ACT Vocabulary
Define Camaraderie
What is Loyalty and warm feeling that friends have for each other?
Complete the idiom correctly:
He was absent from/in class four times last week.
What is from?
He was absent from class four times last week.
Fix the grammar.
The excessive drought this summer has had a bad affect on the grass in our backyard.
What is effect?
Grammar error: dictation
The excessive drought this summer has had a bad effect on the grass in our backyard.
Scientific Method
What is the first step in the scientific method?
What is forming a hypothesis?
Explain the memory device
PEMDAS
(Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally)
Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction
Define Nonchalant
What is not showing interest?
Choose the correct word:
In the 19th century, it was not considered decorous/decorated for women to show their ankles.
What is decorous?
Decorous means proper.
In the 19th century, it was not considered decorous for women to show their ankles.
Fix the grammar.
The penmanship was so sloppy that Kathy couldn't determine to who the letter was written.
What is whom?
The penmanship was so sloppy that Kathy couldn't determine to whom the letter was written.
Biology
Which part of the cell is responsible for generating energy
In a group of 25 students, 15 are female. What percentage of the group is female?
A. 16% B. 40% C. 60% D. 64% E. 75%
C. 60%
Define Disdain
What is the act of refusing something because it is below you?
What is the right preposition?
Maliah was interested about/in taking an anatomy class during her freshman year.
What is in?
Maliah was interested in taking an anatomy class during her freshman year.
Fix the grammar.
Anyone who misses the bus in the morning knows that they will be picked up by the van in the afternoon.
What is he or she?
Grammar error: pronoun agreement
Anyone who misses the bus in the morning knows that he or she will be picked up by the van in the afternoon.
Earth Science
What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
What is the crust?
Solve this problem if X = -5
2X² - 6X + 5
A. -15 B. 15 C. 15 D. 85 E.135
D. 85
Define Condescending
What is acting in a way that shows superior attitude?
To everyone except the detectives, the scene from/of the murder was off limits.
What is of?
To everyone except the detectives, the scene of the murder was off limits.
Fix the grammar
Miguel will be in the math competition, for his grades in this have been excellent.
What is this subject?
Grammar error: ambiguity. Clarify the pronoun by adding a noun
Miguel will be in the math competition, for his grades in this subject have been excellent.
Physics
What force pulls objects toward the Earth?
What is gravity?
John wants to make a fruit salad. He has a recipe that serves 6 people and uses 4 oranges, 5 pears, 10 apples, and 2 dozen strawberries. If he wants to serve 18 people, how many pears will John need?
A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. 20 E. 25
C. 15
Define intuitive
Choose the correct word:
After spending all day on her feet, all Ming wanted to do was lie/lay down for a few minutes.
What is lie?
After spending all day on her feet, all Ming wanted to do was lie down for a few minutes.
Fix the Grammar:
Tamara told Natalie that she couldn't finish her dinner.
Grammar Error: Ambiguous Pronouns
Who couldn't finish her dinner, Tamara or Natalie? The pronoun could have referred to either one of them.
Solution: Rephrase sentence
Tamara did not allow Natalie to finish Dinner.
Chemistry
What is the chemical symbol for water?
What is H2O?
In a group of 50 students, 28 speak English, and 37 speak Spanish. If everyone in the group speaks at least one of the two languages, how many speak BOTH English and Spanish?
A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 D. 14 E. 15
E. 15
If you add the number of English speakers and the number of Spanish speakers, you get 28 + 37 = 65. But there are only 50 students, so 65 - 50 = 15 students who are counted twice -- therefore 15 students speak both languages.