This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English Practice – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Practice Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why is it that we are so completely obsessive with the hair on our heads? A) NO CHANGE. B) Obsessioned. C) Obsessing. D) Obsessed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Obsessed. 2. Carol Moseley Braun was the first African American woman elected to serve as a US Senator, representing the state of Illinois. Immediately, after a lengthy period of anonymity, she ran for mayor of Chicago, but received only nine percent of the vote. A) H. Before. B) G. Years later. C) J. Instead. D) F. NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) G. Years later. 3. Correct this sentence:Tesss car is the craziest I've ever seen. A) Tess's. B) Tess'. C) Tess'ss. D) Tesss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tess's. 4. The pair of shoes ..... under the bed. A) Have been. B) Were. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 5. The runner felt ..... after the long race. A) Badly. B) Bad. C) Worst. D) Worse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bad. 6. Which sentence demonstrates correct parallel structure in a list? A) For breakfast, he enjoys eating eggs, pancakes, and drinking orange juice. B) For breakfast, he enjoys eating eggs, pancakes, and to drink orange juice. C) For breakfast, he enjoys eating eggs, pancakes, and orange juice. D) For breakfast, he enjoys to eat eggs, pancakes, and drinking orange juice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For breakfast, he enjoys eating eggs, pancakes, and orange juice. 7. According to Freud, the mind is much like an iceberg. Most of our minds$^{4}$ activi-ties, then, occur beneath the surface, in the unconscious and beyond our knowing. A) Mind. B) Mind's. C) No Change. D) Minds'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mind's. 8. Freud believed that the unconscious is deterministic. That is, our behaviors are caused (determined) by thoughts and impulses deep in our unconscious-of which thoughts and impulses we are not aware.$^{6}$ A) No Change. B) We are not aware of which thoughts and impulses. C) Thoughts and impulses of which we are not aware. D) Which we are not aware of, these thoughts and impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We are not aware of which thoughts and impulses. 9. What is the best strategy to determine the best answer? A) Guessing based on experience. B) Choosing the longest answer. C) Reading and considering all of the answer choices before choosing. D) Asking a friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reading and considering all of the answer choices before choosing. 10. Mary looked down to discover a snake at her feet. When she saw it, she ..... A) Was screaming. B) Had screamed. C) Screamed. D) Screams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Screamed. 11. How much time do you have to complete the English Test? A) 45 minutes. B) 1 hour. C) 35 minutes. D) 75 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 45 minutes. 12. If the writer were to delete the highlighted sentence, the paragraph would primarily lose a statement that: A) Suggests the essay writer knows the identity of the artist. B) Indicates the artist is a librarian. C) Proves the artist is a woman. D) Explains why the artist created the sculptures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Explains why the artist created the sculptures. 13. Workers stand tall, radiating strength and confidence. Such empowerment of the worker were to be the bright future that was envisioned for all the workers of the world. A) Was. B) If it were. C) NO CHANGE. D) If it was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 14. The teacher calls ..... to line up first. A) I. B) Me. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me. 15. Test strategists recommend you A) Eliminate answers right away that sound awkward or are grammatically incorrect. B) Eliminate the shortest answers, because the longer ones are often the best choices. C) Eliminate the longest answers, because the shorter ones are usually right. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eliminate answers right away that sound awkward or are grammatically incorrect. 16. While Shelley's Franken-stein created a living creature from the body parts of the dead, Wells's characters traveled through time; created half-animal, half-human creatures; made themselves invisible; and having been attacked by Martians.$^{6}$ A) Faced attacked from Martians. B) No Change. C) Are attacked by Martians. D) Being attacked by Martians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faced attacked from Martians. 17. Passage 3You should choose the alternative that best expresses the idea in standard written English and is worded most consistently with the tone of the passage. If you believe the original version is best, then choose "NO CHANGE." A) NO CHANGE. B) And. C) That. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 18. Neither the coach nor the players ..... satisfied with the results. A) Has been. B) Were. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 19. Which sentence most effectively uses a complex structure to show the relationship between ideas? A) The temperature dropped, and ice formed on the roads. B) The temperature dropped; ice formed on the roads. C) Although the temperature dropped significantly, traffic continued normally. D) The temperature dropped. Ice formed on the roads. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Although the temperature dropped significantly, traffic continued normally. 20. (10) intense workouts, morning-to-night practices, and then having to study playbooks. A) F. NO CHANGE. B) G. intense workouts, morning-to-night practices, andplaybooks to study. C) H. intensely working out, practicing nightly, andstudying playbooks. D) J. intense morning-to-night practices and playbooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. intensely working out, practicing nightly, andstudying playbooks. 21. She ..... her homework before dinner last night. A) Finished. B) Was finishing. C) Has finished. D) Finishes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished. 22. It's/Its too early to tell the winner of the election. A) It's. B) Its. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's. 23. We lived in Virginia and so had immediate access to hundreds of famous places. Nonetheless, my grandmother took me to Civil War battlefield, historic homes, national monuments, anywhere that had a story to tell. A) NO CHANGE. B) My grandmother. C) However, my grandmother. D) On the contrary, my grandmother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My grandmother. 24. The team ..... better since the new coach arrived. A) Plays. B) Was playing. C) Has played. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has played. 25. #56 Choose the best option A) Envelop. B) Entail. C) Include. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Include. 26. I will be in Tampa Tuesday which is 80 miles from home. A) No change. B) Tuesday; which. C) Tuesday-which. D) Tuesday, which. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tuesday, which. 27. Yet only one definition of the term truly lives up to its name:the Ironman Triathlon held annually in Hawaii a picturesque setting for a challenging race. A) Hawaii, it is. B) Hawaii, being. C) NO CHANGE. D) Hawaii,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hawaii,. 28. Troy and ..... are going to play a game. A) I. B) Me. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I. 29. Some members of the legislature have their offices in the ..... building downtown A) Capitol. B) Capital. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capitol. 30. What is the role of an adverb in a sentence? A) To describe a noun. B) To connect clauses. C) To modify a verb, adjective, or other adverb. D) To express an action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To modify a verb, adjective, or other adverb. ← 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