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many words can take on several different grammatical forms. for instance, the word grammar<\/em> itself can be a noun (grammar<\/em>), an adjective (grammatical<\/em>), or an adverb (grammatically<\/em>). there are also some words that have noun, adjective, adverb, and<\/em> verb forms. word forms can also change for reasons related to tense and singular\/plural variation.<\/div>\n

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act english<\/a> is very conscious of these varying word forms and you\u2019ll get a lot of questions that deal with the proper formation of words. here are some grammar rules<\/a> to remember as you keep an eye on word forms in the english portion of the exam.<\/div>\n

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adjectives modify nouns & adverbs modify verbs<\/h2>\n

act english<\/a> often tests your ability to distinguish between adjectives and adverbs. for example, you might see a sentence that says \u201cwhat i love the most about my favorite restaurant its fast, politely service.\u201d can you see the mistake? service<\/em> is a noun, but politely<\/em> is an adverb, so you\u2019ll want to look for an answer choice that changes politely<\/em> to polite<\/em>. a similar act english sentence might say something like \u201cthe staff at the restaurant serve me very polite.\u201d in that case, you need to change the adjective polite<\/em> to adverb politely<\/em>, so it can correctly describe the verb serve<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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an ending of \u201cly\u201d<\/em> usually means that the word form is an adverbs\u2026 but not always!<\/h2>\n

this is a small rule that can trip you up if you scan a passage a little too quickly. yes, many words with \u201cly\u201d <\/em>at the end are adverbs, including quickly<\/em> from the previous sentence, but there are also some common \u201cly\u201d<\/em> words that are not<\/em> adverbs. scholarly<\/em> is an adjective. monopoly<\/em> is a noun. multiply<\/em> is a verb.<\/p>\n

there are other exceptions too. if you take a careful look at any of these in the text, you can immediately know their grammatical function. scan carefully so that you don\u2019t make any mistakes as you answer the questions.<\/p>\n

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the verb and noun forms of a word are usually different<\/h2>\n

some words don\u2019t change when they become a verb or noun. you can take a test<\/em>, or you can test <\/em>someone\u2019s knowledge. more often the word form does<\/em> change when the grammar function switches between noun and verb. compute<\/em> (verb) becomes computation<\/em> (noun), assess<\/em> (verb) becomes assessment<\/em> (noun), and so on.<\/p>\n

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the takeaway<\/h2>\n

words in written english often contain small but very important differences. if you miss these differences on the act, it will hurt your score. for a top score, teach yourself to notice these differences and recognize correct word forms quickly.<\/p>\n

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act english is very conscious of varying word forms in the english language and you\u2019ll get a lot of questions that deal with them. here are some rules to remember as you keep an eye on word forms in the english portion of the exam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[10,7],"ppma_author":[24913],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nword form rules in english<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"here are some rules to remember as you keep an eye on word forms on the english portion of the act exam.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/act\/act-english-word-form-rules\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_us\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" 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