The Complete Guide To Act English

This book provides a comprehensive review of all the grammar and rhetoric topics covered on the ACT while preparing you for the specific ways in which they appear on the test.

Attention: The page for this book has moved! The Complete Guide to ACT English, 2nd Edition, can now be purchased at http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-ACT-English-2nd/dp/1530072808. Written by a top tutor whose students regularly achieve ACT English scores in the mid-30s, The Complete Guide to ACT English is the only book that offers a comprehensive review of all ACT grammar and rhetoric topics. Includes step-by-step explanations of errors in all their forms; dozens of ACT-style exercises that help you move from understanding rules to applying them in context; and cumulative reviews that allow you to practice a progressively wider range of concepts in a passage. Also includes a complete index of English questions from The Real Guide to the ACT, grouped both by topic and by test.

The Complete Guide to ACT English provides a comprehensive review of all the grammar and rhetoric concepts tested on the ACT English test. A complete chapter is dedicated to each concept, and end-chapter-exercises allow students to transfer their skills to test-style questions. Cumulative reviews are designed to ensure that key material covered early on is not forgotten, and two full-length practice test accompanied by thorough explanations give students the opportunity to assess their progress. As a bonus, this book includes an index of all the English questions in The Official ACT Prep Guide, 2018.

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This is a complete guide to how to become a successful teacher of English in secondary school. The book enables readers to design a tailor-made program to suit their individual needs as a student teacher.

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