ACT English Prep Review

Punctuation

100

While there are many types of animals in the world. I consider myself a dog person. Correct punctuation? If not, write the sentence correctly.

While there are many types of animals in the world, I consider myself a dog person.

200

There's only one thing left to do: we need to tell the truth. Correct form of punctuation? If not, write the sentence correctly.

Correct

300

Correct form of punctuation? If not, write the sentence correctly. The government has failed to agree on the national debt, many people will be furloughed this week.

Cannot join two sentences with just a comma. The government has failed to agree on the national debt, so many people will be furloughed this week. (period or semicolon would do)

400

Correct form of punctuation? If not, write the sentence correctly. To the party I'm going to bring my sister, Lauren; my friend, Olivia; and my dog, Macie.

Correct

500

Correct form on punctuation? If not, write the sentence correctly. Fortunately, through savings and stocks, many people, are able to remain calm during this budget crisis time in the United States.

Fortunately, through savings and stocks, many people are able to remain calm during this budget crisis time in the United States.

Grammar

100

It's or Its?   We know __________ a long day, but we're almost done.

What is "It's"

200

Correct subject verb agreement? The women ___swims___ around the pool, cooling off from the summer heat.

What is Wrong? "swim"

300

Correct pronoun usage? My mother was describing the activities that her and my grandmother were going to do that afternoon.

Wrong - "She and my grandmother"

400

Whose v. Who's I need to know __________ going to __________ house tonight.

What is "who's" then "whose"

500

Is there a shift in tense? During the 1920's, women in short dresses, notoriously known as Flappers, danced the Charleston while men sit at the local speakeasy.

Yes...while men SAT at the local speakeasy.

Sample Practice Question

100

If you are excluded fromthe right of suffrage, **you’re like excluded as an outcast** 20 from a basic means of participating in the political decision-making process. F. NO CHANGE G. you’re excluded H. you’re excluded and being cast out J. like an outcast being excluded

G - You're excluded

200

**Truth be told, the kind of help** my grandmother needed when opening the chest was more likely emotional than physical. Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable? F. If the truth were told, the kind of help G. Truth be told, the sort of help H. Truth be told, the kind of type of help J. To tell the truth, the kind of help

H - Truth be told, the of type of help

300

Many cooks prefer to peel and deseed ***the tomatoes, while*** using them in a cooking recipe. A. NO CHANGE B. tomatoes and C. tomatoes, and D. tomatoes before

D. Tomatoes before

400

The dental chair has also undergone radical changes over the years, ***because it would allow*** 42 greater comfort for the patient and easier access for the dentist. F. NO CHANGE G. since it allows for H. allowing J. which would be allowing

H - Allowing

500

While my painting wasn’t as dramatic as many of my classmates’, and it didn’t look exactly like its original, I did feel I had captured its essence. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following true statement: It had a certain beauty and serenity about it that the photo had emitted to me from the beginning. Should the writer make this addition here? F. Yes, because it provides details about the essence of the painting and explains reasons behind its value to the writer. G. Yes, because it provides important information about the original artist’s style of painting. H. No, because it does not provide a direct connection between the original artwork and the writer’s reproduction. J. No, because it is already clear from the essay why her reproduction was valuable to the writer.

F - Yes, because it provides details about the essence of the painting and explains reasons behind its value to the writer.

Word Usage - In question form

100

By the end of this odd assignment, I was actually thrilled with ***that being which***I had reproduced. A. NO CHANGE B. the painting of which C. what D. that

C. What

200

As coffee was introduced to ***other country***, growers would naturally attempt to simulate the plants’ preferred natural habitat. A. NO CHANGE B. other countries C. other countries’ D. other countries,

D. other countries,

300

My grandmother ***having explained** that the source of this forest-like aroma made it possible for the artifacts inside the chest to remain intact, with no moth holes or tattered fabric. A. NO CHANGE B. explains C. explained D. was explaining

C. Explained

400

Ornithologists ***who are discovering*** 71 alarming decreases in some species of songbirds that migrate to the northern United States. A. NO CHANGE B. who discovered C. are discovering D. discovered

C. are discovering

500

Second, **as** forests are taken down to make way for sun-grown coffee plants, native and migratory birds, as well as many other fauna and flora, no longer have a home. Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable? F. when G. since H. because J. therefore

J. therefore

Random Trivia Facts about Life

100

The largest state in The United States of America is...

Alaska

200

Dover is the capital of which state?

Delaware

300

Who was the first African American baseball player to join the Major Leagues?

Jackie Robinson

400

What is the only continent without reptiles or snakes?

Antartica

500

This celebrity is most remembered for shaving her head and beating paprazzi with an umbrella.

Britney Spears