This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Quiz 18 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Parenthetical elements A) Words or phrases that are not essential to the meaning of a sentence. B) A word or phrase used to link two ideas together. C) A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence. D) The central topic of a paragraph or essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words or phrases that are not essential to the meaning of a sentence. 2. How much time per 1 passage? A) 8 minutes. B) 9 Minutes. C) 10 Minutes. D) 12 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 9 Minutes. 3. The crowd ..... cheering as Melina approached the finish line. A) Starts. B) Started. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Started. 4. How many essays/texts are on the English? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 5. Which of the following is the most concise term for "terminate" ? A) Conclude. B) Stop. C) Discontinue. D) Finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stop. 6. "Despite" introduces a statement that could have affected another statement but did or does not. "Despite" means that you are still considering something even though evidence might suggest that you shouldn't.Ronnie walked to the grocery store despite A) The threat of rain. B) Desperately needing more bananas. C) Planning to cook dinner later that day. D) Wearing very sensible walking shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The threat of rain. 7. Numerous years of preparation and toil led to this pivotal moment. In 1933, attorney and civic leader Luther Ely Smith conceived a monument that would honor St. Louis's major contribution to the westward expansion of the United States. A) No Change. B) Attorney, and civic leader. C) Attorney and civic leader,. D) Attorney, and civic leader,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No Change. 8. Independent or dependent clause? You have to eat your vegetables A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent clause. 9. Swimming is more fun than to jog or to play tennis. A) NO CHANGE. B) Jogging or playing tennis. C) To jog or playing tennis. D) To jog or play tennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jogging or playing tennis. 10. Sandra ..... the leadership position ..... leaving behind. A) Excepted, your. B) Accepted, your. C) Excepted, you're. D) Accepted, you're. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accepted, you're. 11. What is the main idea of the following passage? 'The sun set over the horizon, painting the sky in hues of orange and pink. Birds chirped their final songs of the day as the world slowly drifted into a peaceful slumber.' A) The passage describes a sunrise. B) The passage describes a sunset. C) The passage describes a storm. D) The passage describes a busy city. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The passage describes a sunset. 12. Whittaker's extensive diary entries-many over twenty pages long-provide a portrait of one's deep thoughts and emotions over a period of years. A) F. NO CHANGE. B) G. his. C) H. people's. D) J. their. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) G. his. 13. Until one of the members of the rival gangs propose a truce, there will be no safety for honest citizens of this city. A) NO CHANGE. B) Member of the rival gangs proposes. C) Members of the rival gang propose. D) Members of the rival gangs proposes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Members of the rival gangs proposes. 14. NO CHANGE or revise? After the Industrial Revolution began, more people moved from rural to urban areas. A) NO CHANGE. B) Revise:After the Industrial Revolution began. More people moved from rural to urban areas. C) Revise:After the Industrial Revolution. began more people moved from rural to urban areas. D) Revise:After the Industrial Revolution began; more people moved from rural to urban areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 15. I get ..... the bus at the City Park, then I walk ..... the office. A) On-to. B) Off-to. C) On-from. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Off-to. 16. She worked for the thirty years as a teacher and librarian in the field of education in Baltimore public schools. Which of the following words or phrases from the preceding sentence should be deleted? A) Thirty. B) And librarian. C) Baltimore public. D) In the field of education. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the field of education. 17. Discrepancy A) Stick completely. B) Cause someone to become hostile. C) The amount by which something is too small. D) A lack of compatibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A lack of compatibility. 18. Choose the correct form of the verb:When the teacher ..... the classroom, the students were already seated. A) Enters. B) Entered. C) Will enter. D) Enter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entered. 19. My dream for the future, like all dreams worth having, will be able to stand on it's own merits. A) No Change. B) There. C) Their. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Its. 20. To recommend; to speak in favor of A) Advocate. B) Efface. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Advocate. 21. Oozing slowly across the floor, Marvin watched the salad dressing. A) No change. B) Marvin watched the salad dressing oozing slowly across the floor. C) Marvin, oozing slowly across the floor, watched the salad dressing. D) Marvin watched the salad dressing while he was oozing slowly across the floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marvin watched the salad dressing oozing slowly across the floor. 22. Everyone in the office laughs at Betty, who used to work here, because she said she was the smartest person who had ever worked for the company. A) NO CHANGE. B) Everyone in the office is laughing. C) Everyone in the office laughed. D) Everyone in the office can laugh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Everyone in the office laughed. 23. My brother's truck has more horsepower than Michael. A) NO CHANGE. B) My brother's truck has more horsepower than Michael's. C) Compared to Michael, my brother's truck has more horsepower. D) Michael has less horsepower than my brother's truck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My brother's truck has more horsepower than Michael's. 24. The writer is considering deleting the phrase "at several universities" from Sentence 8. If the phrase were deleted, the essay would primarily lose: A) An essential link to the paragraph that follows. B) A contrast for the purpose of making a comparison. C) Information that qualifies the term griot-in-residence. D) An unnecessary detail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Information that qualifies the term griot-in-residence. 25. The coziest cottage sat near the pond and featured a porch around all sides of the house. A) NO CHANGE. B) Most coziest. C) More cozier. D) Coziest of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAct English Quiz 1Act English Quiz 2Act English Quiz 3Act English Quiz 4Act English Quiz 5Act English Quiz 6Act English Quiz 7Act English Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books