This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English Practice – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Practice Quiz 24 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "This vast chapel displays what many (a) of the most important works of Renaissance art:Michelangelo's awe-inspiring frescoes." A) A. consider some. B) Consider some,. C) Consider, some,. D) Consider, some. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. consider some. 2. Employing their best defense mechanism against the approaching shark, the school fish quickly collected themselves, swam closely together to look like one big fish. A) NO CHANGE. B) They swam. C) Swimming. D) Swim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swimming. 3. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a comma to separate an introductory element. A) After the show, we went to a cafe. B) After the show we went, to a cafe. C) After, the show we went to a cafe. D) After the show we went to a cafe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After the show, we went to a cafe. 4. There ..... several reasons for the delay. A) Is. B) Was. C) Are. D) Has been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 5. Neither of the solutions ..... effective. A) Are. B) Were. C) Is. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 6. The woman, knowing it was late, hurried home. A) NO CHANGE. B) The women hurried home, knowing it was late. C) The woman knowing it was late hurried home. D) The woman knowing it was late, hurried home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 7. One C+ kept the student from honor roll first quarter; ..... she's working extra hard this quarter to get all As and Bs. A) Therefore,. B) On the other hand,. C) In addition,. D) Furthermore,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Therefore,. 8. We thrill to cinematic images of sleek sloops silhouetted by full moons sailing the Seven Seas in search of gold, silver, damask and jewels. A) No change. B) In search of gold, silver, damask, and jewels. C) In search of gold silver damask and jewels. D) In search of gold silver, damask, and, jewels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In search of gold, silver, damask, and jewels. 9. In that letter, Einstein tells Roosevelt that it was possible to create an atomic weapon, and he asked Roosevelt to fund$^{ }$research and experiment$^{3}$ in atomic weapons. Roosevelt agreed, and the government created the Manhattan Project, a massive effort to develop nuclear weapons. A) No Change. B) Research. C) Research and experimentation. D) Research and experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Research and experiments. 10. After waiting for an hour n the rain, the sun once came out, and we were able to play. A) F. NO CHANGE. B) G. at last. C) H. so far. D) J. until then. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) G. at last. 11. The committee finished ..... report early. A) Its. B) It's. C) Their. D) They're. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its. 12. Several key discoveries and inventions enabled the Industrial Revolution to take place, included machines and tools like the cotton gin, the radio, the circular saw, $^{ }$the cylindrical press, and steam engine.$^{5}$ A) No Change. B) The cylindrical press and steam engine. C) The cylindrical press and the steam engine. D) The cylindrical press, and the steam engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cylindrical press, and the steam engine. 13. If the alarm had gone off earlier, more people could of escaped before the building collapsed. A) NO CHANGE. B) Could escape. C) Could have escaped. D) Could escaped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could have escaped. 14. Why is it that we are so completely obsessive with the hair on our heads? A) NO CHANGE. B) Obsessed. C) Obsessing. D) Obsessioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obsessed. 15. Young, baby A) NO CHANGE. B) Young and immature. C) Young or immature. D) Young. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Young. 16. Carol Moseley Braun was the first African American woman elected to serve as a US Senator, representing the state of Illinois. Immediately, after a lengthy period of anonymity, she ran for mayor of Chicago, but received only nine percent of the vote. A) F. NO CHANGE. B) G. Years later. C) H. Before. D) J. Instead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) G. Years later. 17. Correct this sentence:Tesss car is the craziest I've ever seen. A) Tess's. B) Tess'. C) Tesss. D) Tess'ss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tess's. 18. The pair of shoes ..... under the bed. A) Are. B) Were. C) Is. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 19. The runner felt ..... after the long race. A) Bad. B) Badly. C) Worse. D) Worst. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bad. 20. Which sentence demonstrates correct parallel structure in a list? A) For breakfast, he enjoys eating eggs, pancakes, and drinking orange juice. B) For breakfast, he enjoys eating eggs, pancakes, and to drink orange juice. C) For breakfast, he enjoys eating eggs, pancakes, and orange juice. D) For breakfast, he enjoys to eat eggs, pancakes, and drinking orange juice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For breakfast, he enjoys eating eggs, pancakes, and orange juice. 21. According to Freud, the mind is much like an iceberg. Most of our minds$^{4}$ activi-ties, then, occur beneath the surface, in the unconscious and beyond our knowing. A) No Change. B) Mind. C) Mind's. D) Minds'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mind's. 22. Freud believed that the unconscious is deterministic. That is, our behaviors are caused (determined) by thoughts and impulses deep in our unconscious-of which thoughts and impulses we are not aware.$^{6}$ A) No Change. B) We are not aware of which thoughts and impulses. C) Thoughts and impulses of which we are not aware. D) Which we are not aware of, these thoughts and impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We are not aware of which thoughts and impulses. 23. What is the best strategy to determine the best answer? A) Guessing based on experience. B) Choosing the longest answer. C) Reading and considering all of the answer choices before choosing. D) Asking a friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reading and considering all of the answer choices before choosing. 24. Mary looked down to discover a snake at her feet. When she saw it, she ..... A) Screamed. B) Was screaming. C) Had screamed. D) Screams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Screamed. 25. How much time do you have to complete the English Test? A) 45 minutes. B) 1 hour. C) 35 minutes. D) 75 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 45 minutes. ← 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