English ACT Prep Jeopardy Template

Commas

Redundancy

Transitional Flow

Sentence Construction

100

Fix this sentence!

To participate in a triathlon, you must be able to run swim and bike.

To participate in a triathlon, you must be able to run, swim, and bike.

100

What are the two Cs that the ACT is looking for in the English section?

Clarity and concision

100

What are the two main types of transitions we see on the ACT?

Forward and reverse

100

What does a sentence need to be complete?

A subject, verb, and complete thought.

200

What other words do we need to combine two independent clauses with a comma?

FANBOYS For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

200

What do we call the types of questions where three of the answers are wrong for the same reason?

3-1 splits

200

Name two reverse transition words.

But, however, although, yet, on the other hand, nevertheless, etc.

200

What makes a dependent clause different from an independent clause?

A dependent clause doesn't have a complete thought.

300

Fix this sentence!

Having completed all of the arrangements she sat down and waited for her guests to arrive.

Having completed all of the arrangements, she sat down and waited for her guests to arrive.

300

After the sale, the Red Sox endured one of the longest championship droughts, without winning a championship, in baseball history.

A. NO CHANGE

B. droughts, in which they were not winners, in

C. droughts, by failing to win a championship, in

D. droughts in

300

Name two forward transition words.

Thus, therefore, as a result, so, consequently, furthermore, etc.

300

Fix that sentence!

Ate all of the jellybeans except for the popcorn-flavored ones.

I ate all of the jellybeans except for the popcorn-flavored ones.

400

Fix this sentence!

We warned them of the icy road so they waited for the weather to warm up.

We warned them of the icy road, so they waited for the weather to warm up.

400

It was there that he truly found his voice as a writer, waking before dawn each day to record his thoughtful introspections of life before his wife and four children would awake.

A. NO CHANGE

B. thoughts

C. thoughtful ideas about life

D. introspection of life's ideas

B. thoughts

400

When these chemicals reach our olfactory receptor cells, messages are sent to our brains which, along with the information from our taste buds, tell us how something tastes. Otherwise, when you have a cold and your nasal passages are congested, you may not be able to perceive taste as well as you normally would. F. NO CHANGE G. Consequently, H. Still, J. Meanwhile,

G. Consequently

400

Fix that sentence! The jury members deliberated for days they simply couldn't agree.

A. NO CHANGE

B. days, they simply couldn't agree.

C. days they; simply couldn't agree.

D. days, for they simply couldn't agree.

500

Fix that sentence!

Jules, gave us his word, in an honest pledge of loyalty even though he didn't know us very well.

Jules gave us his word in an honest pledge of loyalty, even though he didn't know us very well.

500

As I grabbed my backpack from the rusty motorboat (which could have been form the 1970s), my feet sank into the warm mud of the island.

A. NO CHANGE

B. (which was likely built in the 1970s)

C. (which had peeling paint and some leaks)

D. OMIT the underlined portion

500

Stafford won the National Book Award and also was Oregon's Poet Laureate for a time, but he is best known for his generosity to other writers. He passed away in 1993. His legacy, however, will live on through the many writers and readers he impacted. A. NO CHANGE B. in time, C. in addition, D. on the contrary,

A. NO CHANGE

500

Fix that sentence! Covered in mold, Karen found a rotten tomato in her purse.

A. NO CHANGE

B. Covered in mold, Karen's purse held a rotten tomato.

C. Karen, covered in mold, found a rotten tomato.

D. In her purse, Karen found a rotten tomato covered in mold.