This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English Practice – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Practice Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence is correctly punctuated and uses proper coordination? A) The storm approached quickly, the sky turned dark. B) The storm approached quickly; the sky turned dark. C) The storm approached quickly and the sky turned dark. D) The storm approached quickly, and the sky turned dark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The storm approached quickly and the sky turned dark. 2. Repression is the act of pushing our con-flicts to the unconscious. So that$^{9}$ we are no longer aware of them, It is our chief$^{ }$defense mechanism (a way to avoid conflict between our true desires and our senses of right and wrong). A) Unconscious, for. B) No Change. C) Unconscious so that. D) Unconscious of which. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unconscious so that. 3. Choose the option that correctly fills in the blank."Neither the players nor the coach ..... happy with the referee's decision." A) Were. B) Be. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 4. Before iron was discovered, there is only bronze weapons. A) There were. B) NO CHANGE. C) There was. D) There are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There were. 5. These adherents of Sikhism, millions of whom live in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent-classify service in three forms:physical service, mental service, and material service. A) Sikhism. B) Sikhism;. C) Sikhism-. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sikhism-. 6. #51 Which choice offers the most specific description of a characteristic of Howe's painting? A) Some types of shapes,. B) NO CHANGE. C) Carefully created images,. D) Shaded, geometric shapes,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shaded, geometric shapes,. 7. On either side of him is a dog that the boy holds the dogs' collars in his hands. A) Dog; the boy holds. B) Dog that the boy is holding. C) Dog the boy golds. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dog; the boy holds. 8. In fact, the popu-lation growth in England was so dramatic that the countries population doubled between 1750-1820.$^{8}$ A) No Change. B) Between 1750 to 1820. C) From 1750 and 1820. D) Between 1750 and 1820. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Between 1750 and 1820. 9. Test strategy:when reordering sentences look carefully at the answer choices that are A) The longest. B) Contain original or not similar ordering to the other answers. C) The shortest. D) Contain the same or similar ordering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contain the same or similar ordering. 10. (1) player's number's A) Player's numbers'. B) Players number's. C) NO CHANGE. D) Players' numbers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Players' numbers. 11. Even though we were late we understood the lesson and we were able to do the assignment. A) NO CHANGE. B) Even though we were late, we understood the lesson; and we were able to do the assignment. C) Even though we were late, we understood the lesson, and we were able to do the assignment. D) Even though we were late; we understood the lesson, and we were able to do the assignment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Even though we were late, we understood the lesson, and we were able to do the assignment. 12. Chicago Cubs fans have been waiting since 1908 for another World Series win. Many superstitious (a) place the blame not on the players or managers but on a goat. A) Fan's. B) Fans'. C) A. fans. D) Fans's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. fans. 13. A deep ideo-logical battle between the two countries-one communist, the other capitalist-was already in place; and$^{8}$ each country was determined to outdo the other. Two years later, in 1947, President Truman established the Truman Doctrine. A) Redefined. B) No Change. C) Redetermined. D) Reestablished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Redefined. 14. I think she had way to many things on her mind. A) Way two many. B) NO CHANGE. C) Way to many,. D) Way too many. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Way too many. 15. On the ACT, the English test wants you to OMIT examples that contain redundancy. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. As he pursued a degree in physics he drove a taxi to pay the bills, but competitive training proved his passion. A) Certified. B) NO CHANGE. C) Justified. D) Verified. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 17. The sound of sap dripping into galvanized metal signal the beginning of the season to gather syrup. A) Signals. B) NO CHANGE. C) Is signaling. D) Will signal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Signals. 18. "This vast chapel displays what many (a) of the most important works of Renaissance art:Michelangelo's awe-inspiring frescoes." A) Consider, some,. B) Consider, some. C) Consider some,. D) A. consider some. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. consider some. 19. Employing their best defense mechanism against the approaching shark, the school fish quickly collected themselves, swam closely together to look like one big fish. A) NO CHANGE. B) Swim. C) Swimming. D) They swam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swimming. 20. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a comma to separate an introductory element. A) After the show we went, to a cafe. B) After the show we went to a cafe. C) After the show, we went to a cafe. D) After, the show we went to a cafe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After the show, we went to a cafe. 21. There ..... several reasons for the delay. A) Has been. B) Was. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 22. Neither of the solutions ..... effective. A) Are. B) Were. C) Is. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 23. The woman, knowing it was late, hurried home. A) The woman knowing it was late hurried home. B) NO CHANGE. C) The women hurried home, knowing it was late. D) The woman knowing it was late, hurried home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 24. One C+ kept the student from honor roll first quarter; ..... she's working extra hard this quarter to get all As and Bs. A) Therefore,. B) On the other hand,. C) In addition,. D) Furthermore,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Therefore,. 25. We thrill to cinematic images of sleek sloops silhouetted by full moons sailing the Seven Seas in search of gold, silver, damask and jewels. A) No change. B) In search of gold, silver, damask, and jewels. C) In search of gold silver damask and jewels. D) In search of gold silver, damask, and, jewels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In search of gold, silver, damask, and jewels. 26. In that letter, Einstein tells Roosevelt that it was possible to create an atomic weapon, and he asked Roosevelt to fund$^{ }$research and experiment$^{3}$ in atomic weapons. Roosevelt agreed, and the government created the Manhattan Project, a massive effort to develop nuclear weapons. A) No Change. B) Research. C) Research and experimentation. D) Research and experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Research and experiments. 27. After waiting for an hour n the rain, the sun once came out, and we were able to play. A) F. NO CHANGE. B) H. so far. C) G. at last. D) J. until then. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) G. at last. 28. The committee finished ..... report early. A) They're. B) Its. C) Their. D) It's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its. 29. Several key discoveries and inventions enabled the Industrial Revolution to take place, included machines and tools like the cotton gin, the radio, the circular saw, $^{ }$the cylindrical press, and steam engine.$^{5}$ A) No Change. B) The cylindrical press and steam engine. C) The cylindrical press and the steam engine. D) The cylindrical press, and the steam engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cylindrical press, and the steam engine. 30. If the alarm had gone off earlier, more people could of escaped before the building collapsed. A) Could have escaped. B) NO CHANGE. C) Could escape. D) Could escaped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could have escaped. ← 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