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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the significance of punctuation in writing? A) Punctuation is used to decorate the text and make it colorful. B) Punctuation helps clarify meaning, indicate pauses, and separate ideas, making the text easier to read and understand. C) Punctuation is only necessary in formal writing, not in casual texts. D) Punctuation serves no real purpose and can be omitted in most cases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Punctuation helps clarify meaning, indicate pauses, and separate ideas, making the text easier to read and understand. 2. Which word is a synonym for 'benevolent'? A) Indifferent. B) Malevolent. C) Kind. D) Cruel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kind. 3. How many passages? A) 7. B) 4. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 4. For the last quarter, various executives and manufacturers' of automobile parts have been under siege by their bosses for not producing results fast enough. A) Those with manufactures. B) Manufacturer's. C) Manufacturers. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manufacturers. 5. NO CHANGE or revise? The two main types of camels are; bactrian camels, which have two humps, and dromedary camels, which have one. A) Revise:are bactrian. B) Revise:are:bactrian. C) NO CHANGE. D) Revise:are, bactrian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revise:are:bactrian. 6. Such a student could compare the choices carefully and choose the single shortest one every time. A) Shortest one. B) Uniquely short item. C) Singularly shortest one. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shortest one. 7. In order to ensure that all of the students were prepared in case of a fire, the staff emphasized the importance of finding the closest exit, leaving the building immediately, and you should find your teacher so she can take attendance. A) Find your teacher. B) Finding your teacher. C) To find your teacher. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finding your teacher. 8. Which transitions are contrast? A) Likewise, additionally, similarly, and so on, or choose no transition at all. B) Therefore, because, as a result, and so on. C) However, in contrast, on the contrary, and so on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) However, in contrast, on the contrary, and so on. 9. He used the phrase you know so often that I finally said No, I don't know. A) NO CHANGE. B) He used the phrase "you know" so often that I finally said, "No, I don't know.". C) He used the phrase you know so often that I finally said: "No, I don't know.". D) He used the phrase you know so often that I finally said "No, I don't know.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He used the phrase "you know" so often that I finally said, "No, I don't know.". 10. Parenthetical elements A) Words or phrases that are not essential to the meaning of a sentence. B) A word or phrase used to link two ideas together. C) A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence. D) The central topic of a paragraph or essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words or phrases that are not essential to the meaning of a sentence. 11. How much time per 1 passage? A) 8 minutes. B) 9 Minutes. C) 10 Minutes. D) 12 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 9 Minutes. 12. The crowd ..... cheering as Melina approached the finish line. A) Starts. B) Started. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Started. 13. How many essays/texts are on the English? A) 5. B) 3. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 14. Which of the following is the most concise term for "terminate" ? A) Discontinue. B) Stop. C) Conclude. D) Finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stop. 15. "Despite" introduces a statement that could have affected another statement but did or does not. "Despite" means that you are still considering something even though evidence might suggest that you shouldn't.Ronnie walked to the grocery store despite A) Planning to cook dinner later that day. B) Desperately needing more bananas. C) The threat of rain. D) Wearing very sensible walking shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The threat of rain. 16. Numerous years of preparation and toil led to this pivotal moment. In 1933, attorney and civic leader Luther Ely Smith conceived a monument that would honor St. Louis's major contribution to the westward expansion of the United States. A) No Change. B) Attorney, and civic leader. C) Attorney and civic leader,. D) Attorney, and civic leader,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No Change. 17. Independent or dependent clause? You have to eat your vegetables A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent clause. 18. Swimming is more fun than to jog or to play tennis. A) To jog or playing tennis. B) NO CHANGE. C) Jogging or playing tennis. D) To jog or play tennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jogging or playing tennis. 19. Sandra ..... the leadership position ..... leaving behind. A) Excepted, you're. B) Excepted, your. C) Accepted, your. D) Accepted, you're. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accepted, you're. 20. What is the main idea of the following passage? 'The sun set over the horizon, painting the sky in hues of orange and pink. Birds chirped their final songs of the day as the world slowly drifted into a peaceful slumber.' A) The passage describes a busy city. B) The passage describes a sunset. C) The passage describes a storm. D) The passage describes a sunrise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The passage describes a sunset. 21. Whittaker's extensive diary entries-many over twenty pages long-provide a portrait of one's deep thoughts and emotions over a period of years. A) F. NO CHANGE. B) J. their. C) G. his. D) H. people's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) G. his. 22. Until one of the members of the rival gangs propose a truce, there will be no safety for honest citizens of this city. A) Members of the rival gangs proposes. B) Member of the rival gangs proposes. C) NO CHANGE. D) Members of the rival gang propose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Members of the rival gangs proposes. 23. NO CHANGE or revise? After the Industrial Revolution began, more people moved from rural to urban areas. A) NO CHANGE. B) Revise:After the Industrial Revolution. began more people moved from rural to urban areas. C) Revise:After the Industrial Revolution began; more people moved from rural to urban areas. D) Revise:After the Industrial Revolution began. More people moved from rural to urban areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 24. I get ..... the bus at the City Park, then I walk ..... the office. A) On-to. B) Off-to. C) On-from. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Off-to. 25. She worked for the thirty years as a teacher and librarian in the field of education in Baltimore public schools. Which of the following words or phrases from the preceding sentence should be deleted? A) Thirty. B) And librarian. C) Baltimore public. D) In the field of education. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the field of education. 26. Choose the correct form of the verb:When the teacher ..... the classroom, the students were already seated. A) Entered. B) Enters. C) Will enter. D) Enter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entered. 27. My dream for the future, like all dreams worth having, will be able to stand on it's own merits. A) Their. B) There. C) No Change. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Its. 28. To recommend; to speak in favor of A) Advocate. B) Efface. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Advocate. 29. Oozing slowly across the floor, Marvin watched the salad dressing. A) Marvin, oozing slowly across the floor, watched the salad dressing. B) Marvin watched the salad dressing oozing slowly across the floor. C) Marvin watched the salad dressing while he was oozing slowly across the floor. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marvin watched the salad dressing oozing slowly across the floor. 30. Everyone in the office laughs at Betty, who used to work here, because she said she was the smartest person who had ever worked for the company. A) Everyone in the office is laughing. B) Everyone in the office laughed. C) Everyone in the office can laugh. D) NO CHANGE. 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