Act English Practice Quiz 4 (30 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. During the holidays, my family and I traveled further than we did last year.
2. For grammar and usage questions, look at ..... choice first.
3. Which detail would be relevant to this main idea? Even though they sit still for long periods of time, frogs can actually move pretty quickly.
4. My father asked about the cobblestone road which Grandpa and him had built together.
5. When Jenny reads her answer choices she marks out the obviously wrong answer choices. This strategy is called .....
6. We lost all electrical power at 9:00 p.m. last Monday. It wasn't restored until the following afternoon.
7. Weather, and also from the intense heat of summer.
8. The Cold War was one of the most interest-ing and troubling times in American history. Several dramatically important historical events$^{1}$ led to the Cold War. First, in 1939, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
9. What does 'historical significance' refer to?
10. #58 Choose the best option
11. For the Thanksgiving reunion, relatives were sitting in the dining room, on the porch, and in the carport.
12. This angered his supporters, who branded him a pirate.
13. What is the purpose of using 'NO CHANGE' as an option in multiple-choice questions?
14. Which answer choice reflects a more concise sentence? He was not able to attend the second session of the day. How can he get the information?
15. #53 Given that all the choices are true, which one most effectively leads the reader from the previous paragraph into this paragraph?
16. I could not answer your question earlier; I was busy and did not have enough time.
17. What lies ahead? How will we handle these and other upcoming advances? Let us hope that science fiction writers are wrong, for all too often, characters in science fiction stories, like they're$^{10 }$forefather Victor Frankenstein, are unable to handle the responsibility of having so much power over nature.
18. The university registrar is responsible for scheduling office staff, coordinating the directory of classes and examinations, and assigning classroom facilities.
19. The conscious is the part of the mind of which we are aware; it is the tip of the iceberg that is visible above the water. The uncon-scious, on the other hand, $^{5}$ is all that is below the surface-the thoughts, feelings, and desires that we are not aware of but that nonetheless affect our behavior.
20. The monthly meeting went well:excepting for the time it was delayed 30 minutes due to the rain.
21. Our teacher asked Ava and Kami to read the problem.
22. Someone left their notebook.
23. Concentrated deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses, thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch. And the steady$^{9 }$circulation of breath through your body both calms and energizes.
24. ANSWER TO #35Look at the numbers in [ ] before the 35 in a box
25. Lead was a common ingredient in paint sold in the US for many decades. Later, it was discovered to be toxic and is no longer used.
26. If the writer were to delete the preceding sentence, the essay would primarily lost .....
27. They except American Express cards.
28. A fulgurite is created in one explosive second by fusion and pressure as sand heated by a lightning blast melts, and becomes glass.
29. The speaker at the horse-breeders' convention would have been better if she took the time to prepare for the subjects of interest to the audience.
30. While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthens the mind. Many poses can be only held$^{8 }$if you are completely focused on the task, and full benefit of the poses comes only through proper breathing.