This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English Practice – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Practice Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. #57 The writer wants to emphasize the intensity of the questions related to art and identity. Which choice best accomplishes that goal? A) Hotly debated,. B) A matter of concern,. C) NO CHANGE. D) Talked about to some extent,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hotly debated,. 2. With technology in the hands of so many people; we tend to forget that personal computers in the home were once rare. A) People, we. B) NO CHANGE. C) People, we,. D) People we. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People, we. 3. How often do you go to Marcus's house? A) NO CHANGE. B) How often do you go to Marcus' house?. C) How often do you go to Marcus house?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 4. She cheerfully explained the operation of the restaurant while correcting the uniform of a waiter, she tasted the soup of the day, and greeting longtime customers with a smile. A) Tastes. B) Tasted. C) Tasting. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tasting. 5. Mary told Ellen that she would need a new outfit to wear to her job interview. A) Ellen that she would need a new outfit to wear to the job interview. B) Ellen that she needed a new outfit to wear to the job interview. C) Ellen that she was going to need a new outfit to wear to the job interview. D) Ellen, "You will need a new outfit to wear to the job interview.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ellen, "You will need a new outfit to wear to the job interview.". 6. Centuries after their last voyages pirates still conjure elemental excitement in our collective imagination. A) Last voyages, pirates,. B) No change. C) Last voyages pirates,. D) Last voyages, pirates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Last voyages, pirates. 7. There/Their are many amazing things to eat when it comes to Italian food. A) There. B) Their. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There. 8. In a tropical rainforest, you hear, ..... , and feel a variety of new and interesting things. A) Saw. B) Are seeing. C) Had seen. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) See. 9. While she ..... the letter, the phone rang. A) Writes. B) Was writing. C) Has written. D) Wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was writing. 10. It created a "policy of containment, " which framed our foreign policy as a battle between "good" and "evil." This dramatically increased the growing animosity between the two opposing sides.$^{9}$ A) Amongst the two opposing sides. B) Between the two sides. C) No Change. D) Between the opposing sides. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Between the opposing sides. 11. When I met my uncle, I was shocked to see that he doesn't have hardly any hair. A) Doesn't have no. B) Has no. C) NO CHANGE. D) Hardly had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hardly had. 12. The SUV turned out to be the better design, possibly because it built upon the success of two popular models-pickup trucks and station wagons-and combining the most popular features of the two vehicle types. A) NO CHANGE. B) But combining. C) And combined. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And combined. 13. This fishing pole Nathan, has seen better days. A) No error. B) Pole, Nathan,. C) Has, seen. D) Nathan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pole, Nathan,. 14. If I don't use basic or complex transitions, what score will I receive on my final essay? A) A-Advanced. B) D-Unsatisfactory. C) C-Approaching. D) B-Proficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D-Unsatisfactory. 15. Replace whom with him (to see if it should be "who" or "whom") A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. This question refers to the paragraph preceding 51. Which of the following sequences of sentences makes Paragraph 3 most logical? A) 3, 2, 1. B) 2, 1, 3. C) No change. D) 1, 3, 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1, 3, 2. 17. Any woman who doesn't meet the necessary requirements will have their name removed from the list of candidates. A) NO CHANGE. B) Their title. C) They're name. D) Her name. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her name. 18. What is a basic transition? A) A word that lists ideas in order or adds information. B) A word that shows connections between ideas, demonstrating critical thinking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A word that lists ideas in order or adds information. 19. Eighth graders can apply to multiple high schools before the deadline in December. However, they won't find out which ones have accepted them during late spring. A) H. until. B) G. after. C) F. NO CHANGE. D) J. next. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) H. until. 20. Growing up in New Jersey, pizza was eaten a lot by me. A) I ate a lot of pizza. B) I eaten a lot of pizza. C) Pizza was eaten a lot by I. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I ate a lot of pizza. 21. Triangular snowflakes begin to form when a tiny dust particle or other such impurity collides with the flake as it falls, thereby pushing one edge upward. The greater the pressure from the wind, causes bonds to form quick at this edge than in the rest of the snowflake. A) G. pressure from the wind, which. B) F. No change. C) H. the pressure, as the wind. D) J. pressure from the wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J. pressure from the wind. 22. If you do not finish, the best strategy is to leave answers blank. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. The economic system is complex, with structure and inputs that makes them hard to understand without a solid foundation in math. A) Make it. B) Makes it. C) Make them. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make it. 24. Mark and Move refers to what? A) Marking the question in your test booklet so that you know which questions to return to later. B) Put a dash next to that problem on your bubble sheet, but leave it blank because you don't know the answer. C) Fill in a bubble for the problem on your bubble sheet, and proceed on to the next question. D) Both A and C are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and C are correct. 25. A mile was good enough as Cox closed in on the shore and her goal. A) Enough. As. B) NO CHANGE. C) Enough, as. D) Enough,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enough, as. 26. Young woman, Alizon Device in a field, near A) Young woman, Alizon Device in a field near. B) Young woman, Alizon Device, in a field near. C) NO CHANGE. D) Young woman Alizon Device, in a field, near. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Young woman, Alizon Device, in a field near. 27. Presidential elections have a strong affect/effect on people A) Affect. B) Effect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effect. 28. Corn originated first in the Americas and was brought to Europe by Christopher Columbus. It quickly became an important food source throughout the European continent as well as part of Africa and Asia. A) Afterwards. B) One time. C) NO CHANGE. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO CHANGE. 29. Young had his soldiers place fences around the most damaged trees in order to protect them from future bad stuff. A) Further harm in the future. B) Further harm. C) Bad stuff. D) No Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Further harm. 30. Citing its health benefits, jogging was my brother's exercise of choice. A) My brother chose jogging as his exercise of choice. B) NO CHANGE. C) Jogging was chosen by my brother as his exercise of choice. D) Jogging was chosen as my brother's exercise of choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My brother chose jogging as his exercise of choice. 31. We need to gather about four cups of spinach from the garden. At the same time, we will purchase the rest of the ingredients. A) NO CHANGE. B) Later. C) Once. D) Sometimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Later. 32. She said her favorite teams were the Spurs Rockets, and the Lakers. A) NO CHANGE. B) Spurs Rockets and Lakers. C) Spurs, Rockets, and Lakers. D) The, Spurs, Rockets, and Lakers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spurs, Rockets, and Lakers. 33. Then have leaves, or straw or sawdust A) NO CHANGE. B) Then leaves or straw, and sawdust. C) Then leaves and straw, and sawdust. D) Then have leaves, straw, or sawdust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Then have leaves, straw, or sawdust. 34. Where does the comma go? I love cats so I bought two. A) After love. B) After so. C) After cats. D) After bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After cats. 35. Who's home is this? A) Whos'e. B) Whos. C) Whose. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whose. 36. Denny told the toll booth operator, "hang on, I just dropped my quarter" . A) Quarter. B) NO CHANGE. C) Quarter.". D) Quarter". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quarter.". 37. The company ignored their profit margins, so there/their stock fell. A) There. B) Their. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 38. Everyone in the auditorium ..... silent during the performance. A) Have remained. B) Were remaining. C) Remains. D) Remain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Remains. 39. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), is largely respon-sible for the way we understand ourselves, as creatures, with$^{2}$ conflicting "selves" and desires. A) Ourselves. As creatures with. B) No Change. C) Ourselves, being like creatures with. D) Ourselves as creatures with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ourselves. As creatures with. 40. Sammy and ..... are excited to go to the park. A) Me. B) I. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. 41. Colons are used most often on the ACT to A) Separate 2 independent clauses. B) Set off 1 word. C) Present a list. D) Illustrate time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present a list. 42. The volleyball team left all there backpacks in the gym. A) They're. B) NO CHANGE. C) I don't know. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their. 43. While its origin is disputed, many people believe the expression was inspired by the inventions of a Canadian American engineer named, Elijah McCoy. A) American, engineer named. B) American engineer named. C) American, engineer named,. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) American engineer named. 44. "Silent Night" was written by two men from the village of Oberndorf Austria. A) No error. B) "Silent Night, ". C) Oberndorf, Austria. D) Men, from. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oberndorf, Austria. 45. ..... , it is also important that true friends be there for you.Which transition word adds more proof to the statement? A) Secondly. B) Finally. C) On the other hand. D) In addition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In addition. 46. Andre the Giant's size twenty-four shoes is/are a record in the wrestling world. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 47. This suggests that the notion of free will might have been an illusion and that our choices are goverend by hidden mental process$^{ }$which we have no control over.$^{8}$ A) Over which we have no control. B) No Change. C) We can't control. D) We have no control over. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over which we have no control. 48. 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. 49. 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 so that. B) No Change. C) Unconscious, for. D) Unconscious of which. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unconscious so that. 50. Choose the option that correctly fills in the blank."Neither the players nor the coach ..... happy with the referee's decision." A) Is. B) Be. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 51. Before iron was discovered, there is only bronze weapons. A) There was. B) There were. C) NO CHANGE. D) There are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There were. 52. 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) NO CHANGE. C) Sikhism. D) Sikhism;. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sikhism-. 53. #51 Which choice offers the most specific description of a characteristic of Howe's painting? A) Some types of shapes,. B) Carefully created images,. C) Shaded, geometric shapes,. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shaded, geometric shapes,. 54. On either side of him is a dog that the boy holds the dogs' collars in his hands. A) Dog that the boy is holding. B) Dog the boy golds. C) Dog; the boy holds. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dog; the boy holds. 55. 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. 56. Test strategy:when reordering sentences look carefully at the answer choices that are A) Contain the same or similar ordering. B) The longest. C) Contain original or not similar ordering to the other answers. D) The shortest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contain the same or similar ordering. 57. (1) player's number's A) Players number's. B) Player's numbers'. C) NO CHANGE. D) Players' numbers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Players' numbers. 58. 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. 59. 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) Fans'. B) A. fans. C) Fan's. D) Fans's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. fans. 60. 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) Redetermined. B) Redefined. C) Reestablished. D) No Change. 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