This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Some residents of Michigan would probably be surprised and shocked to learn A) NO CHANGE. B) Saddened. C) Surprised. D) Saddened and surprised. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surprised. 2. What is the main theme of the passage? A) Courage. B) Love. C) Friendship. D) Betrayal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Courage. 3. What are the names of Ms. M's cats (spelled correctly!) A) Maizie, Mischief, Spooky Boy. B) Maisie, Mischeif, Spooks. C) Maizie, Mischeif, Spooky Boy. D) Maize, Mischeif, Spooky Boi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maizie, Mischief, Spooky Boy. 4. Where should the comma(s) go?All students shooting spitballs at the ceiling will go to prison for unnecessary shenanigans. A) After "students". B) After "ceiling". C) After "students" AND after "ceiling". D) No comma necessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No comma necessary. 5. Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated? The manager, known for her leadership skills, is organizing the training session. A) The manager, known for her leadership skills is organizing the training session. B) The manager known for her leadership skills is organizing the training session. C) The manager known for her leadership skills, is organizing the training session. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NO CHANGE. 6. NO CHANGE or revise? One of the books was full of fairy tales, but Jenna couldn't find them on the shelf. A) NO CHANGE. B) Revise:those. C) Revise:her own. D) Revise:it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revise:it. 7. Father is laying? on the sofa. A) Along. B) Up. C) Down. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Down. 8. What are we having ..... dinner today? A) At. B) For. C) In. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 9. Which option correctly uses an apostrophe? A) The students score improved. B) The students score's improved. C) The student's score improved. D) The students's score improved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The student's score improved. 10. We ventured off the route, but with the help of our compass, we reached the trails end. A) Trails's. B) Trail's. C) Trails'. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trail's. 11. The teacher will ..... centers. A) Trivial. B) Redundant. C) Facilitate. D) Superlative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Facilitate. 12. The band did not have time to prepare, so they sounded out of tune. A) NO CHANGE. B) The band did not have time to prepare, so she sounded out of tune. C) The band did not have time to prepare, so it sounded out of tune. D) The band players did not have time to prepare, so it sounded out of tune. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The band did not have time to prepare, so it sounded out of tune. 13. A lot of my colleagues go to work ..... car. A) In. B) On. C) By. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By. 14. One day, when I become a grandparent, I hope to give my grandchildren the same amount of love and care that my grandmother gave me. A) Day, when,. B) Day when. C) NO CHANGE. D) Day when,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO CHANGE. 15. They were shielded from the explosion's ..... A) Affect. B) Effect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effect. 16. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:The book was so interesting that I couldn't put it ..... A) Away. B) Over. C) Off. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Down. 17. Select the sentence that uses parallel structure correctly. A) He likes to swim, running, and biking. B) He likes swimming, running, and biking. C) He likes to swim, to run, and biking. D) He likes swimming, to run, and biking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He likes swimming, running, and biking. 18. There were reasonable fears, such as whether the radiation would be sufficient contained to the test area. A) Reasonable fears. Such as. B) NO CHANGE. C) Reasonable fears such as. D) Reasonable fears; such as. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 19. In an 1889 self-portrait depicting his bandaged ear, Van Gogh portrayed himself smoking a pipe and looking solemn. A) Himself smoking a pipe,. B) Himself, smoking a pipe. C) Himself smoking, a pipe. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NO CHANGE. 20. Anyone who comes to the football game wearing a player's T-shirt receive 50% off the prices of admission. A) Anyone, who comes to the football game wearing a player's T-shirt, will receive. B) Everybody who come to the football game wearing a player's T-shirt will receive. C) Anyone who comes to the football game wearing a player's T-shirt receives. D) Anyone who comes to the football game, and also who wears a player's T-shirt shall receive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anyone who comes to the football game wearing a player's T-shirt receives. 21. When deleting a relative pronoun, you might have to make other changes to a sentnce A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Which of the following best expresses the main idea of a paragraph about the benefits of exercise? A) Exercise can help you lose weight quickly. B) Regular exercise improves overall health and well-being. C) Gyms are expensive but necessary for proper exercise. D) Professional athletes exercise for hours every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regular exercise improves overall health and well-being. 23. Choose the most concise grammatically correct version. "Psychologists do not agree about what is the definition of happiness and how to measure it." A) What is the definition of happiness and how to measure it. B) How to define and measure happiness. C) How to define happiness, and also its measurement. D) The definition of happiness and measuring it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How to define and measure happiness. 24. Mr. Asano, whose talented at karate, kicked the thief into the wall. A) G. whose talented in. B) J. who's talented of. C) H. who's talented in. D) F. NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. who's talented in. 25. Which option best corrects the sentence?The student practiced daily, improving her score. A) Daily improving her score. B) Daily; improving her score. C) Daily, which improved her score. D) Daily, and improved her score. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Daily, which improved her score. 26. NO CHANGE or revise? Even though she's been trying to cut it down, Fran's action album collection is still impressive:over 400 vinyl records, 2000 CDs, and even a handful of tapes. A) Revise:impressive; over. B) Revise:impressive, its. C) Revise:impressive over. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NO CHANGE. 27. How much time on the ACT English test? A) 40 minutes. B) 45 minutes. C) 35 minutes. D) 30 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 45 minutes. 28. Whoever thought said Helen that Jack would be elected class president? A) NO CHANGE. B) Whoever thought said, "Helen that Jack would be elected class president?". C) "Whoever thought, " said Helen, "that Jack would be elected class president?". D) "Whoever thought, " said Helen that Jack would be elected class president?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Whoever thought, " said Helen, "that Jack would be elected class president?". 29. The butterflies, which emerged from their cocoons this year, will not be the same ones that migrate to Mexico for the winter. A) Every butterfly, which emerged from their cocoons this year, will. B) The butterflies, that emerged from their cocoons this year, will. C) The butterflies that emerged from their cocoons this year will. D) The butterflies, which climbed out of their cocoons this year, will. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The butterflies that emerged from their cocoons this year will. 30. A 12 foot ladder is placed 4 feet from the base of a wall. How far up the wall is the top of the ladder? A) 11.3 feet. B) 16 feet. C) 18.7 feet. D) 12.6 feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11.3 feet. 31. Trust is not something that a troubled child gives easily to any adult, but a Big Brother mentor expends every effort and many late nights to earn them. A) It. B) These. C) NO CHANGE. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It. 32. What is the rule for using commas in a series? A) Use commas to separate items in a series, and include a comma before the conjunction in a list of three or more items (Oxford comma). For example:'apples, oranges, and bananas'. B) Use commas only to separate two items in a list. C) Use commas to separate items in a series, but do not include a comma before the conjunction. D) Use commas to separate items in a series, but only if they are adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use commas to separate items in a series, and include a comma before the conjunction in a list of three or more items (Oxford comma). For example:'apples, oranges, and bananas'. 33. This package is too cumbersome to handle. A) Obvious. B) Bulky. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bulky. 34. How many questions are on the Math portion of the ACT A) 30. B) 60. C) 40. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 60. 35. ..... new dog is named Pegasus. A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 36. What is wrong with the following sentence:Lisa has a dog named Giggy, he is a small pomeranian. A) Run-on:Comma Splice. B) Fragment:Missing Subject + Verb. C) Run-on:Fused Sentence. D) Fragment:Missing complete thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-on:Comma Splice. 37. The way authors use words to establish mood images and meaning A) Style. B) Context. C) Purpose. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Style. 38. My grandmother was very proud to share her talents with her grandchildren. A) NO CHANGE. B) The scarves were a good start even if they were not as long. C) The scarves were not very long, but the cousins had a good start. D) Although the scarves were not very long, they were a good start. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Although the scarves were not very long, they were a good start. 39. The results of the study were inconclusive. A) Fragment. B) Run-on. C) Complete sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complete sentence. 40. What is the definition of Author's Purpose? A) Figuring out something that is not directly stated in a reading passage. B) Why a reading passage was written. C) Figuring out the meaning of unknown words from other words. D) Descriptive details about a person, place, or thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Why a reading passage was written. 41. A full case of juice boxes, when opened by a horde of thirsty athletes who have been running laps, don't go very far. A) Doesn't get to go. B) No Change. C) Doesn't go. D) Do not go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doesn't go. 42. Jeremy enjoys many genres of movies, including action, adventure, drama, and comedy. A) NO CHANGE. B) Adventure; drama and comedy. C) Adventure, drama and comedy. D) Adventure drama and comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 43. How many questions are there on the ACT English section? A) 75. B) 45. C) 50. D) 60. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 75. 44. Everybody involved in the student plays last Saturday and Sunday are to receive an extra day to study before finals. A) Everyone involved in the student plays last Saturday and Sunday are to receive. B) Everybody involved in the student plays last Saturday and Sunday is to receive. C) Everybody involved in the student plays last Saturday and Sunday will have received. D) Everybody in the student plays last Saturday and Sunday are to receive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everybody involved in the student plays last Saturday and Sunday is to receive. 45. American television played a major role in the Americanization of Australian English, causing Australian's to replace British words. A) NO CHANGE. B) Australians. C) Australians'. D) Australian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Australians. 46. My uncle, who passed away, was ..... in death by his mother, who died when he was only 7. A) Nostalgic. B) Preceded. C) Eclipsed. D) Hurtled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preceded. 47. Which of the following are NOT covered in Rhetorical Skills questions? A) Grammatical Writing. B) Writing style. C) Organization of writing. D) Writing strategy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grammatical Writing. 48. Do you need to know anything about science to do well on the science section? A) YES! Of course you nee to know physics an chemistry. B) NO! It's really just a reading test, 99.9% of the info is there for you. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO! It's really just a reading test, 99.9% of the info is there for you. 49. Phrase or clause?Go to the store and get some milk A) Phrase. B) Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clause. 50. An American-made, plutonium bomb was detonated in the desert of New Mexico, and created a force that was large enough to level a small city. A) An American-made plutonium bomb. B) NO CHANGE. C) An American-made plutonium bomb,. D) An American made plutonium bomb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An American-made plutonium bomb. 51. As a profession, teachers had to show that they were just as intelligent and capable as practitioners in more respected and better paid career fields if they ever wanted things to change. A) As intelligent and capable unlike practitioners. B) As intelligent and capable than practitioners. C) As intelligent and capable like practitioners. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NO CHANGE. 52. Which of the following would be MOST appropriate to say when you notice the most beautiful dress you have ever seen in your life? A) That dress is delectable!. B) That dress is affluent!. C) That dress is gorgeous!. D) That dress is adorable!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That dress is gorgeous!. 53. Choose the most appropriate word to complete the sentence:The committee was pleased with the ..... of the new policy, as it led to increased productivity. A) Affective. B) Affect. C) Effect. D) Affection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Effect. 54. Choose the sentence that maintains consistent subject-verb agreement. A) The team of players are winning the match. B) The team of players were winning the match. C) The team of players be winning the match. D) The team of players is winning the match. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The team of players is winning the match. 55. You don't even need to have a formal lesson to pick up an instrument and join in the fun.WHICH OF THE CHOICES HELPS THE WRITER STRESS THAT PLAYING MUSIC IS AN ACTIVITY IN WHICH ALL CAN PARTICIPATE RATHER THAN JUST AN ELITIST ART FORM? A) NO CHANGE. B) Understand the theory. C) Go to a conservatory. D) Know how to create sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 56. NO CHANGE or revise? This decision was easy for me, I was not going to pass up the opportunity to see Switzerland! A) Revise:me, being that I. B) Revise:I. I. C) NO CHANGE. D) Revise:me; I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revise:me; I. 57. Phrase or clause?A flock of birds A) Phrase. B) Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrase. 58. Identify the sentence with a parallel structure: A) She likes reading, to swim, and jogging. B) She likes reading, swimming, and jogging. C) She likes to read, swimming, and to jog. D) She likes reading, swimming, and to jog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She likes reading, swimming, and jogging. 59. True or False. The writing section is required. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 60. Choose the sentence that uses the correct preposition. A) She is good with math. B) She is good on math. C) She is good in math. D) She is good at math. 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