This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English Prep – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Prep Quiz 3 (53 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 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. A) They. B) One. C) He or she. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He or she. 2. You have to admire the honesty of a company who's slogan is "Just about the Best." A) That the. B) That's. C) NO CHANGE. D) Whose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whose. 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. A) Each of the three buildings were. B) NO CHANGE. C) They were. D) Built. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 4. What is the difference between active and passive voice? A) In active voice, the subject performs the action, while in passive voice, the subject receives the action. B) Active voice is used for questions, while passive voice is used for statements. C) Active voice is more formal than passive voice, which is more casual. D) There is no difference; both voices can be used interchangeably. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In active voice, the subject performs the action, while in passive voice, the subject receives the action. 5. Correct the sentence.There is nothing better then waking up to the smell of freshly-brewed coffee. A) Better. B) Better to. C) NO CHANGE. D) Better than. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Better than. 6. Charles took several items to the beach; a football, a towel, an iPod, his cell phone, and an apple. A) NO CHANGE. B) The beach:a football. C) The beach a football. D) The beach-a football. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The beach:a football. 7. After a while, Mitchell realized he no longer needed his:cell phone, battery-powered fan, or laptop out in the woods. A) Needed, his. B) Needed his. C) NO CHANGE. D) Needed the following:his. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Needed his. 8. I understood the reason for reminding me of my heritage was to preserve it's culture. A) Its'. B) Its. C) Their. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its. 9. The Fleet Corporation named it's new product Double Bubble. A) NO CHANGE. B) Named its. C) Called they're. D) Called it's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Named its. 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. A) No Change. B) Important, vital. C) Vitally important. D) Vitally importantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vitally important. 11. How do you indicate possession for a singular noun ending in 's'? A) Add an apostrophe and 's' (e.g., the country's growth). B) Just add an apostrophe (e.g., the countries'). C) Add 's' without an apostrophe (e.g., the countries). D) Use 'of' instead (e.g., the growth of the country). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Add an apostrophe and 's' (e.g., the country's growth). 12. He felt that he received neither the attention deserved or/nor the support required to excel. A) Or. B) Nor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nor. 13. I enjoy playing volleyball in the sand; however, I love volleyball so much that I will play on grass as well. A) NO CHANGE. B) Sand; however I love. C) Sand, however, I love. D) Sand however I love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 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 A) Naturally in Africa. B) Naturally; in Africa. C) Naturally:in Africa. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Naturally in Africa. 15. What is the correct punctuation for introducing a list or explanation? A) Semicolon (;). B) Dash (-). C) Colon (:). D) Comma (, ). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colon (:). 16. Sixty years later Frank Griffen admitted that him and his cousins had staged the photos. A) NO CHANGE. B) His cousins and himself. C) He and his cousins. D) His cousins and him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He and his cousins. 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. A) J.athletes;. B) G.athletes. C) H.athletes:. D) F.no change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H.athletes:. 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? A) F.no change. B) J.together roughly form a circle. C) G.have significance in many cultures. D) H.were built long before any of us were alive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) J.together roughly form a circle. 19. What is the importance of context in understanding a text? A) Context provides background information that helps readers understand the meaning and significance of a text. B) Context is irrelevant to the interpretation of a text. C) Context only refers to the author's background. D) Context is only important for literary texts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Context provides background information that helps readers understand the meaning and significance of 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: A) Girls. B) Girls-or at least to look at pictures of girls. C) Girls, or at least to look at pictures of girls. D) Girls. Or at least to look at pictures of girls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Girls. Or at least to look at pictures of girls. 21. A teenage whose holding a shoebox containing a kitten smiles as other fly by. A) Who's. B) Thats. C) NO CHANGE. D) As. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who's. 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. A) Despite. B) A consequence of. C) No Change. D) Due to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Due to. 23. Question 7-The original house was an example of the balance and typifying symmetry on the Federalist architecture of the time. A) Symmetry that was typical on. B) Symmetry that typified. C) No Change. D) Symmetrical type of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symmetry that typified. 24. You should always be on the lookout for new opportunities, but one should also avoid burning bridges if possible. A) People. B) You. C) NO CHANGE. D) He or she. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You. 25. English Test Skill:RedundancyNearly every argument in our lives include someone yelling loudly about something inconsequential. A) Bincludes them. B) D.includes someone. C) C.include somebody. D) A.NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D.includes someone. 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. A) To:help raise newly hatched chicks. B) No change. C) To help raise newly hatched chicks,. D) To help raise newly hatched chicks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To help raise newly hatched chicks. 27. English Test Skill:PronounsAfter one has visited the castle, the tour is complete, and one then returned to the hotel to start packing. A) G.you must return. B) F.no change. C) H.one must return. D) J.you then return. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H.one must return. 28. Soon, (4)they became an internet sensation. A) NO CHANGE. B) He. C) It. D) Those. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It. 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. A) Have paid. B) Pay. C) Paying money. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pay. 30. What is the correct verb form for a subject that is plural? A) Plural subjects take plural verbs. B) Plural subjects take singular verbs. C) Plural subjects take no verbs. D) Plural subjects take both singular and plural verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plural subjects take plural verbs. 31. If the subject is singular, the verb must be singular too. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 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. A) How artistic. B) NO CHANGE. C) How many artistic. D) The artistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How artistic. 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. A) NO CHANGE. B) Noticeable light there. C) Light. D) Light that fell in a long and narrow shaft. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light. 34. Its removal was like an erasure of memory ..... the discarding of trademark. A) There. B) NO CHANGE. C) It's. D) Its'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 35. When my parents ..... for a visit tomorrow, they will see our new baby for the first time. A) Arrive. B) Arrived. C) Will arrive. D) Will have arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrive. 36. What does "she has a green thumb" really mean? A) She is really good at gardening. B) She spilled green paint on her thumb. C) Her fingernails are painted green. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is really good at gardening. 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. A) No change. B) However, as. C) However; as. D) However. As. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change. 38. What is the correct form of the possessive pronoun for 'it'? A) Ith. B) Itself. C) Its. D) It's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its. 39. Question 1 Locals in Kennebunk, Maine, have built up a legend around an unusually 19th-century house in that seaside town. A) No Change. B) A house unusually of the 19th century. C) A house unusual of the 19th century. D) An unusual 19th century house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An unusual 19th century house. 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. A) Will become. B) Became. C) NO CHANGE. D) Has become. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will become. 41. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, she will get her medical degree in London. A) NO CHANGE. B) Her medical degree will be obtained in London. C) And she will get her medical degree in London. D) She got her medical degree in London. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 42. Although we live in the present, there is an ever-present need to remember the past. A) They're. B) NO CHANGE. C) But there. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 43. When torn between two answers, what should you cross out? A) Subjects. B) Verbs. C) Prepositional phrases. D) Don't cross anything out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepositional phrases. 44. What is the correct way to use 'else' in a possessive form? A) Else's. B) Else. C) Elses. D) Else'ss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Else's. 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. A) Appear to listen. B) Are listening. C) No change. D) Is listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is listening. 46. In some ways, people are writing and creating more than they ever have, as he or she constantly participates in the social Internet. A) He constantly participates. B) No Change. C) It constantly participates. D) They constantly participate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They constantly participate. 47. Many people in America are going out for fondue, one of the country's fastest-growing social events. A) Country's fastly growing. B) Countries' fastest-growing. C) Countries fastest-growing. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NO CHANGE. 48. Jerry's son however; is very fond of that particular bat, since he has hit at least eight home runs with it. A) Son, however. B) NO CHANGE. C) Son; however,. D) Son, however,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Son, however,. 49. A brush from the Ch'ing Dynasty had carvings that covered every inch of their surface. A) Its. B) NO CHANGE. C) It's. D) There. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its. 50. Throughout the decades, a variety of fashions and designers' of outfits have graced the covers of high-end magazines. A) Those with designs. B) NO CHANGE. C) Designer's. D) Designers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Designers. 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. A) Backpack, opened it,. B) NO CHANGE. C) Backpack opened it,. D) Backpack, opened it;. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Backpack, opened it,. 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. A) It's trashed. B) It gets tossed. C) They are discarded. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are discarded. 53. The seven-year-old looked away from me when he lied reinforcing my suspicions. A) When he lied reinforcing my suspicions. B) NO CHANGE. C) When he lied, reinforcing my suspicions. D) When he lied; reinforcing my suspicions. 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