This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Quiz 25 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If you dig further and deeper into Bill's reason for embezzling the money from his father's company, you will see that the crime began when the older man removed him from the will. A) NO CHANGE. B) Farther and deeper. C) Far and deep. D) Further and more deeply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 2. Choose the sentence that avoids a sentence fragment: A) Although it was raining heavily. B) We decided to go for a walk despite the rain. C) Because of the heavy rainfall and wind. D) The rain pouring down in sheets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We decided to go for a walk despite the rain. 3. How many questions are typically included in the English section of the ACT? A) 45. B) 60. C) 75. D) 90. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 75. 4. Shortly after my mom assured me that Nala wouldn't bite, I knelt down to look at her double dewclaw, or extra two claws.Which of the alternatives shown below would NOT be acceptable? A) F. As soon as my. B) G. After my. C) H. My. D) J. Once my. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. My. 5. The group, known as the Bear Mountain Hudson Bridge Company (BMHBC), was allotted thirty years to build, construct, and maintain the structure, at which time the span would be handed over to New York State. A) NO CHANGE. B) Build and construct and maintain. C) Construct and maintain. D) Construct, and maintain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Construct and maintain. 6. Acrid describes something that is: A) Strong and sharp in taste, smell, or tone. B) Pleasant and mild. C) Sweet and refreshing. D) Soft and smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strong and sharp in taste, smell, or tone. 7. Which is a compound-complex sentence? A) The movie was good, but I still preferred the book because it had more details. B) He likes to run in the park but not at night. C) She went to the store and bought some milk. D) The cat sat on the mat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The movie was good, but I still preferred the book because it had more details. 8. Constraints A) Application. B) Innovation. C) Announcement. D) Limitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limitation. 9. How many colons can be in a sentence? A) Two. B) Three. C) One. D) Five. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One. 10. To mix up or distort. A) Garble. B) Filch. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Garble. 11. Independent or dependent clause? Because you have always tried your best A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent clause. 12. He kicked the ball? the fence. A) Across. B) Over. C) Off. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over. 13. We had a SUPERB dinner at the new restaurant. All of us agreed that it was the most delicious food we had ever tasted.Superb means A) Dreadful. B) Nutritious. C) Hopeful. D) Excellent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Excellent. 14. Modifiers don't have to be as close to the words they modify as possible. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Question 24 A) F. B) G. C) H. D) J. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J. 16. "Indeed" means that a writer is going to further emphasize what he or she just said. "Indeed" is attached to the sentence that gives an even stronger example of a point than the sentence before.My neighbor, Ms. Ramirez, is a little goofy. Indeed, she A) Often lends me a hammer or wrench when I need it. B) Insists on decorating her house with silly signs on Groundhog Day. C) Sometimes lets her dog into our yard. D) Usually comes home late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insists on decorating her house with silly signs on Groundhog Day. 17. I grew up with buckets, shovels, and nets waiting by the back door; hip-waders hanging in the closet; A) NO CHANGE. B) Waiting, by the back door,. C) Waiting by the back door,. D) Waiting by the back door. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 18. Make sure to know and make notes on the ..... of each passage and each paragraph in the passage. A) Main idea. B) Author. C) Number of words. D) Number of paragraphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main idea. 19. Until the 1980s, women were not allowed to compete in the marathon in the Olympic games because doctors claimed that women's bodies were weaker than man's bodies and would experience major health problems from running that great of a distance. A) Then man bodies. B) NO CHANGE. C) Than men's bodies. D) Than men bodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Than men's bodies. 20. Twelve A) F. B) G. C) H. D) J. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) F. 21. In high spirits; exultantly proud and joyful. A) Elated. B) Epigram. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elated. 22. Choose the sentence that uses the correct adverb form. A) She runs quick. B) She runs quickly. C) She runs quicker. D) She runs quickest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She runs quickly. 23. The chef prepared a delicious meal, using fresh ingredients and spices, for the guests. A) Using fresh ingredients and spices. B) NO CHANGE. C) By using fresh ingredients and spices. D) With fresh ingredients and spices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 24. A ..... compares one thing to another. A) Comparative modifier. B) Misplaced modifier. C) Dangling modifier. D) Superlative modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparative modifier. 25. The dog loves ..... bone. A) Its. B) It's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its. 26. How many minutes do you have to take the English section of the ACT? A) 45. B) 60. C) 75. D) 90. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 45. 27. Constructing the boat introduced a challenge of another variety. Pollack finally tried gluing the corks together to create stackable logs, but he soon realized that this strategy was too time-consuming. A) NO CHANGE. B) Next. C) First. D) Also. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First. 28. Fill in the correct phrasing:Public transit such as buses or ..... can help reduce air pollution. A) A train. B) Trains. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trains. 29. Increased cement content mainly increases A) Creep. B) Shrinkage. C) Permeability. D) Strength only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shrinkage. 30. Because this is true, a student who knew no English at all could earn-and justly so-an English subject score of about 15. A) NO CHANGE. B) Truthfully factual. C) Factually correct. D) Factual-and true too-. 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