This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The sunny weather on the morning of her wedding was an ..... sign. A) Auspicious. B) Ominous. C) Detrimental. D) Discouraging. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Auspicious. 2. Just this morning I sat across the table to a woman in a flower print dress who was scribbling poetry in her leather-bound journal. A) J. from. B) H. between. C) G. at. D) F. NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) J. from. 3. After looking both ways, the road was clear. A) NO CHANGE. B) The road was clear after looking both ways. C) After looking both ways, she saw the road was clear. D) The road, after looking both ways, was clear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After looking both ways, she saw the road was clear. 4. The boy had ..... for the crying girl. A) Deficit. B) Incompetent. C) Trivial. D) Compassion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compassion. 5. The most common use of a ..... is in a compound adjective. It's two or more adjectives joined together to modify the same noun. A) Comma. B) Apostrophe. C) Semicolon. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyphen. 6. For each and every book you buy, you will receive a free bookmark. A) This sentence is concise. B) This sentence is NOT concise. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This sentence is NOT concise. 7. The scientists were concerned that the bomb may not correctly function, so they wanted to test the bomb before it was used on the battlefield. A) It. B) The plutonium bomb. C) Them. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It. 8. When you reach the end, you can tell people your story or essay (or song) is almost over by using a concluding transition like "in sum" that emphasizes your central idea a final time.Bees are an important part of our ecosystem and are truly invaluable. In sum, A) Let me tell you some more about bees. B) Let's continue exploring how bees buzz. C) We should work to protect bees. D) I have more questions about bees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We should work to protect bees. 9. Which of the following is NOT a suggested test-taking strategy for the English test? A) Read the whole sentence. B) Read the whole paragraph. C) Read the questions first. D) Read the whole passage. E) Eliminate and Guess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Read the questions first. 10. Without her phone, Kim felt lonely, anxious, and sadness. A) NO CHANGE. B) Without her phone, Kim felt loneliness, anxious, and sad. C) Without her phone, Kim felt loneliness, anxiety, and sad. D) Without her phone, Kim felt lonely, anxious, and sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Without her phone, Kim felt lonely, anxious, and sad. 11. All of the following is appropriate when using a semi colon except? A) To begin a second clause with a conjunctive adverb. B) To Relate the introductory clause in a sentence to a relevant list of specifics. C) To join two independent yet closely related clauses without a conjunction. D) To provide clarity in complex sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To Relate the introductory clause in a sentence to a relevant list of specifics. 12. "The property will be used as her main residence."Which is the most concise term for "residence" ? A) Place. B) Quarters. C) Home. D) Lodging. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Home. 13. Abstemious describes someone who: A) Avoids indulgence, especially in food or drink. B) Spends money freely. C) Seeks luxury and excess. D) Talks excessively. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Avoids indulgence, especially in food or drink. 14. Dozens of friends expedited this proper process by volunteering to help with the construction of the boat. Which choice best indicates that constructing the cork boat was challenging? A) Rigorous. B) Authentic. C) NO CHANGE. D) Grim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rigorous. 15. He was involved in a traffic ..... when his tire blew and he went off the road. A) Nostalgia. B) Mishap. C) Deficit. D) Trivial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mishap. 16. 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. 17. How many passages? A) 4. B) 6. C) 5. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 18. 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) NO CHANGE. B) Those with manufactures. C) Manufacturers. D) Manufacturer's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manufacturers. 19. NO CHANGE or revise? The two main types of camels are; bactrian camels, which have two humps, and dromedary camels, which have one. A) NO CHANGE. B) Revise:are, bactrian. C) Revise:are bactrian. D) Revise:are:bactrian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revise:are:bactrian. 20. Such a student could compare the choices carefully and choose the single shortest one every time. A) Singularly shortest one. B) NO CHANGE. C) Uniquely short item. D) Shortest one. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shortest one. 21. 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) Finding your teacher. B) Find your teacher. C) NO CHANGE. D) To find your teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finding your teacher. 22. 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. 23. 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.". 24. 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. 25. How much time per 1 passage? A) 10 Minutes. B) 9 Minutes. C) 12 minutes. D) 8 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 9 Minutes. 26. 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. 27. How many essays/texts are on the English? A) 2. B) 4. C) 3. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 28. Which of the following is the most concise term for "terminate" ? A) Conclude. B) Finish. C) Discontinue. D) Stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stop. 29. "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) Wearing very sensible walking shoes. B) Desperately needing more bananas. C) The threat of rain. D) Planning to cook dinner later that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The threat of rain. 30. 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. 31. 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. 32. Swimming is more fun than to jog or to play tennis. A) To jog or playing tennis. B) Jogging or playing tennis. C) To jog or play tennis. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jogging or playing tennis. 33. Sandra ..... the leadership position ..... leaving behind. A) Excepted, you're. B) Accepted, your. C) Excepted, your. D) Accepted, you're. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accepted, you're. 34. 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 sunset. B) The passage describes a sunrise. C) The passage describes a busy city. D) The passage describes a storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The passage describes a sunset. 35. 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) J. their. B) H. people's. C) G. his. D) F. NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) G. his. 36. 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) Members of the rival gang propose. C) Member of the rival gangs proposes. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Members of the rival gangs proposes. 37. NO CHANGE or revise? After the Industrial Revolution began, more people moved from rural to urban areas. A) Revise:After the Industrial Revolution. began more people moved from rural to urban areas. B) NO CHANGE. 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: B) NO CHANGE. 38. 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. 39. 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. 40. Choose the correct form of the verb:When the teacher ..... the classroom, the students were already seated. A) Enters. B) Enter. C) Will enter. D) Entered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Entered. 41. My dream for the future, like all dreams worth having, will be able to stand on it's own merits. A) Its. B) No Change. C) There. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its. 42. 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. 43. Oozing slowly across the floor, Marvin watched the salad dressing. A) Marvin watched the salad dressing oozing slowly across the floor. B) Marvin watched the salad dressing while he was oozing slowly across the floor. C) Marvin, oozing slowly across the floor, watched the salad dressing. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marvin watched the salad dressing oozing slowly across the floor. 44. 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) NO CHANGE. B) Everyone in the office is laughing. C) Everyone in the office can laugh. D) Everyone in the office laughed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Everyone in the office laughed. 45. My brother's truck has more horsepower than Michael. A) Compared to Michael, my brother's truck has more horsepower. B) NO CHANGE. C) My brother's truck has more horsepower than Michael's. D) Michael has less horsepower than my brother's truck. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My brother's truck has more horsepower than Michael's. 46. The writer is considering deleting the phrase "at several universities" from Sentence 8. If the phrase were deleted, the essay would primarily lose: A) An essential link to the paragraph that follows. B) A contrast for the purpose of making a comparison. C) Information that qualifies the term griot-in-residence. D) An unnecessary detail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Information that qualifies the term griot-in-residence. 47. The coziest cottage sat near the pond and featured a porch around all sides of the house. A) Coziest of. B) More cozier. C) Most coziest. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NO CHANGE. 48. Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly:A) 'I love to read books, especially mystery novels.' B) 'I love to read books especially mystery novels.' A) 'I love to read books especially mystery novels.'. B) 'I love to read books especially mystery novels.'. C) 'I love to read books especially, mystery novels.'. D) A) 'I love to read books, especially mystery novels.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A) 'I love to read books, especially mystery novels.'. 49. The novel, written by a young man who was just seventeen at the time the novel was written, is sure to become a bestseller. A) NO CHANGE. B) Written by a seventeen-year-old at the time the novel was written. C) Vividly imagined and lovingly composed by a precocious young gentleman of seventeen. D) By a seventeen-year-old boy (Correct Answer). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By a seventeen-year-old boy (Correct Answer). 50. Riding a bicycle instead of driving a car is great exercise that works multiple muscles at one time. A) NO CHANGE. B) Exercise works. C) Exercise working. D) Exercise, and working. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 51. Joana attributed any of her interest in animals to a free-wheeling childhood spent on her grandparents' farm. A) Much. B) Few. C) Several. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Much. 52. She made my siblings and I scarves for the winter. A) NO CHANGE. B) My siblings, and I. C) My siblings and me. D) Me and my siblings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Me and my siblings. 53. A word or phrase that is close to or exactly the same meaning of another word or phrase A) Relevant. B) Preposition. C) Synonym. D) Modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synonym. 54. Abstain means to: A) Encourage others to participate. B) Refrain or hold back from something. C) Engage actively in an activity. D) Seek excessive attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refrain or hold back from something. 55. Identify the problem with consistency in the following sentence:Mark finished his essay, tidies his room, and went out for supper. A) Finished his essay. B) Tidies his room. C) Went out for supper. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tidies his room. 56. Department stores sometimes offer gifts to entice people to shop. A) NO CHANGE. B) Free gifts. C) Free gifts as incentives. D) Enticing free gifts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 57. A word to which a later pronoun refers back is ..... A) Parallelism. B) A conjunction. C) A transitional adverb. D) An antecedent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An antecedent. 58. What is the significance of proofreading? A) It helps to make the writing more creative and engaging. B) It ensures the writing is polished and professional by identifying and correcting errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. C) It allows the writer to express their thoughts without any restrictions. D) It is a process that focuses solely on the content of the writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It ensures the writing is polished and professional by identifying and correcting errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. 59. No matter how hard Theresa tries, she cannot win the approval of her field hockey coach. A) NO CHANGE. B) Approval from. C) Approval for. D) Approval to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 60. Her prom dress was most unique. A) NO CHANGE. B) Distinctively unique. C) Matchless and unique. D) OMIT most. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) OMIT most. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAct English Quiz 1Act English Quiz 2Act English Quiz 3Act English Quiz 4Act English Quiz 5Act English Quiz 6Act English Quiz 8Act English Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books