Act English Practice Quiz 18 (25 MCQs)

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1. The number of students in the program ..... increasing each year.
2. FANBOYS are used as
3. At the beginning of the teacher's strike, it appeared as though the Board of Education was not willing to negotiate with the teachers union. But the Board of Education next gave in to the strikers' demands for higher wages and gave them a five percent salary increase.
4. Although the United States and the USSR were officially allies, tension$^{7}$between the two countries were already high.
5. For a person to try and to be failed is no shame, but to fear the endeavor is tragic.
6. I was on a boat across the harbor from Rhode Island that weekend, wedged between my parents and sitting on a hard bench.
7. Which word is a synonym for "abundant" ?
8. Apostrophes:Plural Vs. PossessiveWhich sentence states the mother has more than one boy?
9. Questions marks, exclamation marks, parenthesis, and dashes are often
10. For centuries, fireworks came in only two colors, amber and silver, the colors emitted by burning black powder. What should be done with the RED portion?
11. Are known
12. Last summer, we ..... to the mountains.
13. It's more important to be able to critically think than to just memorize.
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15. The kids playing in the street and the dogs wandered without collars in my aunt's neighborhood made me very uneasy.
16. Which of the following sentences contains an oxymoron?
17. Today, science fiction writers around the world continue to explore possibilities-possibilities that are fast becoming realities. Much of what science fiction writers only dreamed of a century ago, such as cloning and space travel, have$^{9}$ already come to pass
18. On November 19, 1929 Admiral Richard E. Byrd flew the Floyd Bennett to the base of the Queen Maud mountains.
19. My cousin has moved to 56 Central Street Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882.
20. He ..... the book three times already.
21. My friend Kenneth and my friend, Pri'ana, will be joining us at the party tonight.
22. When the warden agreed to us that the prisoner should be released, we were pleased to accept the invitation to the parole hearing.
23. For many years Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower, was the tallest building in the world. Sometimes, it is not even in the top ten.
24. Which choice would best express the narrator's positive reaction to speaking with Joan and the narrator's fondness for her friend? (48)
25. Most people faced with such daunting news would of withdrawn from society and mourned their fates.