ACT Jeopardy

ACT Wildcard

100

Name the five most common subordinating conjunctions.

Since, When, After, Because, If

200

What kind of sentence: My mom complains that I don't clean my room, yet she never makes her bed!

Compound

300

What kind of sentence: I cannot wait to go on summer vacation.

Simple

400

What do coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) combine?

Two independent clauses

500

What is an important test strategy to remember about answering questions on the exam?

Never leave an answer blank! 

ACT Grammar

100

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.

200

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.

300

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, tempting her to sing too often and straining B) appearances not only tempt her to sing too often plus they strain C) appearances tempts her not only into singing too often but then she strains D) appearances, tempting her into singing too often and she therefore strains E) appearances tempt her to sing too often and strain

What is E.

400

The revolt against Victorianism was perhaps even more marked in poetry than (either fiction or drama). A) either fiction or drama B) either fiction or in drama C) either in fiction or drama D) in either fiction or drama E) in either fiction or in drama

What is D.

500

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.

Easily Confused Words

100

When someone gives you advice, is it counsel or council?

Counsel

200

When speaking of distance, is it further or farther?

Farther

300

Does medicine come with side affects or side effects?

Side effects

400

Which is used in a comparison between two things, then or than?

Than

500

If someone is being rude to you, will it affect your day or effect your day?

Affect

ACT Bonus Round

100

Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud had many similar interests in common. A) No Change B) shared many interests C) shared many similar interests in common D) had in common many similar interests, which they shared 

B) shared many interests 

200

He graduated with honors, and began his career as a math teacher. A) No Change B) honors and C) honors, and, D) honors; and

B) honors and 

300

Harbinger

A person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.

400

Mr. Emerson's literary reputation is established and placed A) No Change B) is established C) is established, placed, and located D) is placed and located

B) is established

500

The moment he had safe in his possession, he gave her a whole pear to eat, and the nose came right. A) No Change B) safer C) safely D) more safely

C) safely

Clauses and Phrases

100

The smiling girl is my sister.  The word "smiling" is a:

A. noun

B. participle

C. colon

D. preposition 

What is B. participle?

200

Which word below, is an example of a preposition:

A. child

B.after

C. phrase

D. running 

What is B. "after"?

300

Never tell tales out of school.  This sentence is an example of:

A. an insubordinate clause

B. Compare and contrast

C. a prepositional phrase

D. affect vs effect

What is C. prepositional phrase?

400

I went home early, because I was sick.  This sentence is an example of:

A. cause and effect

B. compare and contrast

C. difference of opinion 

D. independent (insubordinate) / dependent (subordinate) clauses

What is D.  independent (insubordinate) / dependent (subordinate) clauses ?

500

I will sit quietly.  This sentence is an example of: 

A. An adverbial phrase

B. Dependent clause

C. run-on sentence

D. prepositional phrase

What is A "An adverbial phrase"?