<p>I took the June 14th ACT cold, so I didn't really have a strategy for reading, I just looked at a bunch of books and what people here said. I was told to just read the whole passage, but when I finished a paragraph or two, I wanted to answer the pertaining questions to those paragraphs badly so I wouldn't forget their main ideas. </p>
<p>Still, I found myself short of time on the 4th passage and had to guess on some. Is it always best to just finish the entire passage no matter what before you look at the questions? Or look at the questions and try to find the pertaining words in the passage, or just read a paragraph or two and then search for questions that relate to what you just read?</p>
<p>I only read one passage all the way through. Usually, I skim through it quickly and go straight to the questions. A lot of the questions you can answer easily because it tells you what lines to look at. But sometimes I wonder if it would be better to read through the passages so the questions will be quicker to answer. I dunno...</p>
<p>I read (and absorb) the entire passage, then answer the questions really quickly.</p>
<p>I also read the whole passage and then answer the questions. I give myself myself about 3 minutes to read and 5 minutes to answer questions for each passage.</p>
<p>generally, i read a question, then skim through the passage to find the answers, because most of the time the questions correlate semi-chronologically with the passage. the first questions are more specific swners, while the later questions are more relevant towards the entire passage, so by the time i get to them i've read the entire passage.</p>
<p>you see if you read the passage once and then answer the questions, unless you have a photographic memory, you're going to go back and reread the paragraph the questions pertain to anyways. so it's like you're reading the passage twice, wasting alot of time. in my method, i only read the passage once.</p>
<p>however, do whatever you feel works best for you. i was suggested to that strategy first by a friend, and at first, i hated it and didn't think it would work for me at all, however, after a little practice i found it to be very useful. (note: it works better for SAT than the ACT, but it is still has helped me improve with my timing extremely well on the ACT)</p>
<p>It's best to develop a consistent strategy for the reading I like Princenton Review bok where u skim the first and last sentence and u read the questions and check back to the test saves alot of time.</p>
<p>I read through the passage very quickly.. if i miss a word or i don't comprehend a sentence or two as i'm reading, i just blow through it b/c chances are, it won't be a question.. and if it is.. i'll be able to find it again</p>
<p>before i used this strategy, i made a 25, a 21, and a 23 on my first 3 act reading sections... on the april one (which i did use this strategy), i made a 32 on reading, and i'm pretty confident i got at least that on the act this saturday using this strategy</p>
<p>this strategy works for me, so i'd try it out.. but everyone is different, and this may be terrible for some people.. try all sorts of things out, and whichever one lets you answer the questions more easily will be the best for you</p>
<p>i've done both ways, read through the whole passage then answer the questions and also read the questions then find them in the reading...its sometimes easier to know what theyre asking but do not look at the answer choices...i always read the whole passage and absorb it before answering any questions..</p>
<p>^^^ I did the same.</p>
<p>I read the whole passage first. Then I reread the small sections pertaining to the questions as I do them. I always figured everyone did it this way, but a lot of my friends told me they normally don't read the passages. I'm a fast reader, so it helps me out if I read the whole thing to get the general idea.</p>