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PrepMatters session report for Maisy Biden.
Session Information
Session Entry Date: 09/25/18 7:31 pm EDT Length: 1 hr Subject: TP - ACT Attendance: Attended
Parent Note:
Student Note:
ACT English Review
Semicolon = period.
Sentence; sentence.
Colon:
Complete Sentence: explanatory info.
Ned's office is full of tests: 27 ACTs, 15 SATs, and a few random LSATs.
Hugo has one goal: world domination.
Commas:
1. To separate items in a list.
Mike ate two hot dogs, three hamburgers, and a fistful of antacids.
2. To isolate parenthetical expressions.
Sophia, who just LOVES the ACT, is working hard to go to Emory.
3. To join two COMPLETE sentences with one of the FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so). So, for example, “Ned likes vanilla, but he is not a fan of pistachio.” That needs a comma, but this one doesn’t: “Ned likes vanilla but not pistachio.” Cool?
Dashes – which are used like parentheses – usually come in pairs.
Apostrophes:
1. Contractions
Susie's really fast. (Susie is really fast)
2. Possessive
Susie's car is blue. (The car of Susie is blue.)
Apostrophes for Possession:
1. Make singular or plural. 2. Then make possessive.
One boy.
Two boys.
One man.
Two men.
One boy's hat.
Two boys' hats.
One man's hat.
Two men's hats.
My friend's team is winning. (A friend)
My friends' team is winning. (Some friends.)
it's = it is
its = possessive
It's too bad the car had its tire go flat.
Use comma with which. No comma with that.
pronouns
Find who or what the pronoun replaces to be sure it is consistent.
"Cut it off midsentence."
What is “it” that is midsentence?
Advertisers. So, not “it.”
Apostrophes for Possession:
1. Make singular or plural. 2. Then make possessive.
One boy.
Two boys.
One man.
Two men.
One boy's hat.
Two boys' hats.
One man's hat.
Two men's hats.
My friend's team is winning. (A friend)
My friends' team is winning. (Some friends.)
Math
• Write out your work. Do not rush!
• Generally for math, it helps to ask yourself "what's the easiest way to do this?"
-Drawn to scale?
-Use the answer choices with "guess and check?"
-PLUG in #s