This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English Practice – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Practice Quiz 18 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The number of students in the program ..... increasing each year. A) Are. B) Were. C) Is. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 2. FANBOYS are used as A) A superhero nickname. B) Coordinating conjunctions in a sentence. C) Sentence markers. D) I'm not sure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coordinating conjunctions in a sentence. 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. A) NO CHANGE. B) First. C) Eventually. D) Occasionally. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eventually. 4. Although the United States and the USSR were officially allies, tension$^{7}$between the two countries were already high. A) No Change. B) The tension. C) Tensions. D) A tension. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tensions. 5. For a person to try and to be failed is no shame, but to fear the endeavor is tragic. A) NO CHANGE. B) For failing. C) To fail. D) Failing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To fail. 6. I was on a boat across the harbor from Rhode Island that weekend, wedged between my parents and sitting on a hard bench. A) NO CHANGE. B) Is. C) Will be. D) Would have been sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 7. Which word is a synonym for "abundant" ? A) Scarce. B) Plentiful. C) Rare. D) Insufficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plentiful. 8. Apostrophes:Plural Vs. PossessiveWhich sentence states the mother has more than one boy? A) The boy's mother. B) The boys mother. C) The boys' mother. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The boys' mother. 9. Questions marks, exclamation marks, parenthesis, and dashes are often A) Placed in quotations correctly. B) Asked in the grammar sections. C) Used incorrectly. D) Not tested on the ACT. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not tested on the ACT. 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? A) No change. B) Colors amber and silver. C) Colors, amber and silver. D) Colors, amber, and silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change. 11. Are known A) NO CHANGE. B) Is known. C) Was known. D) Were known. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is known. 12. Last summer, we ..... to the mountains. A) Travel. B) Traveled. C) Have traveled. D) Are traveling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Traveled. 13. It's more important to be able to critically think than to just memorize. A) NO CHANGE. B) Its more important to be able to critically think than to just memorize. C) It's most important to be able to critically think than to just memorize. D) It's more important to be able to critically think then to just memorize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 14. 31 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 15. The kids playing in the street and the dogs wandered without collars in my aunt's neighborhood made me very uneasy. A) NO CHANGE. B) Wandering. C) Were wandering. D) DELETE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wandering. 16. Which of the following sentences contains an oxymoron? A) The silence was deafening. B) The stars shone brightly. C) The river flowed gently. D) The mountain was tall and majestic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The silence was deafening. 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 A) No Change. B) Had. C) Has. D) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has. 18. On November 19, 1929 Admiral Richard E. Byrd flew the Floyd Bennett to the base of the Queen Maud mountains. A) Base, of. B) The, Queen. C) 1929,. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1929,. 19. My cousin has moved to 56 Central Street Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882. A) Has moved,. B) Central Street,. C) 56, Central. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central Street,. 20. He ..... the book three times already. A) Reads. B) Read. C) Has read. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has read. 21. My friend Kenneth and my friend, Pri'ana, will be joining us at the party tonight. A) NO CHANGE. B) My friend, Pri'ana will be. C) My friend Pri'ana will be. D) My friend Pri'ana will be,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My friend Pri'ana will be. 22. When the warden agreed to us that the prisoner should be released, we were pleased to accept the invitation to the parole hearing. A) NO CHANGE. B) Agreed with us. C) Agreed on us. D) Agreed at us. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agreed with us. 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. A) F. NO CHANGE. B) G. In time. C) H. At last. D) J. Today. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J. Today. 24. Which choice would best express the narrator's positive reaction to speaking with Joan and the narrator's fondness for her friend? (48) A) No change. B) She said that she would rearrange her schedule so that we could meet. C) She told me that she immediately recognized my voice. D) Her quick words and the sound of her laugh surprised me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change. 25. Most people faced with such daunting news would of withdrawn from society and mourned their fates. A) NO CHANGE. B) Of withdrew. C) Have withdrawn. D) Have withdrew. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have withdrawn. ← 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