This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Quiz 7 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the most concise grammatically correct version. "Psychologists do not agree about what is the definition of happiness and how to measure it." A) What is the definition of happiness and how to measure it. B) How to define and measure happiness. C) How to define happiness, and also its measurement. D) The definition of happiness and measuring it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How to define and measure happiness. 2. Mr. Asano, whose talented at karate, kicked the thief into the wall. A) F. NO CHANGE. B) G. whose talented in. C) H. who's talented in. D) J. who's talented of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. who's talented in. 3. Which option best corrects the sentence?The student practiced daily, improving her score. A) Daily improving her score. B) Daily; improving her score. C) Daily, which improved her score. D) Daily, and improved her score. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Daily, which improved her score. 4. NO CHANGE or revise? Even though she's been trying to cut it down, Fran's action album collection is still impressive:over 400 vinyl records, 2000 CDs, and even a handful of tapes. A) NO CHANGE. B) Revise:impressive; over. C) Revise:impressive over. D) Revise:impressive, its. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 5. How much time on the ACT English test? A) 30 minutes. B) 35 minutes. C) 40 minutes. D) 45 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 45 minutes. 6. Whoever thought said Helen that Jack would be elected class president? A) NO CHANGE. B) Whoever thought said, "Helen that Jack would be elected class president?". C) "Whoever thought, " said Helen, "that Jack would be elected class president?". D) "Whoever thought, " said Helen that Jack would be elected class president?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Whoever thought, " said Helen, "that Jack would be elected class president?". 7. The butterflies, which emerged from their cocoons this year, will not be the same ones that migrate to Mexico for the winter. A) The butterflies, that emerged from their cocoons this year, will. B) The butterflies, which climbed out of their cocoons this year, will. C) Every butterfly, which emerged from their cocoons this year, will. D) The butterflies that emerged from their cocoons this year will. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The butterflies that emerged from their cocoons this year will. 8. A 12 foot ladder is placed 4 feet from the base of a wall. How far up the wall is the top of the ladder? A) 11.3 feet. B) 12.6 feet. C) 16 feet. D) 18.7 feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11.3 feet. 9. Trust is not something that a troubled child gives easily to any adult, but a Big Brother mentor expends every effort and many late nights to earn them. A) NO CHANGE. B) These. C) Its. D) It. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It. 10. What is the rule for using commas in a series? A) Use commas to separate items in a series, and include a comma before the conjunction in a list of three or more items (Oxford comma). For example:'apples, oranges, and bananas'. B) Use commas only to separate two items in a list. C) Use commas to separate items in a series, but do not include a comma before the conjunction. D) Use commas to separate items in a series, but only if they are adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use commas to separate items in a series, and include a comma before the conjunction in a list of three or more items (Oxford comma). For example:'apples, oranges, and bananas'. 11. This package is too cumbersome to handle. A) Obvious. B) Bulky. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bulky. 12. How many questions are on the Math portion of the ACT A) 60. B) 50. C) 40. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 60. 13. ..... new dog is named Pegasus. A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 14. What is wrong with the following sentence:Lisa has a dog named Giggy, he is a small pomeranian. A) Run-on:Fused Sentence. B) Run-on:Comma Splice. C) Fragment:Missing complete thought. D) Fragment:Missing Subject + Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on:Comma Splice. 15. The way authors use words to establish mood images and meaning A) Style. B) Purpose. C) Tone. D) Context. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Style. 16. My grandmother was very proud to share her talents with her grandchildren. A) NO CHANGE. B) Although the scarves were not very long, they were a good start. C) The scarves were a good start even if they were not as long. D) The scarves were not very long, but the cousins had a good start. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Although the scarves were not very long, they were a good start. 17. The results of the study were inconclusive. A) Fragment. B) Run-on. C) Complete sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complete sentence. 18. What is the definition of Author's Purpose? A) Why a reading passage was written. B) Descriptive details about a person, place, or thing. C) Figuring out something that is not directly stated in a reading passage. D) Figuring out the meaning of unknown words from other words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why a reading passage was written. 19. A full case of juice boxes, when opened by a horde of thirsty athletes who have been running laps, don't go very far. A) No Change. B) Do not go. C) Doesn't go. D) Doesn't get to go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doesn't go. 20. Jeremy enjoys many genres of movies, including action, adventure, drama, and comedy. A) NO CHANGE. B) Adventure; drama and comedy. C) Adventure, drama and comedy. D) Adventure drama and comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 21. How many questions are there on the ACT English section? A) 50. B) 75. C) 60. D) 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 75. 22. Everybody involved in the student plays last Saturday and Sunday are to receive an extra day to study before finals. A) Everyone involved in the student plays last Saturday and Sunday are to receive. B) Everybody involved in the student plays last Saturday and Sunday is to receive. C) Everybody involved in the student plays last Saturday and Sunday will have received. D) Everybody in the student plays last Saturday and Sunday are to receive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everybody involved in the student plays last Saturday and Sunday is to receive. 23. American television played a major role in the Americanization of Australian English, causing Australian's to replace British words. A) NO CHANGE. B) Australians. C) Australians'. D) Australian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Australians. 24. My uncle, who passed away, was ..... in death by his mother, who died when he was only 7. A) Nostalgic. B) Preceded. C) Eclipsed. D) Hurtled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preceded. 25. Which of the following are NOT covered in Rhetorical Skills questions? A) Organization of writing. B) Writing style. C) Grammatical Writing. D) Writing strategy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grammatical Writing. ← 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 8Act English Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books