ACT Knowledge
This is the score you need on the English ACT to graduate
Average of 18 between Reading and English.
The addition of descriptive details to the basic information serves to ------- the book by producing a fuller account.
A) invalidate B) enrich C) incite D) celebrate E) objectify
What is B.
What are the three ways to join two complete sentences?
Semi-colon, period, comma with additional word (and, but, so, etc.)
These environmental factors include climate, (soil and elevation.)
A) NO CHANGE B) soil, and last but not least, elevation C) soil, and elevation D) soil, and, elevation
C
What are the four types of passages you will see on the ACT?
Literature; Arts; Science; Social Sciences
How many questions and how much time do you have to answer them on the English portion of the ACT?
75 questions in 135 minutes (2 hrs 15 min)
Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both labor and management.
A) resolve . . acceptable B) end . . divisive C) overcome . . unattractive D) extend . . satisfactory E) enforce . . useful
What is A.
Wrong answers on the ACT count against you. True or False?
False! Only the answers that are correct are counted
The construction of private farms (pose) a serious financial threat to farmers in the United States.
A) NO CHANGE B) have posed C) poses D) are posing
C
What is the most important thing to bring tomorrow (you cannot test without it)?
Your Photo ID!!!!!!!!!
How many questions and how much time do you have for the Reading portion of the ACT?
40 questions in 105 minutes (1 hr 45 minutes)
All the demands on soprano Kathleen Battle for operatic performances, solo concerts, and special guest (appearances, tempting her to sing too often and straining) her voice.
A) appearances not only tempt her to sing too often plus they strain B) appearances tempts her not only into singing too often but then she strains C) appearances, tempting her into singing too often and she therefore strains D) appearances tempt her to sing too often and strain
What is D.
What time do you have to report to the school for the ACT test?
Anytime between by 9AM.
The catastrophe (sparked and incited) an international debate regarding the licensing of new technologies to new nations.
A) NO CHANGE B) that incited C) sparked, initiated, and incited D) incited
D
Responses may vary.
What will they do if I get a 17.5 average between the two sections?
Round up to an 18 and pass!!!!
The revolt against Victorianism was perhaps even more marked in poetry than (either fiction or drama).
A) either fiction or drama B) either in fiction or drama C) in either fiction or drama D) in either fiction or in drama
What is C.
If you are taking ONLY the Reading/English portion of the test, how many days will the test be?
Two.
Joshua's radical ideas were frowned on by most of his coworkers, who found them too ------- for their conservative tastes.
A) heretical B) meticulous C) precise D) incoherent
What is A.
Which is correct:
Their test scores were all perfect!
There test scores were all perfect!
They're test scores were all perfect!
Their test scores were all perfect!
Members of the research team were initially so adversarial that ---------- seemed impossible; the project's inauspicious start made its final success all the more ---------- .
A) concentration . . incidental B) disagreement . . incongruous C) cooperation . . remarkable D) hostility . . dazzling E) collaboration . . predictable
What is C.
(Three committees were appointed,) one for preparing the declaration of independence, another for reporting a plan of a treaty to be proposed to France, and a third to digest a system of articles of confederation to be proposed States.
A) NO CHANGE B) Three committees were appointed C) Three committees were appointed; D) Three committees were appointed:
D
During the final months of 2007, the prices of basic grains nearly doubled in Northern Africa, Latin America, and much of (Asia, the) high prices caused a global food crisis.
A) NO CHANGE B) of Asia. The C) of Asia, the quite D) for Asia. The
What is B.
Which is correct?
Because they all passed the ACT, the class earned a huge party as its reward.
Because they all passed the ACT, the class earned a huge party as their reward.
Because they all passed the ACT, the class earned a huge party as it's reward.
Because they all passed the ACT, the class earned a huge party as its reward.