This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One sunny July day when I was twelve years old, I had went sailing with my mother. A) Gone. B) Had did some. C) Went. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 2. She was ..... when it came to ice-skating, because she lived in a place where it never snows. A) Incompetent. B) Obsolete. C) Redundant. D) Glaring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incompetent. 3. The blanket I had been looking for was ..... me in the face when I opened the linen closet. A) Compassion. B) Deficit. C) Hurtle. D) Glaring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glaring. 4. Plastic shrinkage depends on A) Cement type. B) Wind velocity. C) Relative humidity. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 5. Chanting became insistent. Protesters were irritated by the company ignoring their requests.Which of the following would NOT be an acceptable replacement? A) Insistent since protesters. B) Insistent because protesters. C) Insistent; protesters. D) Insistent, protestors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insistent, protestors. 6. "The reason I choose not to, " said the potential customer to the car salesman, "is because of the fact that you have not given me enough for my trade-in." A) "is because you have not given me enough for my trade-in.". B) "is because of you having not given me enough for my trade-in.". C) "Is because of the fact that you have not given me enough for my trade-in.". D) "is that you have not given me enough for my trade-in.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "is that you have not given me enough for my trade-in.". 7. When the pages are flipped in rapid succession; an action scene unfolds. A) NO CHANGE. B) Succession-an. C) Succession, an. D) Succession an. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Succession, an. 8. Durable concrete should retain its A) Colour. B) Weight. C) Form and serviceability. D) Cement content. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Form and serviceability. 9. As the musicians played on, they were all aware that it's motions and energy fused to create a piece of art within their thirty-minute set. A) F. NO CHANGE. B) G. they're. C) H. its. D) J. their. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J. their. 10. Where should the comma(s) go?We decided not to have a picnic at Meyer Nature Park since a tornado was approaching. A) After "We". B) No comma necessary. C) After "Park". D) After "tornado". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No comma necessary. 11. Tomas bought a new book on sale. It regularly cost $ 17.95, but was on sale for 20% off. How much did the book cost Tomas? A) H. 15.95. B) G. $ 14.36. C) K. $ 17.75. D) F. $ 3.59. E) J. $ 17.59. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) G. $ 14.36. 12. Over 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. 13. Despite the previous growth over the years, in May of this year, the stock depreciated in value by over 15%. A) Have been depreciating in value. B) Depreciated. C) NO CHANGE. D) Has been depreciating in value. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Depreciated. 14. Transitions show three main relationships between events. Which transition words are similarity? A) Therefore, because, as a result, and so on. B) However, in contrast, on the contrary, and so on. C) Likewise, additionally, similarly, and so on, or choose no transition at all. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Likewise, additionally, similarly, and so on, or choose no transition at all. 15. The best answer to an English question will be the most ..... A) Complicated. B) Interesting. C) Elaborate. D) Concise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concise. 16. This is one of the books that ..... on the recommended reading list. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 17. In comparison, American culture has often been seen as one that prioritizes the ambition of the career-oriented over the communal values of the family-oriented. A) G. whom. B) H. whose. C) F. NO CHANGE. D) J. this. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) F. NO CHANGE. 18. Kimmy threw the ball? the hoop. A) Past. B) Up. C) Through. D) Into. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through. 19. For word choice, which of the following does the ACT generally prefer? A) The most emphatic word. B) The most common word. C) The shortest word. D) The fanciest word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The most emphatic word. 20. Good or Bad Tip:Read each question carefully. A) Good Tip. B) Bad tip. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good Tip. 21. These questions test your understanding of whether material is strictly essential to the passage, or whether it can be said simply. A) Economy questions. B) Technicality questions. C) Sense questions. D) Subject questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economy questions. 22. How many minutes do you have for the English section of the ACT? A) 75 minutes. B) 60 minutes. C) 45 minutes. D) 35 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 45 minutes. 23. Identify the sentence with the correct placement of adverbs:A) 'She quickly ran the race.' B) 'She ran quickly the race.' A) 'She quickly ran the race.'. B) 'She ran the race quickly.'. C) 'She ran the quickly race.'. D) 'Quickly she ran the race.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'She quickly ran the race.'. 24. You can take a ferry to get? to the island. A) Through. B) Over. C) Off. D) Across. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Across. 25. The author wants to use the same word as two different parts of speech. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?She did not hate many things, although she disliked the very act of hating things. A) NO CHANGE. B) Although she hated that emotion. C) Except for that very emotion. D) Except for hate itself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Except for hate itself. 26. What is the correct form of adjectives in a series? A) 'lonely, anxious, and sad' is correct. B) 'lonely, anxious, and sadness' is correct. C) 'lonely, anxious, and sadness' is correct. D) 'lonely, anxious, and sad' is incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'lonely, anxious, and sad' is correct. 27. I like the Harry Potter books better ..... the movies. A) Then. B) Than. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Than. 28. The shed, that was damaged during the storm needs to be repaired. A) NO CHANGE. B) The shed, that was damaged during the storm, needs to be repaired. C) The shed that was damaged during the storm needs to be repaired. D) The shed which was damaged during the storm, needs to be repaired. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The shed that was damaged during the storm needs to be repaired. 29. If a noun is plural, the pronoun does not have to be plural. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. What is the importance of clarity in writing? A) Clarity makes the writing more complex and difficult to understand. B) Clarity ensures that the reader understands the message. C) Clarity is not important in writing; style is what matters. D) Clarity allows for more creative expression in writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clarity ensures that the reader understands the message. 31. How many minutes do you have to complete the English test? A) 40. B) 35. C) 60. D) 75. E) 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 45. 32. What is the verb tense past perfect? A) Shows an action or a condition that hasn't happened yet but will happen. B) Shows an action or a condition that happens right now. C) Shows an action or a condition that was completed in the past. D) Shows an action or a condition that happened before another one did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shows an action or a condition that happened before another one did. 33. Which sentence uses consistent pronoun agreement? A) Everyone should do its best to succeed. B) Everyone should do their best to succeed. C) Everyone should do one's best to succeed. D) Everyone should do his or her best to succeed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Everyone should do his or her best to succeed. 34. When do you use "too" ? A) When saying where you are going. B) When saying you have 2 of something. C) When saying also or in addition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When saying also or in addition. 35. For instance, imagine if all the people who ride the subway in New York City tried to drive to work. A) Which ride. B) That ride. C) NO CHANGE. D) Whom ride. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO CHANGE. 36. The excitement about prom and anticipation for graduation was causing some students to neglect their work. A) NO CHANGE. B) The excitement about prom and anticipation for graduation causing some students to neglect their work. C) The excitement about prom and anticipation for graduation were causing some students to neglect their work. D) The excitement about prom and anticipation for graduation was causing some students' to neglect their work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The excitement about prom and anticipation for graduation were causing some students to neglect their work. 37. Obvious; too conspicuous. A) Blatant. B) Choleric. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blatant. 38. Everyone pretended not to notice who's cell phone was ringing. A) NO CHANGE. B) Everyone pretended not to notice whose cell phone was ringing. C) Everyone pretended not to notice whom's cell phone was ringing. D) Everyone pretended not to notice whos' cell phone was ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everyone pretended not to notice whose cell phone was ringing. 39. What is the correct way to combine the following sentences? 'She went to the store. She bought some milk.' A) She went to the store but bought no milk. B) She went to the store, then bought some milk. C) She went to the store, she bought some milk. D) She went to the store and bought some milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She went to the store and bought some milk. 40. What is the primary focus of the ACT English section? A) Reading comprehension. B) Grammar and usage. C) Mathematical reasoning. D) Scientific analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grammar and usage. 41. The judges picked out five winners. A) NO CHANGE. B) Picked. C) Chose and picked. D) Selected and named. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Picked. 42. Both phrases and clauses contain their own subjects and verbs. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 43. The first sculpture was discovered ..... at the Scottish Poetry Library ..... was a tiny tree formed from a book of verse. Library staff dubbed it the "poetree." A) NO CHANGE. B) Honored. C) Specified. D) Adorned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 44. This feeling that books are real friends is constantly present to all who love reading. "I have friends, " said Petrarch, "whose society is extremely agreeable to me; they are of all ages, and of every country." A) Are. B) NO CHANGE. C) Could be. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 45. Animals are divided into categories. They are grouped according to the things they have in common. One category is birds. All birds have feathers. They are warm-blooded. Birds lay eggs and they have wings. Most birds fly, but there are some that do not. A) Persuade. B) Inform. C) Entertain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inform. 46. Lower W/C ratio concrete A) Resists shrinkage. B) Bleeds more. C) Shrinks more. D) Is weaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resists shrinkage. 47. Abstruse means something is: A) Simple and clear. B) Difficult to understand. C) Irrelevant or unimportant. D) Overly simplified. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Difficult to understand. 48. Define Wordiness ..... A) A set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject. B) Using or expressed in too many words. C) The state of being not or no longer needed or useful. D) Is a single word or a group of words that does not qualify as a complete grammatical sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using or expressed in too many words. 49. He then traveled to Georgia, being the place in which he first lived. A) In which the magazine where. B) No change. C) Where. D) In which. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where. 50. In addition to digging for bones, Grant also found:soda cans an old car, some trash bags, and a burrow that was once the home of a family of groundhogs. A) Found soda cans,. B) Found soda cans. C) Found; soda cans. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Found soda cans,. 51. The English test has 75 questions to complete in 45 minutes. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. Shahrul is climbing? the coconut tree. A) Up. B) Down. C) Off. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Up. 53. Acumen refers to: A) A financial setback. B) Lack of awareness. C) Keen insight or sharp judgment. D) Physical endurance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keen insight or sharp judgment. 54. Each and every student must turn in the assignment. A) Each and every student must turn in the assignment. B) Every single student must turn in the assignment. C) All students must turn in the assignment. D) Each student must turn in the assignment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All students must turn in the assignment. 55. Let's meet ..... noon. We can have lunch and sort things out. A) For. B) At. C) By. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At. 56. The noun a pronoun replaces A) Linking verb. B) Contraction. C) Preposition. D) Antecedent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antecedent. 57. What is the rule for using 'her' vs. 'she'? A) Use 'her' as a subject pronoun and 'she' as a possessive adjective. B) Use 'her' as a possessive adjective and 'she' as a subject pronoun. C) Use 'her' in questions and 'she' in statements. D) Use 'her' for plural nouns and 'she' for singular nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use 'her' as a possessive adjective and 'she' as a subject pronoun. 58. What is the function of a subject in a sentence? A) The subject is the main verb of the sentence. B) The subject is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something. C) The subject is the object receiving the action. D) The subject is always the first word in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The subject is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something. 59. During the Civil War, doctors came to the realization that preventing infectious disease in hospitals was crucial. A) Came to understand. B) Came to realize. C) Realized. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realized. 60. Which option best improves the sentence by avoiding passive voice?"The cake was eaten by the children at the party." A) The children at the party ate the cake. B) At the party, the cake was eaten by the children. C) The cake at the party was eaten by the children. D) It was the children who ate the cake at the party.TagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. 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