This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English Practice – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Practice Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. St. Peter's Basilica, the largest cathedral in the Northern Hemisphere, is remarkable. Built upon second-century (a) St. Peter's features a dome designed by the artist and architect Michelangelo. A) A. foundations,. B) Foundations. C) Foundations:. D) Foundations;. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. foundations,. 2. Painting the trees onto the canvas, the wind blew hard that day. A) NO CHANGE. B) Painting the trees onto the canvas; the wind blew hard that day. C) Painting the trees onto the canvas, she watched the wind blow. D) Painting the trees onto the canvas, the wind blew. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Painting the trees onto the canvas, she watched the wind blow. 3. I'm still parked out by the lake-the one by Santa Fe. A) NO CHANGE. B) I'm still parked out by the lake; the one by Santa Fe. C) I'm still parked out by the lake. The one by Santa Fe. D) I'm still parked out by the lake the one by Santa Fe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 4. Two hundred people were standing in line for tickets when the booth opened; then, only 30 people were left. A) F. NO CHANGE. B) G. before. C) H. later. D) J. more. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. later. 5. "Scholars often probe the museums' archives of early written works for insights into lives led long ago."Choose the best answer. A) NO CHANGE. B) Grab an eyeful of. C) Check out. D) Pry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 6. Because I rely on my calculator so often, I had forgotten how to do long division. A) NO CHANGE. B) I have forgotten how. C) I forget how. D) I forgot how. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I forget how. 7. However, on the day of Gehrig's retirement from baseball, he delivered one of the most famous speeches of the time. A) NO CHANGE. B) Gehrig's retirement,. C) Gehrigs retirement. D) Gehrigs' retirement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 8. Each of the answers ..... checked carefully. A) Are. B) Were. C) Is. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 9. Identify the sentence with correct sentence structure that avoids a run-on sentence. A) She loves to read she goes to the library every week. B) She loves to read, she goes to the library every week. C) She loves to read; she goes to the library every week. D) She loves to read. She goes to the library every week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She loves to read; she goes to the library every week. 10. She usually ..... to school, but today she rode the bus. A) Walks. B) Walked. C) Is walking. D) Has walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walks. 11. 53 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 12. #50 Choose the best option A) NO CHANGE. B) And while it featured. C) And featuring. D) Featured. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 13. Either the boy or the girls (a) in the evening. A) A. walk. B) Walks. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. walk. 14. The rain in Spain falls oftenly/largely/hugely/mainly on the plain. A) Oftenly. B) Largely. C) Hugely. D) Mainly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mainly. 15. This question asks about the essay as a whole.The writer is considering adding the following sentence to the essay:This information is used to help create regional weather forecasts.If the writer were to add this sentence, it would most logically be placed at which of the highlighted points? A) Point A in Paragraph 1. B) Point B in Paragraph 2. C) Point C in Paragraph 4. D) Point D in Paragraph 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point C in Paragraph 4. 16. (1) The Cold War was one of the most interest-ing and troubling times in American history. In the first century of the Industrial Revolu-tion, the country undergoing the most dra-matic change was England. After 1850, the Industrial Revolution spread rapidly$^{1}$ A) No Change. B) Was quickly spreading. C) Spread with great rapidity. D) Spread fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spread fast. 17. The police like to question me/myself whenever I have no alibi for me/myself. A) Me + me. B) Myself + me. C) Myself + myself. D) Me + myself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Me + myself. 18. What is the subject-verb agreement error in this sentence:'The series of events that occurred last summer have shaped my perspective'? A) 'Events' is plural and requires a plural verb. B) 'Occurred' should be 'occurs' to match the subject. C) The sentence contains no error. D) 'Series' is singular and should take the verb 'has' instead of 'have'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'Series' is singular and should take the verb 'has' instead of 'have'. 19. The county cleared this path and paved it with packed gravel, so they would have a peaceful place to hike and bike. A) No change. B) Knowing they. C) That they. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People. 20. Passage 4You should choose the alternative that best expresses the idea in standard written English and is worded most consistently with the tone of the passage. If you believe the original version is best, then choose "NO CHANGE." A) NO CHANGE. B) Throughout. C) At. D) Excepting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 21. The ACT test-taking skill 'Yards After Contact' refers to what? A) Only football-it has nothing to do with the ACT. B) If you feel like you've been 'hit' by a series of hard problems, keep pushing through the test. C) Blitz through the test. D) Thoroughly planning your touchdown dance for once you complete the test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If you feel like you've been 'hit' by a series of hard problems, keep pushing through the test. 22. Unless we psychoanalyze ourselves, we may never be aware of the hidden reasons for our actions. This suggests that the notion of free will might have been$^{7}$ an illusion and that our choices are governed by hidden mental processes which we have no control over. A) No Change. B) Would be. C) Has been. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would be. 23. Which of the following sentences is an example of irony? A) The fire station burned down. B) The sun rose in the east. C) The cat chased the mouse. D) The rain fell from the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fire station burned down. 24. Which choice contrasts most directly with the other ways to get involved at the observatory that are mentioned in the paragraph? A) NO CHANGE. B) Prefer a warm recliner to an icy peak,. C) Conduct weather research,. D) Love the outdoors,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prefer a warm recliner to an icy peak,. 25. She then carries the assortment outside to the wood-fired kiln, it is a brick structure designed to bake pottery to a hardness and transform glazes to glorious colors that drying alone won't achieve. A) NO CHANGE. B) The brick structure is. C) A brick structure. D) Brick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A brick structure. 26. Increasingly important A) NO CHANGE. B) An increase in importance. C) Importantly increasing. D) Increasingly important. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 27. The Industrial Revolution transformed Western society, creating an inter-national capitalist economy, urbanization, labor reforms, a system to educate the public, $^{3}$ and labor specialization. A) No Change. B) A public education system,. C) Systematizing education. D) Public education. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A public education system,. 28. New research shows that high cholesterol levels are as much a result of heredity as also is a healthy diet and active lifestyle are. A) As both a healthy diet and active lifestyle. B) As are a healthy diet and active lifestyle. C) As a healthy diet and active lifestyle are also. D) Also as are a healthy diet and active lifestyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As are a healthy diet and active lifestyle. 29. Which detail would be relevant to this main idea? There are many fun things to do at the beach. A) Playing kickball can be lots of fun. B) It is fun to walk along the shore and look for shells. C) Some people burn easily in the sun. D) Unfortunately, we don't live that close to a beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is fun to walk along the shore and look for shells. 30. The Angel purportedly taught Kidd how to summon ghosts and demons to do his bidding, and keep buried riches safe from gold seekers. A) No change. B) Bidding and keep buried riches. 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