This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English Practice – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Practice Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a basic transition? A) A word that lists ideas in order or adds information. B) A word that shows connections between ideas, demonstrating critical thinking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A word that lists ideas in order or adds information. 2. Eighth graders can apply to multiple high schools before the deadline in December. However, they won't find out which ones have accepted them during late spring. A) G. after. B) F. NO CHANGE. C) H. until. D) J. next. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. until. 3. Growing up in New Jersey, pizza was eaten a lot by me. A) Pizza was eaten a lot by I. B) I ate a lot of pizza. C) I eaten a lot of pizza. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I ate a lot of pizza. 4. Triangular snowflakes begin to form when a tiny dust particle or other such impurity collides with the flake as it falls, thereby pushing one edge upward. The greater the pressure from the wind, causes bonds to form quick at this edge than in the rest of the snowflake. A) H. the pressure, as the wind. B) J. pressure from the wind. C) G. pressure from the wind, which. D) F. No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) J. pressure from the wind. 5. If you do not finish, the best strategy is to leave answers blank. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. The economic system is complex, with structure and inputs that makes them hard to understand without a solid foundation in math. A) NO CHANGE. B) Make them. C) Make it. D) Makes it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make it. 7. Mark and Move refers to what? A) Marking the question in your test booklet so that you know which questions to return to later. B) Put a dash next to that problem on your bubble sheet, but leave it blank because you don't know the answer. C) Fill in a bubble for the problem on your bubble sheet, and proceed on to the next question. D) Both A and C are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and C are correct. 8. A mile was good enough as Cox closed in on the shore and her goal. A) Enough, as. B) Enough,. C) NO CHANGE. D) Enough. As. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enough, as. 9. Young woman, Alizon Device in a field, near A) Young woman, Alizon Device, in a field near. B) Young woman, Alizon Device in a field near. C) Young woman Alizon Device, in a field, near. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Young woman, Alizon Device, in a field near. 10. Presidential elections have a strong affect/effect on people A) Affect. B) Effect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effect. 11. Corn originated first in the Americas and was brought to Europe by Christopher Columbus. It quickly became an important food source throughout the European continent as well as part of Africa and Asia. A) One time. B) Afterwards. C) NO CHANGE. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO CHANGE. 12. Young had his soldiers place fences around the most damaged trees in order to protect them from future bad stuff. A) Bad stuff. B) Further harm in the future. C) Further harm. D) No Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Further harm. 13. Citing its health benefits, jogging was my brother's exercise of choice. A) My brother chose jogging as his exercise of choice. B) Jogging was chosen by my brother as his exercise of choice. C) NO CHANGE. D) Jogging was chosen as my brother's exercise of choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My brother chose jogging as his exercise of choice. 14. We need to gather about four cups of spinach from the garden. At the same time, we will purchase the rest of the ingredients. A) Sometimes. B) Once. C) NO CHANGE. D) Later. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Later. 15. She said her favorite teams were the Spurs Rockets, and the Lakers. A) NO CHANGE. B) Spurs Rockets and Lakers. C) Spurs, Rockets, and Lakers. D) The, Spurs, Rockets, and Lakers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spurs, Rockets, and Lakers. 16. Then have leaves, or straw or sawdust A) NO CHANGE. B) Then leaves or straw, and sawdust. C) Then leaves and straw, and sawdust. D) Then have leaves, straw, or sawdust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Then have leaves, straw, or sawdust. 17. Where does the comma go? I love cats so I bought two. A) After bought. B) After love. C) After cats. D) After so. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After cats. 18. Who's home is this? A) Whose. B) Whos. C) No change. D) Whos'e. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whose. 19. Denny told the toll booth operator, "hang on, I just dropped my quarter" . A) Quarter". B) Quarter.". C) Quarter. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quarter.". 20. The company ignored their profit margins, so there/their stock fell. A) There. B) Their. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 21. Everyone in the auditorium ..... silent during the performance. A) Were remaining. B) Remains. C) Remain. D) Have remained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Remains. 22. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), is largely respon-sible for the way we understand ourselves, as creatures, with$^{2}$ conflicting "selves" and desires. A) Ourselves. As creatures with. B) Ourselves, being like creatures with. C) No Change. D) Ourselves as creatures with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ourselves. As creatures with. 23. Sammy and ..... are excited to go to the park. A) Me. B) I. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. 24. Colons are used most often on the ACT to A) Separate 2 independent clauses. B) Illustrate time. C) Set off 1 word. D) Present a list. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Present a list. 25. The volleyball team left all there backpacks in the gym. A) They're. B) I don't know. C) Their. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their. 26. While its origin is disputed, many people believe the expression was inspired by the inventions of a Canadian American engineer named, Elijah McCoy. A) American, engineer named,. B) American, engineer named. C) American engineer named. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) American engineer named. 27. "Silent Night" was written by two men from the village of Oberndorf Austria. A) Oberndorf, Austria. B) Men, from. C) No error. D) "Silent Night, ". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oberndorf, Austria. 28. ..... , it is also important that true friends be there for you.Which transition word adds more proof to the statement? A) Secondly. B) Finally. C) On the other hand. D) In addition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In addition. 29. Andre the Giant's size twenty-four shoes is/are a record in the wrestling world. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 30. This suggests that the notion of free will might have been an illusion and that our choices are goverend by hidden mental process$^{ }$which we have no control over.$^{8}$ A) Over which we have no control. B) We have no control over. C) We can't control. D) No Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over which we have no control. ← 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