This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English Practice – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Practice Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Today, Smith's repertoire is so vast that she could speak consecutively for twelve hours straight without running out of material. A) No change. B) Continuously nonstop. C) Perpetually. D) OMIT the red portion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) OMIT the red portion. 2. Snowflakes form from tiny water droplets, following a specific process of chemical bonding as they freeze, which results in a six-sided figure. A) No change. B) Form, from tiny, water droplets,. C) Form from tiny, water, droplets. D) Form, from tiny water droplets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change. 3. The team boarded a plane in Copenhagen and took a 1, 500-mile flight to Longyearbean Airport, it is the world's northernmost airport with flights open to the public. A) Airport. B) Airport, being. C) Airport,. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Airport,. 4. Were constructed A) NO CHANGE. B) Evidence, but also. C) Evidence and additionally. D) Evidence and. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evidence, but also. 5. What is the effect of using specific details in writing? A) Specific details make writing longer and more complex. B) Specific details enhance clarity and engagement, allowing readers to visualize and understand the topic more effectively. C) Specific details are unnecessary and can confuse the reader. D) Specific details only serve to fill space in writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Specific details enhance clarity and engagement, allowing readers to visualize and understand the topic more effectively. 6. Semicolons combine independent clauses/dependent clauses/words/numbers on clocks. A) Independent clauses. B) Numbers on clocks. C) Dependent clauses. D) Words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent clauses. 7. In her remarkable tale, Shelley explores what might happen if a scientific possibility-the ability to restore life to the dead-were to become a reality. Science fiction explores how what might be would affect our world if it really was.$^{4}$ A) What happens if fictions become reality. B) No Change. C) What happens when fiction becomes reality. D) The effects of what if becoming reality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What happens when fiction becomes reality. 8. The players thanked the coach for ..... support. A) Its. B) Her. C) Their. D) His. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His. 9. (3) and a multi-millionaire A) NO CHANGE. B) Who happens to be extremely rich. C) Is overpaid and. D) , a multi-millionaire,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) , a multi-millionaire,. 10. The semicolon connects two related sentences (independent clauses). A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Teresa says that she loves it when I look at me/myself in the mirror. A) Me. B) Myself. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myself. 12. The triangular shape is an illusion resulting from one significant addition to the process dust. A) Process:. B) No change. C) Process is. D) Process;. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Process:. 13. Choose the sentence that correctly demonstrates subject-verb agreement with a compound subject. A) The cat and the dog is best friends. B) The cat and the dog are best friends. C) The cat, along with the dog, are best friends. D) The cat, along with the dog, is best friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cat and the dog are best friends. 14. Pamela appreciated Miguel's ..... on her high test scores. A) Compliment. B) Complement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compliment. 15. A company should watch its/it's profit margin. A) Its. B) It's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its. 16. Identify the sentence with correct sentence structure. A) Running through the park, the flowers were beautiful. B) Running through the park, the beautiful flowers were. C) Running through the park, beautiful were the flowers. D) Running through the park, she thought the flowers were beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Running through the park, she thought the flowers were beautiful. 17. Visual storage at the Louvre and other museums protects the sculptures, profits the community culture, and gives public access to art once kept in closed vaults. A) Sculpture profits. B) NO CHANGE. C) Sculptures; profits. D) Sculpture it also profits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 18. This process is more costly than harvesting the bark, growing the foliage in a nursery provides a renewable resource. A) NO CHANGE. B) This. C) As this process. D) Although this process. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Although this process. 19. She plans to ..... the scholarship offer. A) Access. B) Accept. C) Excess. D) Except. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accept. 20. Cox knew, however, that the longer she stayed in the water, the longer it would bring her body temperature ..... which fell to 95.5 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the swim ..... back to normal. A) In other words, back to normal. B) Which was normal. C) Back to a normal body temperature. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NO CHANGE. 21. Despite the thunderstorm; we sat on the porch. A) Despite the thunderstorm:we sat on the porch. B) Despite the thunderstorm we sat on the porch. C) NO CHANGE. D) Despite the thunderstorm, we sat on the porch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Despite the thunderstorm, we sat on the porch. 22. By the time the hail started, we had already ran into the library. A) NO CHANGE. B) Run into. C) Ran in. D) Run in to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run into. 23. She did not know ..... she would attend the meeting. A) Wether. B) Whether. C) Weather. D) However. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whether. 24. Answer to #37Which shows Melies's skill and inventiveness? A) A. B) B. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 25. During the flake's descent from Earth's upper atmosphere, other water vapor molecules bumps into the hexagonal structure. A) H. bumped. B) J. bump. C) G. has bumped. D) F. No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) J. bump. 26. Among/between insects, dragonflies are some of the fastest, flying among/between 50 and 60 miles per hour. A) Between, between. B) Among, among. C) Between, among. D) Among, between. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Among, between. 27. By the time we arrived, the movie ..... already started. A) Is. B) Has. C) Was. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 28. Answer to #5Hint:best topic sentence for the paragraph ..... read the whole paragraph to decide A) D. B) C. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 29. Anyone who wants to join must submit ..... application by Friday. A) Their. B) His. C) Its. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His. 30. Sleeping peacefully, we finally located the lost puppy in an abandoned mine tunnel. A) Sleeping peacefully, we located the puppy finally in an abandoned mine tunnel. B) We finally located the lost puppy sleeping peacefully in an abandoned mine tunnel. C) Finally, in an abandoned mine tunnel, we found, sleeping peacefully, the lost puppy. D) We located the puppy, lost, in an abandoned mine tunnel, finally sleeping peacefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We finally located the lost puppy sleeping peacefully in an abandoned mine tunnel. 31. What Shelley began, H.G. Wells perfected in dozens of science fiction works including his most famous works:$^{5}$ The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. A) Works, including his most famous works. B) No Change. C) Works, including his most famous,. D) Works. His most famous works are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Works, including his most famous,. 32. The Cubs were close to a World Series bid when Sam Sianis, (a) nephew, allegedly brought a goat to Wrigley Field but was denied entry. A) Billy Siani's. B) Billy Sianis'. C) Billy Sianis. D) A. Billy Sianis's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. Billy Sianis's. 33. Throughout the night, the cats in the alley kept crying/meowing/whining. A) Crying. B) Meowing. C) Whining. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meowing. 34. It is September, and some of the trees are starting to blush red and orange at their tips. A) It turns into the month of. B) Due to the fact that it is. C) Because it has turned into. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NO CHANGE. 35. In fact, the popu-lation growth in England was so dramatic that the countries$^{7 }$population doubled$^{ }$between 1750-1820. A) Countrys'. B) Countries'. C) No Change. D) Country's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Country's. 36. Neither Anthony nor Rose like the beach. A) Care for the beach. B) Likes to go to the beach. C) Cares for the beach. D) Likes the beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Likes the beach. 37. The members of two popular sports clubs, the Mid-Pacific Road Runners of Honolulu, and the Waikiki Swim Club of Oahu, had a long-standing and good-natured debate going over who made better athletes:runners or swimmers. A) NO CHANGE. B) Runners, of Honolulu, and the Waikiki Swim Club. C) Runners of Honolulu, and the Waikiki Swim Club. D) Runners of Honolulu, and the Waikiki Swim Club,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Runners of Honolulu, and the Waikiki Swim Club. 38. If Deanna or Katie win the election for class president, I'll be disappointed. A) Had won. B) One. C) NO CHANGE. D) Wins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wins. 39. On her social media profile, Kim said she likes cooking, to read, and playing mini golf. A) NO CHANGE. B) On her social media profile, Kim said she likes cooking, reading, and playing mini golf. C) On her social media profile, Kim said she likes to cook, read, and playing mini golf. D) On her social media profile, Kim said she likes to cook, reading, and mini golf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On her social media profile, Kim said she likes cooking, reading, and playing mini golf. 40. Helga decided that walking across the country for that kind of money was a small price to pay for a greater rewarding. A) NO CHANGE. B) Great reward. C) Greatest reward. D) Greatly rewarding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Great reward. 41. Before Orville and Wilbur Wright invented the airplane, humans could only dream of flying. Today, we hardly give a thought to how remarkable it is to be transported above the clouds. A) J. Over the years. B) H. After a while. C) F. NO CHANGE. D) G. Following that. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) F. NO CHANGE. 42. How many sections of the ACT exam make up the student composite score? A) 3. B) 2. C) 5. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 43. Three years ago, he found that the processor he will of been using wasn't the right one. A) Three years ago, he found that the processor he had been using wasn't the right one. B) Three years ago, he found that the processor would have been using wasn't the right one. C) Three years ago, he found that the processor he been using wasn't the right one. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three years ago, he found that the processor he had been using wasn't the right one. 44. Each student must bring ..... own calculator. A) His. B) Their. C) Her. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His. 45. Growing up in the 1950s, Haller developed an interest in many sports categorized as endurance athletics, and welcomed their grueling physical demands. A) NO CHANGE. B) Athletics and welcomed their. C) Athletics, and welcomed there,. D) Athletics and, welcomed there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athletics and welcomed their. 46. It meanders through the grass like a worm curving, and bending near the sidewalk. A) NO CHANGE. B) Worm, curving and bending. C) Worm curving and bending. D) Worm, curving and bending,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worm, curving and bending. 47. (12) pro and for that reason, A) F. NO CHANGE. B) H. pro, therefore,. C) G. pro:for that reason,. D) J. pro. That is why,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J. pro. That is why,. 48. Therefore in, Jones began guiding fishing trips; his knowledge of fishing trips made him one of the best guides around the area. A) C. Thus, In. B) D. In. C) A. No change. D) Likewise, In. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. In. 49. Bill Clinton was president from 1993 to 2001. Afterward, he stayed in the public eye and supported his wife's political ambitions, including her bid to become President in 2008. A) G. At long last. B) F. NO CHANGE. C) H. Before long. D) J. Until then. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F. NO CHANGE. 50. How many questions in the English test? A) 50. B) 40. C) 75. D) 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 75. 51. ANSWER TO #30ASK:What is the preceding sentence about? A) H. B) F. C) G. D) J. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F. 52. The most correct English answer choice will always be ..... A) Grammatically correct. B) Consistent with the rest of the writing piece. C) Clear and concise. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 53. Neither of the boys remembered to bring ..... permission slip. A) Their. B) Them. C) His. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His. 54. Although it may seem easy to those who have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are surprisingly affective$^{5}$in stretching and strengthening muscles. A) Affected. B) No Change. C) Effected. D) Effective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Effective. 55. One of today's hottest fads is also one of the world's oldest practices:the ancient art of yoga. At first, I thought yoga was just another fitness fad, like step aerobics classes or Tae Bo. But after my first class, I understood why yoga has lasted for thousands of years and why so many people are completely into$^{1 }$this practice. A) No Change. B) Practitioners of. C) Hooked on. D) Devoted to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Devoted to. 56. Have you met Mr. Silva, our college counselor? A) NO CHANGE. B) Have you met, Mr. Silva, our college counselor?. C) Have you met, Mr. Silva our college counselor. D) Have you met Mr. Silva our college counselor?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 57. It is our chief defense mechanism (a way to avoid conflict between our true desires and our senses of right and wrong$^{10). }$Freud believed that too much repres-sion can lead to neurosis, a mental disorder resulting in depression or abnormal behavior, sometimes with physical symptoms but with no evidence of disease. A) No Change. B) Our sense of right and wrong. C) Our senses of rights and wrongs. D) Our sense of rights and wrongs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Our sense of right and wrong. 58. I'm great at multitasking, I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at once. A) No Change. B) Multitasking:I. C) Multitasking I. D) Multitasking-I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multitasking:I. 59. The volleyball teams' backpacks were all in the gym when they left for their game. A) NO CHANGE. B) Volleyball's team. C) Volleyball teams's. D) Volleyball teams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 60. The weather was gloomy and cold all morning. At first, the sun came out, and the temperature rose significantly. A) Before then. B) C. At last. C) B. Meanwhile. D) A. NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. At last. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAct English Practice Quiz 1Act English Practice Quiz 2Act English Practice Quiz 3Act English Practice Quiz 5Act English Practice Quiz 6Act English Practice Quiz 7Act English Practice Quiz 8Act English Practice Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books