ACT essentials: original practice

Original practice for the ACT, covering section timing, commas after introductory phrases, and scientific reasoning.

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Pergunta 1: Which sections are required on the ACT, and how long do they take?

English (35 minutes), Math (50 minutes), and Reading (40 minutes), about 2 hours in total. Science and Writing are optional.

The required sections take 125 minutes. The optional Science section and the Writing essay add more time.

Yes. Place a comma after passed: After the storm passed, the crew inspected the roof.

Purdue OWL advises a comma after an introductory clause or phrase that comes before the main clause.

A hypothesis is a testable explanation for a specific observation. A theory explains a broad set of observations and has survived repeated testing.

Biology 2e describes a theory as a thoroughly tested and confirmed explanation, while a hypothesis is a proposed explanation that can be tested.