Vocabulary
Parts of Speech
All about the ACT
Vocab. x2
Conventions
100

Villain

What is evil person or antihero; criminal?

100

Adjective, Noun, or Verb?

The [SMALL] boat foundered on the [DARK] sea.

What is an adjective?

100

Highest possible score for the ACT English section

When is a score of 36?

100
Define: Fleeting

What is lasting for a short time?

100

Distinguish where the comma should go.... 

The waiter ignored the rude obnoxious customer.

Where is between rude and obnoxious?

200

Define: Brawn

What is strong?

200
Identify the adverb in this sentence. The seamstress quickly made the girls' school clothes.
What is quickly?
200

The four required sections of the ACT

What are English, Reading, Mathematics, and Science?

200

Define: Hiatus

What is a break or vacation?

200

Correct this sentence, if necessary, 

Joey ate all of his peas but refused to eat his lima beans.

What is Joey ate all of his peas, but he refused to eat his lima beans.?

300

Jake never plans anything because he is extremely [spontaneous].

What is natural without planning or thought; sudden impulse 


300
Identify the verb in this sentence. Dracula bites his victims on the neck.
What is bites?
300
75 questions in 45 minutes
What is the English test?
300

Define: Anticipate

What is expected or predicted to happen

300

Correct the sentence if necessary.

Edgar Allen Poe the father of the short story is buried in Baltimore.

What is Edgar Allen Poe, the father of the short story, is buried in Baltimore.?

400

Define: Copious

What is large in quantity, abundant?

400

Identify the conjunctions in each sentence. 

I ate the pizza and the pasta. Call the movers when you are ready.

What are "and" and "when"?

400

The highest score you can earn on the ACT

What is a score of 36?

400

Define: foster

What is promote growth or bring up with care or raise a child temporarily?

400

Correct the sentence if necessary. 

Since the expansion of the Internet research has become much less tedious.

What is Since the expansion of the Internet, research has become much less tedious.?

500

Define: Tenacious

what is tough or stubborn

500

Identify the predicate. 

The audience littered the theater floor with torn wrappings and spilled popcorn.

What is "littered the theater floor with torn wrappings and spilled popcorn"?

500

April 2nd

What is the ACT testing day at Springfield High?

500

Define: Obliterate

What is to destroy completely?

500

Correct the sentence if necessary.

As cucumbers grow there vines need room to expand.

What is "As cucumbers grow, their vines need room to expand."?

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