This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English Practice – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Practice Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What approach should you use when taking the English portion of the ACT? A) Don't worry about reading the passage, just answer the questions. B) Read the questions, then the passage, then answer the questions. C) Read the passage, then answer the questions. D) Edit as you go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Read the questions, then the passage, then answer the questions. 2. Almost every orphaned child yearns to acquire the stability of a permanent family and brothers and sisters for enjoying companionship. A) NO CHANGE. B) The companionship of brothers and sisters can be enjoyed. C) For enjoying the companionship of brothers and sisters. D) To enjoy the companionship of brothers and sisters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To enjoy the companionship of brothers and sisters. 3. Readers of Paradise Lost have most commonly objected to the poems complicated sentence structure and unusual word choices. A) Poems'. B) Poem. C) Poem's. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poem's. 4. Ample protection is required for them. A) It requires ample protection. B) Ample protection for them had been required. C) They require ample protection. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They require ample protection. 5. The teacher gave ..... feedback on the essay. A) Few. B) Fewer. C) Less. D) Lesser. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Less. 6. What is the difference between 'cash' and 'cash, but'? A) 'Cash' implies certainty, while 'cash, but' implies uncertainty. B) 'Cash' is a straightforward statement, while 'cash, but' introduces a contrasting idea, indicating complexity in the situation. C) 'Cash' is used in financial contexts, while 'cash, but' is used in legal contexts. D) 'Cash' refers to physical money, while 'cash, but' refers to digital transactions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'Cash' is a straightforward statement, while 'cash, but' introduces a contrasting idea, indicating complexity in the situation. 7. Oddly enough, I don't remember keeping or eating the crabs, boiled, fried, or steamed that we caught that day. A) Crabs-boiled, fried, or steamed,. B) Crabs, boiled, fried, or steamed-. C) Crabs-boiled, fried, or steamed-. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crabs-boiled, fried, or steamed-. 8. Which sentence correctly handles subject-verb agreement with a collective noun? A) The jury have reached their verdict after three days of deliberation. B) The audience are enjoying the performance immensely. C) The musicians play its instruments with remarkable precision. D) The committee has made its decision regarding the budget. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The committee has made its decision regarding the budget. 9. After the devastating hurricane, the Red Cross offered food and medical aid to the Mexican government, and they accepted. A) NO CHANGE. B) And they accept. C) And it accepted. D) And it accepts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And it accepted. 10. Everyone should have a dream that they can strive for, even if it sometimes seems impossible to achieve it. A) That he or she can strive. B) NO CHANGE. C) That they strive. D) That can be striven. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That he or she can strive. 11. The lifeguards at the YMCA store most of the pool equipment in the inventory room underground. A) Have store. B) NO CHANGE. C) Has stored. D) Storing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 12. The number of students in the program ..... increasing each year. A) Were. B) Is. C) Have been. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 13. FANBOYS are used as A) I'm not sure. B) Sentence markers. C) Coordinating conjunctions in a sentence. D) A superhero nickname. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coordinating conjunctions in a sentence. 14. At the beginning of the teacher's strike, it appeared as though the Board of Education was not willing to negotiate with the teachers union. But the Board of Education next gave in to the strikers' demands for higher wages and gave them a five percent salary increase. A) NO CHANGE. B) First. C) Eventually. D) Occasionally. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eventually. 15. Although the United States and the USSR were officially allies, tension$^{7}$between the two countries were already high. A) The tension. B) A tension. C) No Change. D) Tensions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tensions. 16. For a person to try and to be failed is no shame, but to fear the endeavor is tragic. A) For failing. B) To fail. C) NO CHANGE. D) Failing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To fail. 17. I was on a boat across the harbor from Rhode Island that weekend, wedged between my parents and sitting on a hard bench. A) Is. B) NO CHANGE. C) Would have been sitting. D) Will be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 18. Which word is a synonym for "abundant" ? A) Plentiful. B) Rare. C) Scarce. D) Insufficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plentiful. 19. Apostrophes:Plural Vs. PossessiveWhich sentence states the mother has more than one boy? A) The boy's mother. B) The boys mother. C) The boys' mother. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The boys' mother. 20. Questions marks, exclamation marks, parenthesis, and dashes are often A) Placed in quotations correctly. B) Not tested on the ACT. C) Used incorrectly. D) Asked in the grammar sections. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not tested on the ACT. 21. For centuries, fireworks came in only two colors, amber and silver, the colors emitted by burning black powder. What should be done with the RED portion? A) No change. B) Colors amber and silver. C) Colors, amber and silver. D) Colors, amber, and silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change. 22. Last summer, we ..... to the mountains. A) Have traveled. B) Are traveling. C) Traveled. D) Travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traveled. 23. It's more important to be able to critically think than to just memorize. A) NO CHANGE. B) Its more important to be able to critically think than to just memorize. C) It's most important to be able to critically think than to just memorize. D) It's more important to be able to critically think then to just memorize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 24. The kids playing in the street and the dogs wandered without collars in my aunt's neighborhood made me very uneasy. A) NO CHANGE. B) Wandering. C) Were wandering. D) DELETE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wandering. 25. Which of the following sentences contains an oxymoron? A) The silence was deafening. B) The stars shone brightly. C) The river flowed gently. D) The mountain was tall and majestic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The silence was deafening. 26. Today, science fiction writers around the world continue to explore possibilities-possibilities that are fast becoming realities. Much of what science fiction writers only dreamed of a century ago, such as cloning and space travel, have$^{9}$ already come to pass A) Would. B) Had. C) No Change. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has. 27. On November 19, 1929 Admiral Richard E. Byrd flew the Floyd Bennett to the base of the Queen Maud mountains. A) No error. B) 1929,. C) The, Queen. D) Base, of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1929,. 28. My cousin has moved to 56 Central Street Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882. A) No error. B) 56, Central. C) Has moved,. D) Central Street,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central Street,. 29. He ..... the book three times already. A) Was reading. B) Has read. C) Reads. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has read. 30. My friend Kenneth and my friend, Pri'ana, will be joining us at the party tonight. A) My friend Pri'ana will be. B) My friend, Pri'ana will be. C) NO CHANGE. D) My friend Pri'ana will be,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My friend Pri'ana will be. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAct English Practice Quiz 1Act English Practice Quiz 2Act English Practice Quiz 3Act English Practice Quiz 4Act English Practice Quiz 5Act English Practice Quiz 6Act English Practice Quiz 7Act English Practice Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books