefit you at all on this test. It might give you better words to put in your essay, but even then it will not improve your essay score, which is mainly graded on content and length.</p>
<p>Nope. Vocabulary is not stressed as much on the ACT as it is on the SAT. Like sbl said, just know your basic vocabulary and you’ll be okay. There are no questions asking to define words or anything.</p>
<p>there is absolutely no ACT vocab whatsoever.THere will be many reasons you get a question wrong, but not knowing what a word means will never be one. Well, I guess when it asks for the reader’s mood, but those questions are just easy process of elimination</p>
<p>The extent of vocabulary on the ACT is essentially anywhere from one to three questions asking things like: “Which of the following would NOT be an appropriate replacement for the underlined word?” (English section), or "What is most likely meant by the word [basic-word-here] in the passage? (Reading section).</p>
<p>In other words – if you can speak English, you’re fine. Vocabulary on the ACT is nothing.</p>
<p>WOW! Thanks for all the helps!</p>
<p>But I have one more question. I heard that ACT stresses a English Grammar more than SAT; my problem is that my English Grammar skill is lacking and poor, to the point thatg I’mdoubting if my grammar is euql to middle school…Do I have to borrow a Grammar in Use book from library to start over my English Grammar, or will prep books like McGraw Hill cover all English Grammar required for SAT?</p>
<p>I don’t think the ACT covers as much grammar as the SAT; I generally find the ACT grammar to be much easier than the SAT’s sentence/paragraph improvements, since the ACT only asks you about a few words at a time. However, knowledge of English grammar is absolutely essential to do well on the English section, which has a very tough curve considering it’s 75 questions.</p>
<p>Personally, I think the best way to improve your grammar is to take practice tests (ACT or SAT, or others) over and over, see what you’re missing, read the explanations of the correct answers, etc. Learning the rules from a grammar rule book is not as effective as immersing yourself in the grammar and learning from your mistakes.</p>