This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do linking verbs verbs do? A) State what's going on in a sentence. B) Link one part of the sentence to the other. C) To help the verb. D) The main verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Link one part of the sentence to the other. 2. Which sentence is written in active voice? A) 'The cake was baked by Mary.' B) 'Mary baked the cake.' A) 'The cake was baked.'. B) 'The cake was baked by Mary.'. C) 'Mary baked the cake.'. D) 'Mary baked the cake.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'Mary baked the cake.'. 3. Pick the one that pairs the proper parts of speech? A) Blind admiration. B) Blindly admiration. C) Blind admire. D) Blind admiringly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blind admiration. 4. The plane arrives ..... 2:20. A) To the. B) At. C) At the. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At. 5. I was born? 2006. A) In. B) At. C) Since. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 6. Abrogate means to: A) Approve or authorize. B) Strengthen a rule. C) Officially cancel or repeal. D) Expand an agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Officially cancel or repeal. 7. Volunteering is a very rewarding experience. There are many ways you can volunteer. For example, you can help clean up a playground. Volunteering benefits other people and also will make you feel good about yourself. A) Persuade. B) Inform. C) Entertain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persuade. 8. The smell of the roasted corn and grilled burgers was making Maya hungry. A) NO CHANGE. B) The smell of the roasted corn and grilled burgers were making Maya hungry. C) The smell of the roasted corn and grilled burgers making Maya hungry. D) The smell of the roasted corn and grilled burgers had making Maya hungry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 9. The (BMHBC) invested almost $ 4, 500, 000 into the suspension bridge and hired the world-renowned design team of Howard Baird and George Hodge as architects. A) NO CHANGE. B) Of Howard Baird, and George Hodge. C) Of Howard Baird and, George Hodge. D) Of, Howard Baird and George Hodge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 10. In his childhood imagination, he had seen himself floating the boat in his neighbor's swimming pool. But at a length of twenty-two feet, Pollack's masterpiece was best suited with a grand voyage. A) NO CHANGE. B) Most well suited to. C) Better suited for. D) Best suited as. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Better suited for. 11. What is considered the "college ready" score? A) 15. B) 20. C) 21. D) 26. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 21. 12. Which ones are demonstrative pronouns? A) Some, many, both, that, this, those, and these. B) That, which, and who whom, and whose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Some, many, both, that, this, those, and these. 13. How many questions are on the Reading portion of the ACT? A) 30. B) 35. C) 40. D) 42. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40. 14. Choose the sentence that maintains consistent point of view. A) If one wants to succeed, you must work hard. B) If you want to succeed, you must work hard. C) If one wants to succeed, they must work hard. D) If you want to succeed, one must work hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If you want to succeed, you must work hard. 15. Believing that all events in life are inevitable and determined by fate. A) Licentious. B) Fatalistic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fatalistic. 16. #3. rushed in a hurry. A) No Change. B) Hurried or rushed. C) Made to go faster or rushed. D) Rushed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rushed. 17. Hey, ..... dropped a bug in my drink when I wasn't looking? A) Whom. B) Who. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who. 18. Antebellum refers to: A) A period before the war. B) The height of a battle. C) The reconstruction era. D) A peace treaty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A period before the war. 19. Can pronouns (relative) be deleted? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 20. V. To help, aid, encourage A) Abet. B) Brazen. C) Cavort. D) Defile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abet. 21. These questions check your knowledge of key punctuation, grammar, and usage issues. A) Indefinite questions. B) Appositive questions. C) Nonessential questions. D) Technicality questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Technicality questions. 22. Babies are adorable, however, they are very ..... Which would be the LEAST appropriate? A) Exhausting. B) Demanding. C) Charming. D) Burdonsome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charming. 23. In baseball, a show boat is a man who shows off. A) NO CHANGE. B) In baseball, a "show boat" is a man who shows off. C) In baseball a "show boat" is a man who shows off. D) In baseball, a "show boat" is "a man who shows off.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In baseball, a "show boat" is a man who shows off. 24. Choose the correct form of the verb:If she ..... the exam, she will be very happy. A) Pass. B) Passes. C) Passed. D) Passing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passes. 25. Obviously, getting the question right because you know the right answer is better than getting it right because you guessed well. A) NO CHANGE. B) Best choice to select. C) Most correct answer of the choices given. D) Answer considered correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 26. Today is very boring, it's a very boring day, there is nothing much to look at, there is nothing much to say. There's a peacock on my sneakers, there's a penguin on my head, there's a dormouse on my doorstep; I am going back to bed. A) Bored. B) Tired. C) Fanciful. D) Exciting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bored. 27. Prompt questions DO NOT test A) Grammar. B) Relevance. C) Redundancy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grammar. 28. Plastic shrinkage cracks occur in A) Hardened concrete. B) Plastic stage. C) Fully cured concrete. D) Old concrete. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plastic stage. 29. Each and everyday carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles affect our atmosphere and attribute to the deterioration of the ozone layer. A) NO CHANGE. B) Every-day,. C) Every day. D) Every day,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Every day,. 30. Good or Bad Tip:Answer every question. A) Good Tip. B) Bad tip. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good Tip. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAct English Quiz 1Act English Quiz 3Act English Quiz 4Act English Quiz 5Act English Quiz 6Act English Quiz 7Act English Quiz 8Act English Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books