English Test
How many seconds should you give yourself per question?
What is 30-36?
This type of error occurs when you have two independent clauses together without adequate punctuation.
What is a run-on sentence?
This type pronoun shows ownership.
What are possessives?
Examples: his/hers/yours/ours/mine
The pointless, unstylish, wordy repetition of words/ideas in a sentence.
What is redundancy?
One comma rule tells you to use a comma and this type of word between two independent clauses.
What are FANBOYS?
What should you do if you are pressed for time and see OMIT as an answer choice?
What is select this answer; it is usually correct?
This type of error occurs when you have two independent clauses separated by ONLY a comma.
What is a comma splice?
This type of pronoun represents specific people or things, and is often used as the subject of a sentence.
What is a personal pronoun?
Examples: I, you he, she, it, we, they
Another word for delete, often used on the ACT.
What is omit?
What is direct address?
How many questions are aligned with each reading on the English test?
What is 15?
This word completes the title of a comma in which pronouns do not agree with the word(s) they replace. This type of mistake is a pronoun- ____________ agreement error.
What is pronoun-antecedent?/What is antecedent?
These pronouns are used with another noun when something does something to itSELF.
What are reflexive pronouns?
Examples: myself, himself, herself, ourselves
IF YOU WROTE "HISSELF," YOU ARE NOT GETTING ANY POINTS. DON'T ASK.
By packing his own lunch,himself everyday for a month instead of buying it at his usual lunch spot, Marcus put the money he saved toward a birthday present for his mother.
A NO CHANGE B lunch prepared by him
C lunch, himself D lunch
What is D?
When these two adjectives are side by side, we also use a comma.
What are adjectives of equal weight?
What are the three "Cs" that are meant to help you identify correct answer choices on the English test?
What are Correct, Clear, and Concise?
The following sentence contains this type of error:
The football team were playing at home for the big game.
What is subject-verb agreement?
This pronoun is used to show whether an object is close or far away.
What are demonstrative pronouns?
This, that, these, thoseMargaret works at a bookstore now, but last year she was unemployed and repeatedly filled out job applications over and over again to find work.
A NO CHANGE B in order to seek out and
C and sought them out D OMIT the underlined portion
What is D?
This type of expression requires two commas because the information between the commas is not necessary in the sentence.
What are parenthetical phrases?
One of the most common mistakes using commas on the English test.
What is a comma splice?
These three punctuation marks can be used in pairs to indicate information that is given in a sentence but not necessary to its understanding.
What are a pair of commas, a pair of dashes, and a pair of parentheses?
These pronouns refer to a non-specific person or thing.
What are indefinite pronouns?
Examples: anyone, many, more, someThe three ways redundancy is tested on the ACT.
A word and its definition used in a sentence.
Two synonyms
Two superlatives or comparatives being used in sentence.
This type of clauses can not be removed from the sentence, because they contain information required to understand the author's point.
What are restrictive clauses?