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Best Books for ACT Preparation

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Here we recommend two best books for preparing ACT, “Barron’s How to Prepare for the ACT” provides insightful preparation knowledge and test-taking strategies with competitive depth; “The Real ACT Prep Guide” is the only Official Prep Guide from the makers of the ACT.

Barron’s How to Prepare for the ACT

This book covers each section of the ACT exam, which are Math, Reading, English, and Science. It also has the practice exams with a bit harder than the actual exam, so it can give the student an edge over the competition, it is an excellent book recommended by successful test-takers and test preparation instructors for improving students’ score. Barron’s can help the diligent, dedicated student crack the ACT.

In English and Math section, the book has a grammar review and math review together with examples and exercises. In Reading section, the highlight is that the book gives the student strategy and tactics at the beginning of each ‘Review and Practice’ section and great tips. In Science Reasoning section, it contains a ‘Words You Should Know’ section and other relevant, useful advice for tackling the Science Reasoning section.

Barron’s encourages the students to actively participate while studying the book; it is definitely a good choice.

The Real ACT Prep Guide

This book is from the makers of the ACT, which comes with 3 REAL ACT EXAMS! It also gives the fullest explanations of the correct and incorrect answers. Parents looking to help their kids get prepared should buy THE BOOK.

This guide is essential because it is the only one that provides authentic ACT questions. However, it does not give the student insightful strategies about how to handle the test. Therefore, use this book strictly to practice the test and estimate the score.

In order to help students to ace ACT, we recommend to use “Barron’s How to Prepare for the ACT” to study test-taking strategies and review each section completely, to use “The Real ACT Prep Guide” to practice ACT test with time limit and estimate score, find the student’s weakness, focus on it and improve it.

Great Grammar Review Book

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I am helping my son prepare PSAT/SAT/ACT, because he came U.S when he was 11-year-old, I think he missed some formal education on English grammar. In the recent days, I have done a lot of research trying to find a good grammar book, which can provide a good review, in the same time, hope it can help my son prepare for PSAT/SAT/ACT. At last, I found it. “Grammar Smart, 2nd Edition (Smart Guides)” is an excellent review grammar book for test-takers, which covers all sorts of grammar problems.

This book is well organized, concise, and simply written in a fun approach with great practical exercises. It also highlights common grammatical mistakes that usually show up on exams. By reading it, not only does the reader get the explanations in an easy way but also get recognition exercises for each point he or she is studying. This is a really great grammar book for both adults as well as teens in high school.