This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Acquiesce means to: A) Accept or agree passively. B) Protest loudly. C) Challenge authority. D) Refuse without explanation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accept or agree passively. 2. Which sentence placed not only but also correctly? A) Angelique not only was exasperated but also frightened when she locked herself out of her house. B) Angelique was not only exasperated but also frightened when she locked herself out of the house. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Angelique was not only exasperated but also frightened when she locked herself out of the house. 3. If the writer were to delete the preceding sentence, this paragraph would primarily lose a statement that: A) Provides physical descriptions of people on the subway train. B) Supports the opening sentence of the essay . C) Provides evidence that people can be friendly on the subway train. D) Gives an explanation for the narrator's actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Provides evidence that people can be friendly on the subway train. 4. To ask; to inquire. A) Query. B) Queue. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Query. 5. The defeated army was allowed to go home, and able to take the rations necessary to let them survive the trip. A) NO CHANGE. B) And they were able to take. C) And able taking. D) Able taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And they were able to take. 6. Two independent clauses that are joined together by a comma with no intervening conjunction is ..... A) A fragment. B) A comma splice. C) A run-on. D) A redundant statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comma splice. 7. The purpose for including the cost of the bridge is to: A) Provide a piece of information critical to the point of the essay. B) Insert a necessary transition between the second and third paragraphs. C) Add a detail contributing to the reader's understanding of the magnitude of the project. D) Provide an explanation of how the group raised money to invest in the bridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Add a detail contributing to the reader's understanding of the magnitude of the project. 8. Where should sentence 2 be placed for logic and coherence? A) Where it is now. B) Before Sentence 1. C) After Sentence 3. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After Sentence 3. 9. Before leaving the office, Sarah had to finish her report, send out emails, and lock the door. A) NO CHANGE. B) Locking the door. C) To lock the door. D) Locks the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 10. What is the purpose of the ACT English section? A) To assess a student's understanding of standard written English, including grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and rhetorical skills. B) To evaluate a student's mathematical reasoning and problem-solving abilities. C) To measure a student's knowledge of scientific concepts and principles. D) To test a student's reading comprehension and analysis of literary texts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To assess a student's understanding of standard written English, including grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and rhetorical skills. 11. The Nobel Prize is considered one of the highest ..... a person can receive in their field. A) Accolades. B) Reprimands. C) Rejections. D) Indictments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accolades. 12. As an English teacher, people often ask me to name my favorite book. A) No change. B) People often require me. C) I am often asked. D) Students sometimes ask me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I am often asked. 13. Which of the following is NOT a suggestion for the morning of the test. A) Drink an energy drink. B) Get good sleep. C) Eat a healthy breakfast. D) Go to bed early. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drink an energy drink. 14. In my opinion, I think that we should leave early. A) In my opinion, I think that we should leave early. B) I think that we should leave early. C) It is my opinion that we should leave early. D) In my personal opinion, I think that we should leave early. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I think that we should leave early. 15. By the end of the school year, Plano's actors had managed to gain recognition from touring and performing at high schools throughout the state. A) NO CHANGE. B) Plano's actor's. C) Planos actor's. D) Planos actors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 16. Choose the sentence that correctly fixes the run-on: A) I love chocolate it's my favorite dessert. B) I love chocolate, it's my favorite dessert. C) I love chocolate; it's my favorite dessert. D) I love chocolate and it's my favorite dessert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I love chocolate; it's my favorite dessert. 17. Lexi's first job was harder then she expected. A) NO CHANGE. B) Lexi's first job was hardest then she expected. C) Lexi's first job was harder than she expected. D) Lexi's first job was more harder then she expected. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lexi's first job was harder than she expected. 18. Santa Fe was half camp, half city. It had been built in what is called the Vega, the great fruitful plain which extends for much miles to the westward of Grenada. A) NO CHANGE. B) Mostly. C) A large amount of. D) Many. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Many. 19. What are the correct example of correlative conjunctions? A) Either/or, neither/nor, and not only/but also. B) And, but, for, nor, or, so, and yet. C) About, above, by, for, over, and with. D) Although, as, because, before, if, since, unless, when, and while. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Either/or, neither/nor, and not only/but also. 20. Moreover, the Bear Mountain Bridge sees more than six million vehicles cross its concrete decks each year. A) NO CHANGE. B) Over. C) Even more than. D) A higher amount than. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over. 21. Sometimes, I go ..... bus. That takes me about 20 minutes. A) By. B) Off. C) From. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By. 22. Undeterred, he thought of methods to increase productivity and proposed it to his superiors. A) NO CHANGE. B) It was proposed by him. C) They were proposed by him. D) Proposed them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proposed them. 23. Despite the proximity of Ron's house to his sister's, he rarely sees her.Proximity means A) Strangeness. B) Superiority. C) Superiority. D) Nearness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nearness. 24. About how long should you spend on each passage (questions included)? A) 5 minutes. B) 7 minutes. C) 8 minutes. D) 15 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8 minutes. 25. It is important to take time to remove all of the scratches; then, they will be present in the finished stone. A) NO CHANGE. B) Whereas. C) Otherwise. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Otherwise. ← 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