This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English Practice – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Practice Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It was a vibrant enthusiastic festival. A) NO CHANGE. B) Vibrant, enthusiastic. C) Vibrantly enthusiastic. D) Vibrant enthusiasticly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vibrant, enthusiastic. 2. The army stationed near armadillos drill/drills for 4 hours a day. A) Drill. B) Drills. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drill. 3. #55 Choose the best option A) NO CHANGE. B) Has been. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 4. State, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois A) NO CHANGE. B) State; Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. C) State; Ohio, and Indiana, and Illinois. D) State-Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) State; Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. 5. Then there is the effect of butter on gluten, the web of interconnected proteins that makes cookies crispier when they are baked. A) No change. B) On gluten. The web of interconnected proteins. C) On gluten; the web of interconnected proteins. D) On gluten the web of interconnected proteins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change. 6. A number of students ..... missing from class today. A) Is. B) Was. C) Are. D) Has been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 7. He liked to play music, writing poetry, and to create posts for his blog. A) NO CHANGE. B) He liked to play music, to write poetry, and to create posts for his blog. C) He liked playing music, writing poetry, and to create posts for his blog. D) He liked playing music, writing poetry, and creating posts for his blog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He liked playing music, writing poetry, and creating posts for his blog. 8. Fewer of the interviewees were wearing ties than we'd expected. A) No Change. B) Far fewer. C) Less. D) Far less. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No Change. 9. #59 The writer is considering adding the following sentence to the essay: "Eight years later, the museum awarded Howe the Waite Phillips Trophy for Outstanding Contribution to American Indian Art." If the writer were to add this sentence, it would most logically be placed at: A) Point A in Paragraph 2. B) Point B in Paragraph 2. C) Point C in Paragraph 4. D) Point D in Paragraph 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point C in Paragraph 4. 10. The students were ..... late for the bus. A) All ready. B) Already. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Already. 11. The effect/affect of watching too much tv is eyestrain. A) Effect. B) Affect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Effect. 12. President Harry Truman and others claimed at the time that dropping the bomb was necessary to force Japan to surrender to$^{6}$ end World War II. Others argue that we used the bomb largely to show the Soviet Union that we were a superior world power. A) No Change. B) So to. C) So. D) And to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) And to. 13. Which of the following is not the correct use of a comma? A) To list a series of items. B) Dates and locations. C) Separate independent clauses. D) All of these are correct comma uses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are correct comma uses. 14. Everyone forgot ..... backpack at home. A) His. B) Her. C) Their. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His. 15. What are the two type of questions in English? A) Grammar/usage & Rhetorical. B) Root words & grammar. C) Main Idea & Rhetorical. D) Grammar & Usage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grammar/usage & Rhetorical. 16. ANSWER TO #43THINK:Which word seems to be different? A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 17. ANSWER TO #15ASK:Does this tell about a personal experience with "Miami time?" A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 18. The list of rules ..... posted on the wall. A) Are. B) Were. C) Is. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 19. Unlike other birds, penguins are limited in that they cannot truly fly. A) NO CHANGE. B) Is able to truly fly. C) Aren't truly fly. D) Has true flight ability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 20. Tales of treasures yet unfound and the supernatural beings that watch over them-are told and retold by those who love bygone days of adventure. A) No change. B) Unfound, and the supernatural beings that watch over them-are. C) Unfound-and the supernatural beings that watch over them, are. D) Unfound-and the supernatural beings that watch over them-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unfound-and the supernatural beings that watch over them-. 21. Apostrophes are used to ..... A) Indicate possession (who / what does it belong to). B) Indicate the end of a sentence. C) Identify the subject of a sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indicate possession (who / what does it belong to). 22. Passage 1You 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 that the original version is best, then choose "NO CHANGE." A) NO CHANGE. B) WAYS HE HAS A. C) WAYS HAVING A. D) WAYS, AND STILL HAS A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 23. Select the option that correctly fills in the blank."Each of the students ..... a book from the library." A) Have borrowed. B) Has borrowed. C) Are borrowing. D) Were borrowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has borrowed. 24. Freud posited$^{3}$ the notion that the mind is teeming with "psychic energy" and that our personality is shaped largely by the interactions of the levels of the mind. Among Freud's most important contributions to modern psychology and the contemporary understanding of the self is his theory of the unconscious. A) No Change. B) Positioned. C) Deposited. D) Supposed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positioned. 25. Which sentence correctly uses "their", "there", and "they're" ? A) Their going to love going there for their vacation. B) They're going to love going there for their vacation. C) There going to love going their for they're vacation. D) They're going to love going their for there vacation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They're going to love going there for their vacation. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAct English Practice Quiz 1Act English Practice Quiz 2Act English Practice Quiz 3Act English Practice Quiz 4Act English Practice Quiz 5Act English Practice Quiz 6Act English Practice Quiz 7Act English Practice Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books