Act English Prep Quiz 3 (53 MCQs)

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1. If any college student wants to make sure of joining a rock bad at school, you would be wise to learn bass or drums because singers and guitarists are a dime a dozen.
2. You have to admire the honesty of a company who's slogan is "Just about the Best."
3. The Empire State Building, the Sears Tower, the Canadian National Tower ..... each of these structures was the tallest in the world when it was built.
4. What is the difference between active and passive voice?
5. Correct the sentence.There is nothing better then waking up to the smell of freshly-brewed coffee.
6. Charles took several items to the beach; a football, a towel, an iPod, his cell phone, and an apple.
7. After a while, Mitchell realized he no longer needed his:cell phone, battery-powered fan, or laptop out in the woods.
8. I understood the reason for reminding me of my heritage was to preserve it's culture.
9. The Fleet Corporation named it's new product Double Bubble.
10. It is vital important that people using the Internet today are educated about how they can fact-check their sources and seek out platforms that have accurate information.
11. How do you indicate possession for a singular noun ending in 's'?
12. He felt that he received neither the attention deserved or/nor the support required to excel.
13. I enjoy playing volleyball in the sand; however, I love volleyball so much that I will play on grass as well.
14. Coffee plants were first discovered growing naturally, in Africa; hundreds of years ago. The plants grew under a wide canopy of forests, which protected the coffee plants' tender leaves from the burning sun. A
15. What is the correct punctuation for introducing a list or explanation?
16. Sixty years later Frank Griffen admitted that him and his cousins had staged the photos.
17. English Test Skill:Colons & SemicolonsThere are a surprising number of allusions to religion in the media's nicknames of athletes, Bear Witness, the Prophet, the Savior.
18. English Test Skill:Author's PurposeEven after centuries of investigation, the exact purpose of these clusters of stones that I've read about is still mysterious. Given that all the choices are true, which one offers visual information about the stones as they appear in modern times?
19. What is the importance of context in understanding a text?
20. Rumor has it, Facebook started as a way to meet (3)girls (or at least to look at pictures of girls).3. All of the following changes are acceptable EXCEPT:
21. A teenage whose holding a shoebox containing a kitten smiles as other fly by.
22. Question 2-In contrast to the frothy while ornamentation that covers much of the house's exterior, it is known as the Wedding Cake House.
23. Question 7-The original house was an example of the balance and typifying symmetry on the Federalist architecture of the time.
24. You should always be on the lookout for new opportunities, but one should also avoid burning bridges if possible.
25. English Test Skill:RedundancyNearly every argument in our lives include someone yelling loudly about something inconsequential.
26. Weavers do not begin mating until their second year of life, so the non-mating birds are able to:help raise newly hatched chicks, and tend to the nest.
27. English Test Skill:PronounsAfter one has visited the castle, the tour is complete, and one then returned to the hotel to start packing.
28. Soon, (4)they became an internet sensation.
29. QUESTION 2:Why is it that we are so completely obsessed with the hair on our heads? Millions of dollars are spent each year on cutting hair, lengthening hair, bleaching hair, straightening hair, curling hair, highlighting hair, and even growing hair; whatever you can do to hair, someone is willing to pay the money to do it.
30. What is the correct verb form for a subject that is plural?
31. If the subject is singular, the verb must be singular too.
32. The work of Nina Simone, a revolutionary in the music industry, is an example of how much artistically talent, songwriting, and an ear for arrangement can create an inspirational legacy.
33. English Test Skill:RedundancyOver the horizon rose the sun, a great ball of fire that cast a long stream of visible light across through the canyon.
34. Its removal was like an erasure of memory ..... the discarding of trademark.
35. When my parents ..... for a visit tomorrow, they will see our new baby for the first time.
36. What does "she has a green thumb" really mean?
37. Who would have thought that there was any connection between a cup of coffee and a bird, butterfly, or even a bat? Such seems to be the case, however, as methods for cultivating coffee plants have gradually changed over the past 30 to 40 years.
38. What is the correct form of the possessive pronoun for 'it'?
39. Question 1 Locals in Kennebunk, Maine, have built up a legend around an unusually 19th-century house in that seaside town.
40. How can you improve this sentence?My brother claims that he will have become the president of the United States if he is able to raise enough money to run an effective campaign.
41. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, she will get her medical degree in London.
42. Although we live in the present, there is an ever-present need to remember the past.
43. When torn between two answers, what should you cross out?
44. What is the correct way to use 'else' in a possessive form?
45. Looking pointedly into the rearview mirror, windows rolled down, I say something about not throwing anything out of the car but neither boy listen. I check my speed. [A] Carefully, I steer toward the fog line. "Here it is, boys!" I yell at the backseat, the passenger-side tires finding the rumble strips etched into the asphalt.
46. In some ways, people are writing and creating more than they ever have, as he or she constantly participates in the social Internet.
47. Many people in America are going out for fondue, one of the country's fastest-growing social events.
48. Jerry's son however; is very fond of that particular bat, since he has hit at least eight home runs with it.
49. A brush from the Ch'ing Dynasty had carvings that covered every inch of their surface.
50. Throughout the decades, a variety of fashions and designers' of outfits have graced the covers of high-end magazines.
51. Coming close to the base of the cliff, Jacob took off his black-and-white backpack; opened it; and pulled out his camping gear.
52. While freeganism may seem extreme, it is easy to reduce waste on a smaller scale. Instead of finding food in a garbage can, go to the local grocery store or bakery and ask for day old bread or other items before (29)they get dumped.
53. The seven-year-old looked away from me when he lied reinforcing my suspicions.