Act English Practice Quiz 5 (60 MCQs)

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1. Hollows, the final installation, has
2. Usually, you can get a lot of scholarship money if you get a ..... (or above) on the ACT.
3. To build a successful corporate culture requires time, money, and to have an organization; without these, it is almost impossible to flourish in today's hypercompetitive market.
4. Identify the sentence with correct sentence structure involving an introductory phrase.
5. Eager to pray on pests like mosquitoes and wasps, Edith is glad to see dragonflies flying around.
6. What is the importance of context in understanding a sentence?
7. #5 Given that all the choices are true, which one provides the best opening to this paragraph?
8. This problem is ..... difficult than the last one.
9. It was a vibrant enthusiastic festival.
10. The army stationed near armadillos drill/drills for 4 hours a day.
11. #55 Choose the best option
12. State, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
13. Then there is the effect of butter on gluten, the web of interconnected proteins that makes cookies crispier when they are baked.
14. A number of students ..... missing from class today.
15. He liked to play music, writing poetry, and to create posts for his blog.
16. Fewer of the interviewees were wearing ties than we'd expected.
17. #59 The writer is considering adding the following sentence to the essay: "Eight years later, the museum awarded Howe the Waite Phillips Trophy for Outstanding Contribution to American Indian Art." If the writer were to add this sentence, it would most logically be placed at:
18. The students were ..... late for the bus.
19. The effect/affect of watching too much tv is eyestrain.
20. President Harry Truman and others claimed at the time that dropping the bomb was necessary to force Japan to surrender to$^{6}$ end World War II. Others argue that we used the bomb largely to show the Soviet Union that we were a superior world power.
21. Everyone forgot ..... backpack at home.
22. What are the two type of questions in English?
23. ANSWER TO #43THINK:Which word seems to be different?
24. ANSWER TO #15ASK:Does this tell about a personal experience with "Miami time?"
25. The list of rules ..... posted on the wall.
26. Unlike other birds, penguins are limited in that they cannot truly fly.
27. Tales of treasures yet unfound and the supernatural beings that watch over them-are told and retold by those who love bygone days of adventure.
28. Passage 1You 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 that the original version is best, then choose "NO CHANGE."
29. Select the option that correctly fills in the blank."Each of the students ..... a book from the library."
30. Freud posited$^{3}$ the notion that the mind is teeming with "psychic energy" and that our personality is shaped largely by the interactions of the levels of the mind. Among Freud's most important contributions to modern psychology and the contemporary understanding of the self is his theory of the unconscious.
31. This was the first important step toward the Cold War. Next came the date that will live in history:August 6, 1945. The United States dropped an atomic bomb on a civilian, not military, target, Hiroshima, Japan.$^{4}$
32. Until she wrote the first book of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling was an impoverished single mother; she subsequently became one of the wealthiest individuals in the United Kingdom.
33. Select the sentence that correctly places the modifier to avoid ambiguity.
34. While crossword puzzles seem to be the game of choice, they need only sit in an airport or doctor's office in any city to see how Sudoku is slowly overtaking the popular word game.
35. Before the storm started, the sky ..... dark.
36. On Thursday, we saw a car staring at the beach.
37. If you are stuck on a question should you guess or skip it and come back?
38. The principals of good sportsmanship demand that we cheer the achievements of both teams.
39. What should you examine in each answer choice?
40. We couldn't visit you yesterday:I got super busy and then overslept.
41. The rare "triangular" snowflake, similarly, confounded scientists for years because it apparently defied the basic laws of chemistry.
42. When you are simply guessing in any test subject, which bubble should you fill in?
43. Literary scholars of today have broadened their horizons, and are less likely to focus on style when they make claims about Milton.
44. I have turned in the essay that I had spent several weeks working on.
45. His photos of Memphis's Beale Street jazz and blues musicians includes the likes of B.B. King, Aretha Franklin, and Elvis Presley.
46. What is the time limit for the ACT English Test?
47. For this reason, Sudoku should have been played using a pencil with a good eraser.
48. An adults/adult's system of organization for a closet can vary wildly.
49. Evidence, and also
50. Every pale tomato slice, wilted pickle, and brown lettuce leaf costs an extra 25 cents at Bernie's Burger Emporium.
51. Every Halloween we look forward to handing out candy to trick-or-treaters. We usually get about twenty to thirty visitors, but I remember that for a year we only got a handful.
52. Haller took that to heart, and at the end of the day, he had became the first Ironman champion in history.
53. Always have a panic strategy in place. If you are not sure which answer is right, try to
54. What role do conjunctions play in sentence structure?
55. Answer to #7This is a perfect example of shorter is better!
56. Today a man knocked on my door and asked for a small donation towards the local swimming pool; I gave him a glass of water.
57. Artie made his living working alternately as a painter and he was a delivery driver.
58. Given that all are true, which of the following provides the most logical conclusion for this sentence?
59. He ran ..... than anyone else on the team.
60. I'm not sure how to get there, let's get directions.