This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English Practice – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Practice Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. (At the end of an essay:) ..... the more educated a person is, the more choices he or she will have in a career. A) Otherwise,. B) Meanwhile,. C) Likewise,. D) In conclusion,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In conclusion,. 3. I'm great at multitasking, I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at once. A) Multitasking-I. B) Multitasking:I. C) No Change. D) Multitasking I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multitasking:I. 4. 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. 5. The weather was gloomy and cold all morning. At first, the sun came out, and the temperature rose significantly. A) A. NO CHANGE. B) Before then. C) B. Meanwhile. D) C. At last. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. At last. 6. Hollows, the final installation, has A) No change. B) Hollows, the final instillation has. C) Hollows the final instillation, has. D) Hollows (the final instillation) has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change. 7. Usually, you can get a lot of scholarship money if you get a ..... (or above) on the ACT. A) 30. B) 25. C) 23. D) 28. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 28. 8. 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. A) Organization;. B) To be organized;. C) NO CHANGE. D) To have organization;. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organization;. 9. Identify the sentence with correct sentence structure involving an introductory phrase. A) She made the decision, without knowing the truth. B) Without knowing the truth, she made the decision. C) The decision was made, without knowing the truth. D) Without knowing the truth, the decision was made. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Without knowing the truth, she made the decision. 10. Eager to pray on pests like mosquitoes and wasps, Edith is glad to see dragonflies flying around. A) NO CHANGE. B) , and Edith welcomes them gladly. C) Dragonflies are a welcome sight to Edith. D) Edith gladly sees the dragonflies flying around. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dragonflies are a welcome sight to Edith. 11. What is the importance of context in understanding a sentence? A) Context provides background information that helps readers interpret the meaning and significance of the sentence accurately. B) Context is irrelevant to understanding a sentence. C) Context only confuses the reader and makes interpretation harder. D) Context is only important in literary analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Context provides background information that helps readers interpret the meaning and significance of the sentence accurately. 12. #5 Given that all the choices are true, which one provides the best opening to this paragraph? A) NO CHANGE. B) I remember being late for a doctor's appointment one day. C) My grandmother lived with us, and as a result she and I became close over the years. D) My son asks me about my grandmother, whom he never met. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 13. This problem is ..... difficult than the last one. A) Very. B) More. C) Most. D) Much. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More. 14. It was a vibrant enthusiastic festival. A) Vibrant, enthusiastic. B) Vibrant enthusiasticly. C) NO CHANGE. D) Vibrantly enthusiastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vibrant, enthusiastic. 15. The army stationed near armadillos drill/drills for 4 hours a day. A) Drill. B) Drills. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drill. 16. #55 Choose the best option A) Has been. B) NO CHANGE. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 17. State, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois A) NO CHANGE. B) State; Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. C) State; Ohio, and Indiana, and Illinois. D) State-Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) State; Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. 18. Then there is the effect of butter on gluten, the web of interconnected proteins that makes cookies crispier when they are baked. A) On gluten the web of interconnected proteins. B) On gluten. The web of interconnected proteins. C) On gluten; the web of interconnected proteins. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No change. 19. A number of students ..... missing from class today. A) Is. B) Was. C) Has been. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 20. He liked to play music, writing poetry, and to create posts for his blog. A) NO CHANGE. B) He liked to play music, to write poetry, and to create posts for his blog. C) He liked playing music, writing poetry, and to create posts for his blog. D) He liked playing music, writing poetry, and creating posts for his blog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He liked playing music, writing poetry, and creating posts for his blog. 21. Fewer of the interviewees were wearing ties than we'd expected. A) No Change. B) Far less. C) Far fewer. D) Less. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No Change. 22. #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: A) Point C in Paragraph 4. B) Point D in Paragraph 4. C) Point A in Paragraph 2. D) Point B in Paragraph 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point C in Paragraph 4. 23. The students were ..... late for the bus. A) All ready. B) Already. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Already. 24. The effect/affect of watching too much tv is eyestrain. A) Effect. B) Affect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Effect. 25. 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. A) No Change. B) So to. C) So. D) And to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) And to. 26. Which of the following is not the correct use of a comma? A) To list a series of items. B) Dates and locations. C) Separate independent clauses. D) All of these are correct comma uses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are correct comma uses. 27. Everyone forgot ..... backpack at home. A) His. B) Their. C) Her. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His. 28. What are the two type of questions in English? A) Main Idea & Rhetorical. B) Grammar & Usage. C) Root words & grammar. D) Grammar/usage & Rhetorical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grammar/usage & Rhetorical. 29. ANSWER TO #43THINK:Which word seems to be different? A) B. B) A. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 30. ANSWER TO #15ASK:Does this tell about a personal experience with "Miami time?" A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. 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