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The Most Asked ACT English Question

Writer's picture: Philip MartinPhilip Martin

Most students would probably struggle to identify which type of question is most asked on the ACT English test. They might remember a lot of questions about commas, or maybe a few about pronouns or subject-verb agreement.


However, the number one most asked ACT English question is this (which I break down on YouTube here): properly placing sentences or phrases based on context. The key phrase here is based on context. A student MUST read everything in an ACT English passage: there is no skipping of sentences that don't have direct questions (because, again, greater context matters!).

The most asked ACT English question requires students to properly place sentences and phrases

Sometimes, the ACT mixes up the sentences a paragraph and asks the student to arrange them properly.


Sometimes a student has to determine the best opening sentence for a paragraph.


Sometimes a student has to determine the best closing sentence for a paragraph.


Sometimes a student has to take a sentence and place it in the best possible spot in a paragraph (or even the essay as a whole).


Sometimes a phrase has to be placed properly in a sentence or sentences.


Sometimes a sentence is proposed, and a student has to determine if it should enter at a certain place, and why or why not.


And on and on and on.


Because this type of question is hard to name, I think most people assume it is hard to practice. However, that's not the case. In my book, The ACT English System, not only do I teach this skill (which I call "Step 1", as it is most asked and thus most important), AND not only have I created practice passages that test and reinforce this skill and this skill alone, but I also reinforce this skill as the book moves along through Step 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. If you're going to use a book to prepare for this test, there is nothing like it.


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