ACT Grammar Rules

What does Less is more rule?

Go with the shortest answer unless it is horrible

What do you do when you “Honor Thy Commas”

You exaggerate the pause whenever you hit a comma

What are the three requirement of a full sentence

A subject, a verb, and a complete thought.

What is a complete though?

A collection of words that is fully understandable

How many owners is this ‘s

One owner

How many owners is this s’

Two or more owners

Which words are always ‘s

men’s, women’s, children’s, and people’s

GR: 7 Contraction what do you say

Always say both words: It’s,you’re, you’ve, they’ve, we’ve, he’s, they’re, who’s, etc.

There’s the guy who’s/whose effort should lead to many scholarships

whose

I’ve heard that it’s/its good to do you’re/your homework

it’s and your

What is a semicolon similar to

,and remember a semicolon is surrounding by two complete thoughts

What is after a colon

colon: example(s) to follow a complete thought comes before a colon

A dash typically occurs after a ____________

complete thought

To combine two sentences into one use what

; or _,and

what is its

a possessive pronoun

what is it’s

a contraction that means it is

What is Its’

NOT a word

what does then refer to

Time

what does than refer to

Comparisons

He went to the store; then/than he went home

Then

She like healthy food more then/than pizza

Than

what does there refer to

a place

what does their refer to

A possessive pronoun (their house)

what does they’re refer to

a contraction for they are

what does Too refer to

also

what does To refer to

a preposition or part of an infinitive (to run)

what does two refer to

the number

Extra information has what

Two commas, two dashes, or two parentheses

what words are nearly always surrounded by commas

However, indeed, in fact, of course, for example, and for instance

which words are rarely surrounded by commas

myself, yourself, himself, herself, etc and people’s name

what are your prepositions

about above across, after, against , around, along, amound, at behind, before, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, down, during, except, for, from, in, near, of, off, on opposite, out, outside, over, past, regarding, round, since, to, through, under, until, up, with, and within

subject/verb agreement-subjects agree with_______

Their verbs in numbers (singular or plural)

GR 5: Shrink the sentence

ignore prepositional phrases and extra info

The price of educational services during the past two decades has/have risen beyond the rate of inflation

has

Ambitious women, armed with a strong work ethic, usually achieve/achieves their goals

achieve

What is GR 14: parallelism about

Stay with the trend within the sentence or paragraph. Also start with one end with one, or start with You end with you

example: He was walking, talking, and smiling

example: He walked, talked, and smiled

example: She has see, chosen, and bought a new company

GR: 15 Pronouns it must be clear what the pronoun refers to it also must agree withs its antecedent

example: sally and jose work hard They are happy

The new store sits between building more than twice its/their height

its

who vs. whom what is the first step

Are we talking about people

if we are talking about people is their a prep if so whom

for whom vs. who what to do if it is not about people

ignore what comes before

begin with who/whom

take out who/whom

Plug in he, she, or they

for whom vs. who if he she or they works, go with ________

WHO

for whom vs. who if all steps dont work go with ____

whom

GR 16: Transition word read the prior sentence

Two agreeing sentences what words are they

Consequently, thus. therefore, because of, furthermore, in fact, indeed, moreover (also)

GR 16: Transition word read the prior sentence

Two disagreeing sentences what words are they

ironically, however, still, though, yet, nonetheless, in spite of, nevertheless, whereas, despite, conversely

A modifying phrase goes next to what it _______

modifies

what are non words

Its’, could of, funner, where at, thier

when comparing two things you use

most or least

when comparing three ore more things use

most or least