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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I think she had way to many things on her mind. A) Way to many,. B) Way two many. C) Way too many. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Way too many. 2. On the ACT, the English test wants you to OMIT examples that contain redundancy. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. As he pursued a degree in physics he drove a taxi to pay the bills, but competitive training proved his passion. A) NO CHANGE. B) Verified. C) Certified. D) Justified. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 4. The sound of sap dripping into galvanized metal signal the beginning of the season to gather syrup. A) NO CHANGE. B) Will signal. C) Signals. D) Is signaling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Signals. 5. "This vast chapel displays what many (a) of the most important works of Renaissance art:Michelangelo's awe-inspiring frescoes." A) A. consider some. B) Consider, some. C) Consider some,. D) Consider, some,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. consider some. 6. Employing their best defense mechanism against the approaching shark, the school fish quickly collected themselves, swam closely together to look like one big fish. A) Swimming. B) Swim. C) They swam. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swimming. 7. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a comma to separate an introductory element. A) After the show we went, to a cafe. B) After the show, we went to a cafe. C) After, the show we went to a cafe. D) After the show we went to a cafe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After the show, we went to a cafe. 8. There ..... several reasons for the delay. A) Are. B) Was. C) Is. D) Has been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 9. Neither of the solutions ..... effective. A) Were. B) Have been. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 10. The woman, knowing it was late, hurried home. A) The woman knowing it was late, hurried home. B) The women hurried home, knowing it was late. C) NO CHANGE. D) The woman knowing it was late hurried home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO CHANGE. 11. One C+ kept the student from honor roll first quarter; ..... she's working extra hard this quarter to get all As and Bs. A) Therefore,. B) On the other hand,. C) In addition,. D) Furthermore,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Therefore,. 12. We thrill to cinematic images of sleek sloops silhouetted by full moons sailing the Seven Seas in search of gold, silver, damask and jewels. A) No change. B) In search of gold, silver, damask, and jewels. C) In search of gold silver damask and jewels. D) In search of gold silver, damask, and, jewels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In search of gold, silver, damask, and jewels. 13. In that letter, Einstein tells Roosevelt that it was possible to create an atomic weapon, and he asked Roosevelt to fund$^{ }$research and experiment$^{3}$ in atomic weapons. Roosevelt agreed, and the government created the Manhattan Project, a massive effort to develop nuclear weapons. A) No Change. B) Research. C) Research and experimentation. D) Research and experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Research and experiments. 14. After waiting for an hour n the rain, the sun once came out, and we were able to play. A) H. so far. B) J. until then. C) F. NO CHANGE. D) G. at last. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) G. at last. 15. The committee finished ..... report early. A) Its. B) Their. C) They're. D) It's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its. 16. Several key discoveries and inventions enabled the Industrial Revolution to take place, included machines and tools like the cotton gin, the radio, the circular saw, $^{ }$the cylindrical press, and steam engine.$^{5}$ A) No Change. B) The cylindrical press and steam engine. C) The cylindrical press and the steam engine. D) The cylindrical press, and the steam engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cylindrical press, and the steam engine. 17. If the alarm had gone off earlier, more people could of escaped before the building collapsed. A) Could escaped. B) Could have escaped. C) NO CHANGE. D) Could escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could have escaped. 18. Why is it that we are so completely obsessive with the hair on our heads? A) NO CHANGE. B) Obsessioned. C) Obsessed. D) Obsessing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Obsessed. 19. Carol Moseley Braun was the first African American woman elected to serve as a US Senator, representing the state of Illinois. Immediately, after a lengthy period of anonymity, she ran for mayor of Chicago, but received only nine percent of the vote. A) G. Years later. B) J. Instead. C) F. NO CHANGE. D) H. Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) G. Years later. 20. Correct this sentence:Tesss car is the craziest I've ever seen. A) Tesss. B) Tess'ss. C) Tess's. D) Tess'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tess's. 21. The pair of shoes ..... under the bed. A) Have been. B) Are. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 22. The runner felt ..... after the long race. A) Worst. B) Bad. C) Badly. D) Worse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bad. 23. Which sentence demonstrates correct parallel structure in a list? A) For breakfast, he enjoys eating eggs, pancakes, and drinking orange juice. B) For breakfast, he enjoys eating eggs, pancakes, and to drink orange juice. C) For breakfast, he enjoys eating eggs, pancakes, and orange juice. D) For breakfast, he enjoys to eat eggs, pancakes, and drinking orange juice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For breakfast, he enjoys eating eggs, pancakes, and orange juice. 24. According to Freud, the mind is much like an iceberg. Most of our minds$^{4}$ activi-ties, then, occur beneath the surface, in the unconscious and beyond our knowing. A) No Change. B) Mind. C) Minds'. D) Mind's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mind's. 25. Freud believed that the unconscious is deterministic. That is, our behaviors are caused (determined) by thoughts and impulses deep in our unconscious-of which thoughts and impulses we are not aware.$^{6}$ A) No Change. B) We are not aware of which thoughts and impulses. C) Thoughts and impulses of which we are not aware. D) Which we are not aware of, these thoughts and impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We are not aware of which thoughts and impulses. 26. What is the best strategy to determine the best answer? A) Guessing based on experience. B) Choosing the longest answer. C) Reading and considering all of the answer choices before choosing. D) Asking a friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reading and considering all of the answer choices before choosing. 27. Mary looked down to discover a snake at her feet. When she saw it, she ..... A) Screams. B) Screamed. C) Was screaming. D) Had screamed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Screamed. 28. How much time do you have to complete the English Test? A) 1 hour. B) 75 minutes. C) 35 minutes. D) 45 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 45 minutes. 29. If the writer were to delete the highlighted sentence, the paragraph would primarily lose a statement that: A) Indicates the artist is a librarian. B) Explains why the artist created the sculptures. C) Proves the artist is a woman. D) Suggests the essay writer knows the identity of the artist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explains why the artist created the sculptures. 30. Workers stand tall, radiating strength and confidence. Such empowerment of the worker were to be the bright future that was envisioned for all the workers of the world. A) NO CHANGE. B) Was. C) If it were. D) If it was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 31. The teacher calls ..... to line up first. A) I. B) Me. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me. 32. Test strategists recommend you A) Eliminate answers right away that sound awkward or are grammatically incorrect. B) Eliminate the shortest answers, because the longer ones are often the best choices. C) Eliminate the longest answers, because the shorter ones are usually right. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eliminate answers right away that sound awkward or are grammatically incorrect. 33. While Shelley's Franken-stein created a living creature from the body parts of the dead, Wells's characters traveled through time; created half-animal, half-human creatures; made themselves invisible; and having been attacked by Martians.$^{6}$ A) Being attacked by Martians. B) Are attacked by Martians. C) Faced attacked from Martians. D) No Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Faced attacked from Martians. 34. Passage 3You 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 the original version is best, then choose "NO CHANGE." A) NO CHANGE. B) And. C) That. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 35. Neither the coach nor the players ..... satisfied with the results. A) Has been. B) Was. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 36. Which sentence most effectively uses a complex structure to show the relationship between ideas? A) The temperature dropped, and ice formed on the roads. B) The temperature dropped; ice formed on the roads. C) Although the temperature dropped significantly, traffic continued normally. D) The temperature dropped. Ice formed on the roads. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Although the temperature dropped significantly, traffic continued normally. 37. (10) intense workouts, morning-to-night practices, and then having to study playbooks. A) F. NO CHANGE. B) G. intense workouts, morning-to-night practices, andplaybooks to study. C) H. intensely working out, practicing nightly, andstudying playbooks. D) J. intense morning-to-night practices and playbooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. intensely working out, practicing nightly, andstudying playbooks. 38. It's/Its too early to tell the winner of the election. A) It's. B) Its. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's. 39. We lived in Virginia and so had immediate access to hundreds of famous places. Nonetheless, my grandmother took me to Civil War battlefield, historic homes, national monuments, anywhere that had a story to tell. A) NO CHANGE. B) My grandmother. C) However, my grandmother. D) On the contrary, my grandmother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My grandmother. 40. The team ..... better since the new coach arrived. A) Has played. B) Was playing. C) Plays. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has played. 41. #56 Choose the best option A) Envelop. B) Entail. C) Include. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Include. 42. I will be in Tampa Tuesday which is 80 miles from home. A) No change. B) Tuesday, which. C) Tuesday-which. D) Tuesday; which. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tuesday, which. 43. Troy and ..... are going to play a game. A) I. B) Me. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I. 44. Some members of the legislature have their offices in the ..... building downtown A) Capitol. B) Capital. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capitol. 45. What is the role of an adverb in a sentence? A) To connect clauses. B) To express an action. C) To describe a noun. D) To modify a verb, adjective, or other adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To modify a verb, adjective, or other adverb. 46. Traveling across time zones particularly via airplane, can be very disconnecting to the human body. A) Zones, particularly. B) NO CHANGE. C) Zones, particularly,. D) Zones; particularly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zones, particularly. 47. This way, should you make a mistake, you can retrace your steps to locate and correct the original errant placement. A) With your pen. B) Time permitting. C) NO CHANGE. D) If you want to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO CHANGE. 48. About four hundred years ago, in 1612. Northwest England was the scene of England's largest peacetime witch trial; the trial of the Lancashire witches. A) NO CHANGE. B) Witch trial and. C) Witch trial. D) Witch trial;. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 49. When taking the English portion why is it good to trust your ears? A) The answers are read aloud to you. B) The right answer usually sounds right. C) Your ears, if cleaned, will hear the right word when read out loud. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The right answer usually sounds right. 50. Correct the following:My sisters wedding is next week. A) My sisters's wedding is next week. B) My sisters' wedding is next week. C) My sisters wedding is next week. D) My sister's wedding is next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My sister's wedding is next week. 51. If I use a variety of complex and basic transitions what score will I receive on my essay? A) D-Unsatisfactory. B) B-Proficient. C) C-Approaching. D) A-Advanced. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A-Advanced. 52. My kids talk all the time about how they can't wait to grow up I don't understand their rush. A) Up, however. B) Up. C) Up,. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Up. 53. If you were to ask my mother what she remembers most vividly about my birth. She might tell you about the gift my father brought me while I was still in the hospital:a soccer ball. A) Birth, she. B) NO CHANGE. C) Birth, which she. D) Birth. Then she. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birth, she. 54. Such snowflakes offer evidence that even when impurities interfere, the basic laws of chemistry still apply.Which choice most effectively concludes the sentence and the essay? A) No change. B) Scientists can be certain that a solution to even the most confusing event will be found. C) Snowflakes will still fall if atmospheric conditions are favorable. D) Snowflakes come in many different shapes and sizes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change. 55. She had many memories of her youth in pre-war Japan:of dressing in the finest silk kimonos and of wandering the paths among the trees at the Great Shrine of Ise. A) NO CHANGE. B) Wandering with. C) Of her wandering to. D) Of her wandering at. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 56. The county cleared this path and paved it with packed gravel, ..... Which option would NOT be an acceptable answer? A) Path, paving. B) Path and then paved. C) Path before paving. D) Path paved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Path paved. 57. Lori said to her mother that she needed to buy some new clothes. A) Said to her mother that, "She needs to buy some new clothes.". B) Said mom wanted to buy herself some new clothes. C) Said that her mother needed to buy some new clothes. D) Said to her mother that Lori needed to buy some new clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Said that her mother needed to buy some new clothes. 58. Have you heard that song by Metallica called "For Who/Whom the Bell Tolls" ? A) Who. B) Whom. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whom. 59. The class is ..... ready to begin the test. A) All ready. B) Already. C) Always. D) Almost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Already. 60. WHICH IS NOT ACCEPTABLE?It was freezing cold that morning, and the sky shone with a pale gray light. A) Shoned. B) Shined. C) NO CHANGE. D) Was glowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shoned. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAct English Practice Quiz 1Act English Practice Quiz 2Act English Practice Quiz 3Act English Practice Quiz 4Act English Practice Quiz 5Act English Practice Quiz 6Act English Practice Quiz 7Act English Practice Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books