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English · Organization & Strategy

Hard Organization & Strategy Drill

15 hard-difficulty ACT English questions on Organization & Strategy. Each question is on its own page with a worked answer explanation, the underlying rule, and a quick study tip.

Hard English Organization & Strategy

All 15 questions

  1. 1 Best Placement for a Sentence Which is the best placement for the sentence "The renovation took six months from start to Hard
  2. 2 Best Order of Paragraphs A four-paragraph essay describes (P1) a problem, (P2) a proposed solution, (P3) the histor Hard
  3. 3 Deleting an Underlined Sentence The biologist trained for three years before her first solo expedition. She also enjoye Hard
  4. 4 Best Opening for a Paragraph Which opening best introduces a paragraph that explains how solar panels generate electric Hard
  5. 5 Best Concluding Sentence A paragraph has discussed how the festival doubled in attendance, expanded to three days, Hard
  6. 6 Best Placement for a Sentence Which is the best placement for the sentence "The renovation took six months from start to Hard
  7. 7 Best Order of Paragraphs A four-paragraph essay describes (P1) a problem, (P2) a proposed solution, (P3) the histor Hard
  8. 8 Deleting an Underlined Sentence The biologist trained for three years before her first solo expedition. She also enjoye Hard
  9. 9 Best Opening for a Paragraph Which opening best introduces a paragraph that explains how solar panels generate electric Hard
  10. 10 Best Concluding Sentence A paragraph has discussed how the festival doubled in attendance, expanded to three days, Hard
  11. 11 Best Placement for a Sentence Which is the best placement for the sentence "The renovation took six months from start to Hard
  12. 12 Best Order of Paragraphs A four-paragraph essay describes (P1) a problem, (P2) a proposed solution, (P3) the histor Hard
  13. 13 Deleting an Underlined Sentence The biologist trained for three years before her first solo expedition. She also enjoye Hard
  14. 14 Best Opening for a Paragraph Which opening best introduces a paragraph that explains how solar panels generate electric Hard
  15. 15 Best Concluding Sentence A paragraph has discussed how the festival doubled in attendance, expanded to three days, Hard

How to use this drill

Open the questions one at a time. Read the prompt, decide on an answer before scrolling, then check the explanation. The point of a drill is not to "get the question right" — it's to internalize the rule so you can apply it cold under timed conditions on test day.

If you're missing more than a third of the questions in this set, drop down a difficulty tier and rebuild from there. If you're getting all of them quickly, jump up a tier and try a mixed drill across subtopics.

What "Hard" means here

Hard questions are designed to separate strong test-takers. They typically require multiple rules applied in sequence, or careful elimination among answers that all look plausible. Expect to see these appear later in real ACT sections; even strong test-takers miss a couple per test.