Grammar Fix
Word Choice
ACT Strategy
100
This sentence has an incorrect verb.


The telescope that the students used in class yesterday were extremely powerful. 

What is the ACT skill?

What is: The telescope that the students used in class yesterday was extremely powerful?

100

The penny has almost basically zero purchasing power.

What is the penny has almost zero purchasing power?

100

This is the total number of questions on the ACT English section.

What is 50?

200

Consumers pay no more or no less then they did when the penny was in circulation.

What is than?

200

Many people harbor fond memories of collecting pennies in a piggy bank.

What is many people fondly remember collecting pennies in a piggy bank?

200

This is the total time students have to complete the ACT English section.

What is 35 minutes?

300

This sentence is missing punctuation after an introductory phrase.

Looking through the telescope the Orion Nebula appeared brighter than expected. 

What ACT skill do we need?

What is: Looking through the telescope, the Orion Nebula appeared brighter than expected?

300

Bills for retiring the penny have been floating around Congress for decades.

What is bills for retiring the penny have been circulating in Congress for decades?

300

This ACT English category has the most questions on the test.

What is CSE (Conventions of Standard English)?

400

Billions of cash transactions is made each year.

What is are?

400

The penny tax wastes a lot of time each year. 

What is the penny tax wastes significant time each year?

400

If two ACT answer choices mean the same thing, students should usually choose this.

What is the shortest answer?

500

What is the error?

The group of students studying the stars are excited to use the new telescope.

What is the ACT skill?

What is: The group of students studying the stars is excited to use the new telescope?

500

Cashiers reach into the register and count out pennies.

What is cashiers reach into the register and count pennies?

500

If a question asks about where a sentence should go in a paragraph, it is testing this category. 

What is Production of Writing (POW)?

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