ACT Lessons
One focused lesson for each of the 15 skills on your ACT score report.
English
Conventions of Standard English
Grammar, punctuation and sentence structure: commas, verbs, pronouns, fragments and run-ons.
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Whether a sentence belongs, what a passage is for, and how ideas connect with transitions.
Start lessonKnowledge of Language
Precise word choice, concise wording and a consistent style and tone.
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Number & Quantity
Exponents, roots, ratios, units, complex numbers, vectors and matrices.
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Solving and graphing linear, quadratic and exponential equations, inequalities and systems.
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Function notation, domain and range, transformations and reading function graphs.
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Area, volume, angles, triangles, circles, coordinate geometry and trigonometry.
Start lessonStatistics & Probability
Mean, median, spread, data displays, counting and probability.
Start lessonIntegrating Essential Skills
Multi-step word problems: rates, percents, proportions and averages.
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Key Ideas & Details
Finding what the passage says: main idea, details, sequence and cause and effect.
Start lessonCraft & Structure
Word meaning in context, the author’s purpose and point of view, and how the text is built.
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Comparing paired passages, weighing arguments and reading visual data in text.
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Interpretation of Data
Reading tables and graphs, finding trends and interpolating or extrapolating values.
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Experimental design: variables, controls, methods and what an experiment tests.
Start lessonEvaluating Models, Inferences & Results
Judging hypotheses and competing viewpoints against the data.
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