ACT Full Study Guide

Test Prep Study Manual with 4 Full Length Practice Tests in Book + Online, 1,000 Realistic Questions, PLUS Online Flashcards

• Publisher: Smart Edition Media
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9781949147261
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Study Aids
• Subtopic: ACT Study Guides

The Smart Edition 2019 ACT Test Prep Study Guide includes practice and review that was designed to offer significantly more value than any other study guide on the market. We work hard to provide you with the highest quality test prep materials at an affordable price. We sincerely hope we earn your trust to help you prepare for your exam. Don't pay the same or more for a study guide that offers you fewer resources than Smart Edition.

This is the ONLY study guide on the market that contains:

• 4 full-length practice tests
• 1,000 realistic test questions
• Online flashcards

Practice Tests

One of the best ways to prepare for the ACT exam is to spend as much time as possible practicing test questions. You will find 1 practice test in the book and 3 tests online. Our online tests can be taken an unlimited number of times and offer a scored report with questions mapped to each subject skill area so you know your strengths and weaknesses to help guide your studying.

• 1 Practice Tests In The Book
• 3 Practice Tests Online
• Answer explanations broken down by skill within the subject area
• Easily identify your strengths and weaknesses
• Tests can be taken an unlimited number of times
• Full answer explanation to help you understand why each answer is correct

Online Flashcards and games

Flashcards are included in your purchase and offer a great way to learn and memorize key terms, vocabulary, and definitions. We provide you with hundreds of flashcards for every subject, giving you the best possible chance to master this difficult exam. The flashcards also offer games including the memorization game, quiz game, matching game, and the gravity game. It basically makes learning fun so you forget your studying for a major exam for just a few minutes: ) Trust us, you'll like it.

• Hundreds of flashcards covering all subjects

Study Content

Smart Edition ACT study guide covers all subject areas tested on the exam and is designed to be a concise review for everything you will need to know. You will find that our study guide is not page after page of heavy text, rather we break up our content in many ways with images, illustrations, step by step breakdowns, charts, graphs, tables, and tips and tricks.

• English
• Math
• Reading
• Science
• Writing

Chapter 1 Conventions of Standard English

Spelling

Spelling correctly is important to accurately convey thoughts to an audience. This lesson will cover (1) vowels and consonants, (2) suffixes and plurals, (3) homophones and homographs.

Vowels and Consonants

Vowels and consonants are different speech sounds in English.

The letters A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y are vowels and can create a variety of sounds. The most common are short sounds and long sounds. Long vowel sounds sound like the name of the letter such as the a in late. Short vowel sounds have a unique sound such as the a in cat. A rule for vowels is that when two vowels are walking, the first does the talking as in pain and meat.

Consonants include the other twenty-one letters in the alphabet. Consonants are weak letters and only make sounds when paired with vowels. That is why words always must have a vowel. This also means that consonants need to be doubled to make a stronger sound like sitting, grabbed, progress. Understanding general trends and patterns for vowels and consonants will help with spelling. The table below represents the difference between short and long vowels and gives examples for each.

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	Symbol	Example Words
Short a	a	Cat, mat, hat, pat
Long a	ā	Late, pain, pay, they, weight, straight
Short e	e	Met, said, bread
Long e	ē	Breeze, cheap, dean, equal
Short i	i	Bit, myth, kiss, rip