This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English Practice – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Practice Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. #53 Given that all the choices are true, which one most effectively leads the reader from the previous paragraph into this paragraph? A) NO CHANGE. B) Many artists who would later become well known attended the Studio School for art instruction in Santa Fe. C) Established by Dorothy Dunn, the Studio School was in operation for sixty years. D) Howe responded vehemently and publicly to the rejection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Howe responded vehemently and publicly to the rejection. 2. I could not answer your question earlier; I was busy and did not have enough time. A) NO CHANGE. B) Earlier:I was busy. C) Earlier, I was busy. D) Earlier I was busy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 3. What lies ahead? How will we handle these and other upcoming advances? Let us hope that science fiction writers are wrong, for all too often, characters in science fiction stories, like they're$^{10 }$forefather Victor Frankenstein, are unable to handle the responsibility of having so much power over nature. A) No Change. B) There are. C) Their. D) Whose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their. 4. The university registrar is responsible for scheduling office staff, coordinating the directory of classes and examinations, and assigning classroom facilities. A) NO CHANGE. B) For the scheduling office staff. C) For scheduling of office staff. D) For office-staff scheduling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 5. The conscious is the part of the mind of which we are aware; it is the tip of the iceberg that is visible above the water. The uncon-scious, on the other hand, $^{5}$ is all that is below the surface-the thoughts, feelings, and desires that we are not aware of but that nonetheless affect our behavior. A) No Change. B) Likewise. C) Unfortunately,. D) Thereby,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No Change. 6. The monthly meeting went well:excepting for the time it was delayed 30 minutes due to the rain. A) NO CHANGE. B) Well, except. C) Well except. D) Well. Except. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Well, except. 7. ANSWER TO #20 A) F. B) G. C) H. D) J. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J. 8. Our teacher asked Ava and Kami to read the problem. A) Us. B) We. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Us. 9. Someone left their notebook. A) NO CHANGE. B) Someone left her notebook. C) Someone left his notebook. D) Someone left his or her notebook. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Someone left his or her notebook. 10. Concentrated deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses, thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch. And the steady$^{9 }$circulation of breath through your body both calms and energizes. A) No Change. B) Stretch, the steady. C) Stretch. The steady. D) Stretch, also the steady. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stretch. The steady. 11. Peddler the A) NO CHANGE. B) Peddler, the. C) Peddler; the. D) Peddler:the. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peddler, the. 12. ANSWER TO #35Look at the numbers in [ ] before the 35 in a box A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 13. ANSWER TO #23 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 14. Lead was a common ingredient in paint sold in the US for many decades. Later, it was discovered to be toxic and is no longer used. A) F. NO CHANGE. B) G. Now. C) H. After all. D) J. Besides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) F. NO CHANGE. 15. If the writer were to delete the preceding sentence, the essay would primarily lost ..... A) An indication of the narrator's response to the weather conditions in Fairbanks. B) A detailed analysis of why the narrator had to plug the car engine into an electrical outlet. C) Descriptive details that help set the scene of the narrator's meeting with Joan. D) Unnecessary details that repeat information given earlier in the paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Descriptive details that help set the scene of the narrator's meeting with Joan. 16. They except American Express cards. A) No change. B) Accept. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accept. 17. 63 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 18. A fulgurite is created in one explosive second by fusion and pressure as sand heated by a lightning blast melts, and becomes glass. A) NO CHANGE. B) Sand heated (by a lighting blast) melts. C) Sand, heated by a lighting blast melts,. D) Sand heated by a lightning blast melts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sand heated by a lightning blast melts. 19. The speaker at the horse-breeders' convention would have been better if she took the time to prepare for the subjects of interest to the audience. A) NO CHANGE. B) Had took the time. C) Had taken the time. D) Would have took the time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had taken the time. 20. While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthens the mind. Many poses can be only held$^{8 }$if you are completely focused on the task, and full benefit of the poses comes only through proper breathing. A) No Change. B) Are only holding. C) Can only be held. D) Can be held only. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can be held only. 21. Much A) No change. B) Most. C) Many. D) More. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Most. 22. Franco Corelli, revered by opera lovers, appeared regularly with the Metropolitan Opera between 1961 and 1975. A) NO CHANGE. B) Corelli, revered by opera lovers. C) Corelli revered by opera lovers,. D) Corelli revered by opera lovers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 23. The aging movie star was particular about her appearance and was as particularly engaging as ever when she looked her best. A) Was as particular as engaging as ever. B) Was as engaging particularly as ever. C) Was as engaging as ever. D) Was particularly engaging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was particularly engaging. 24. 38 A) F. B) G. C) H. D) J. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J. 25. The scientist is living ..... a group of native people. A) Between. B) Among. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Among. 26. As a mother, a wife, and besides being a brilliant engineer, she proved that a woman need not limit her horizons. A) NO CHANGE. B) A. C) Along with being. D) Also being a. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 27. What should you do after selecting an answer? A) Take a break. B) Reread the sentence, using your selected answer. C) Move to the next question immediately. D) Change your answer to a different option. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reread the sentence, using your selected answer. 28. Which sentence is a fragment (dependent clause)? A) At the supermarket. B) I don't like tomato soup. C) Which was the best thing to do?. D) Waiting for this mother, he fell asleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the supermarket. 29. Chemical engineers refine petroleum to produce gasoline, to fabricate plastic materials engineers they alter petroleum, and organic chemists utilize petroleum reagents to synthesize pharmaceuticals. A) NO CHANGE. B) Where petroleum is altered by materials engineers in fabrication of plastic,. C) Materials engineers alter petroleum to fabricate plastic,. D) Petroleum to fabricate plastic is altered by materials engineers,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Materials engineers alter petroleum to fabricate plastic,. 30. 40 A) F. B) G. C) H. 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