ACT English Exam 47 Questions with Verified Answers
On both sides of the field STANDS other shelters-two that are used for cover and a centered back
... [Show More] shelter (the "chateau"), where snowballs are stowed.
A.NO CHANGE
B. is standing
C. has stood
D. stand - CORRECT ANSWER D. stand
subject is plural and verb has to match
The team that PREVAILS IN TWO OF THREE PERIODS wins the game.
F. NO CHANGE
G. prevails, in two of three periods,
H. prevails in two, of the three, periods
J. prevails, in two of the three periods - CORRECT ANSWER F. NO CHANGE
commas can not go in front of prepositions
in and of are prepositions
Forwards advance to the center of the field, crouching behind shelters and trying to eliminate opponents by hitting them with snowballs. Meanwhile, defensive players supply their forwards with ammunition and bombard opponents from afar. Any player can attempt to snatch the other team's flag. DEFENSIVE PLAYERS ENSURE FORWARDS HAVE SNOWBALLS TO THROW.
A. NO CHANGE
B. Capturing the flag is one way to win a period in Yukigassen.
C. Players who are hit by snowballs are eliminated.
D. DELETE the underlined portion. - CORRECT ANSWER D. DELETE the underlined portion.
Don't be repetitive and all the sentences were already said in different wording.
The AREA'S PROSPERITY and autonomy of the area led to the neighborhood being known as "Sweet Auburn".
F. NO CHANGE
G. area's well-to-do affluence
H. affluent prosperity
J. affluence - CORRECT ANSWER J. affluence
affluent means rich/ well-off
don't want to be repetitive
F and G say area but of the area is already said
keep it simple
Entertainment venues such as the Top Hat Club (later the Royal Peacock) hosted famous performers. The Atlanta Daily World, FOR INSTANCE, the first successful black-owned US daily newspaper, also began on Auburn Avenue.
A. NO CHANGE
B. therefore,
C. however,
D. DELETE the underlined portion - CORRECT ANSWER D. Delete the underlined portion
none of the transition words make sense
Well, I would lend an ear to some of the sweet talk: vistas of gently rolling farmland, swinging footbridges, mist rising from the Roanoke River ARE BREATHTAKING.
A. NO CHANGE
B. takes away your breath
C. is breathless
D. delete the underlined portion - CORRECT ANSWER D. delete the underlined portion
keep parallel structure
Marby Mill-its waterwheel spinning and its one-hundred-year-old loom LOOMING- deserves the postcard attention they have gotten all these years.
F. NO CHANGE
G. looming:
H. looming,
J. looming - CORRECT ANSWER F. NO CHANGE
it's at the end so there doesn't have to be another dash
Laws of Conservation-the idea that, within a physical system, certain measurable properties such as energy or momentum can neither be destroyed- ARE fundamental to physics.
F. NO CHANGE
G. has been
H. were
J. is - CORRECT ANSWER J. is
the part in-between the dashes isn't relevant and laws is the subject which is plural
Therefore, physicists can study them and predict how even complex systems will behave. Laws of SYMMETRY, HOWEVER, are valuable for the same reason.
F. NO CHANGE
G. symmetry, in the same way,
H. symmetry, besides,
J. symmetry - CORRECT ANSWER J. symmetry
the transition words are not necessary because none of them make sense in these sentances
If a physical system behaves the same way regardless of how it's ORIENTATED IN SPACE, THAN it's symmetric.
F. NO CHANGE
G. orientation in space, then
H. oriented in space, then
J. orient in space, than - CORRECT ANSWER H. oriented in space, then
remember then and than
also watch spelling of oriented
If, for instance, an experiment yields the same result whether it is conducted in the United States on Tuesday or in India on Thursday, WHICH HAS symmetry of space and time.
A. NO CHANGE
B. those will have
C. they have
D. it has - CORRECT ANSWER D. it has
the subject is AN experiment so only singular
Applying Noether's theorem reveals that the wheel conserves angular MOMENTUM THAT PROPERTY THAT KEEPS BICYCLES UPRIGHT, and moving forward.
A. NO CHANGE
B. momentum-the property that keeps bicycles upright-
C. momentum; the property that keeps bicycles upright
D. momentum, the property that keeps bicycles upright - CORRECT ANSWER D. momentum, the property that keeps bicycles upright
remember punctuation rules
Thus, knowing that conservation exists where there is symmetry creates a whole new set of information about physical SYSTEMS. INCLUDING, details about the properties within them that ultimately affect how the system works.
A. NO CHANGE
B. systems. Which include
C. systems, including
D. systems including, - CORRECT ANSWER C. systems, including
there can't be a comma after including
There needs to be 2 ICS on either side of a period
Austrian ARCHITECT, VICTOR GRUEN had a vision for US retail stores.
A. NO CHANGE
B. architect, Victor Gruen,
C. architect Victor Gruen,
D. architect Victor Gruen - CORRECT ANSWER D. architect Victor Gruen
all the words describe the following one
HE LOATHED THE FLASHY SIGNS THAT SRETCHED MILE AFTER MILE ALONG THE STREETS IN THE 1950S.
should be placed?
A. where it is now (A native of Vienna, there was a downtown filled with pedestrians near the place where Gruen had grown up. ... There, whether looking for a gift or for some fresh air, people could readily interact with neighbors and friends.)
B. after sentence 1 (Austrian Architect Victor Gruen had a vision for US retail stores. ... Another problem was that the distance between retail stores forced shoppers to drive, not walk.)
C. after sentence 2 (Another problem was that the distance between retail stores forced shoppers to drive, not walk. ... A native of Vienna, there was a downtown filled with pedestrians near the place where Gruen had grown up.)
D. After sentence 5 (There, whether looking for a gift or for some fresh air, people could readily interact with neighbors and friends. ...This type of casu - CORRECT ANSWER B. after sentence 1 (Austrian Architect Victor Gruen had a vision for US retail stores. ... Another problem was that the distance between retail stores forced shoppers to drive, not walk.)
since the sentence starts with he, it has to be after a sentence that says his name
we also know it goes there because the sentence after says ANOTHER problem
Reporters from across the country FLOCKED TO the 1956 grand opening of Southdale, and 75,000 customers came and saw the many stores and parking spaces.
Which choice most clearly emphasizes that the grand opening was exciting and attracted a large number of reporters?
A. NO CHANGE
B. gathered at
C. traveled to
D. attended - CORRECT ANSWER A. NO CHANGE
flocked to emphasizes that it was exciting
Southdale's center layout became so successful that MANY OF THEM soon sprang up in cities all over the United States.
A. NO CHANGE
B. copies of the mall
C. a large number
D. they - CORRECT ANSWER B. copies of the mall
The other answers are too vague and don't answer what sprang up.
IT WAS A MALL
where does it make sense to add?
A. Point A in paragraph 2 (There was a café, a fountain, an aviary, and even a small zoo {} )
B. Point B in paragraph 3 (Southdale Center's layout became so successful that copies of the mall sprang up in cities all over the United States. {} )
C. Point C in paragraph 4 (He had envisioned Southdale as one part of a larger planned community with houses, apartments, schools, and offices, but his community was never built. {} The popularity of malls, while minimizing urban sprawl, encouraged it; stores and paved parking areas multiplied in US cities and suburbs.)
D. Point D in paragraph 4 (The popularity of malls, while minimizing urban sprawl, encouraged it; stores and paved parking areas multiplied in US cities and suburbs. {} Disheartened, Gruen eventually returns to Vienna later on, only to find-just south of the downtown he remembered so fondly-a mall. - CORRECT ANSWER A. Point A in paragraph 2 (There was a café, a fountain, an aviary, and even a small zoo {} )
Go through all answers and see what makes the most sense.
Their instruments of choice IS CONSIDERED rather unusual: a pan pipe fashioned from carrots, an ocarina created from a sweet potato, other brightly colored vegetables.
A. NO CHANGE
B. does seem
C. are
D. is - CORRECT ANSWER C. are
subject-verb has to go together
Their instruments of choice is considered rather unusual: a pan pipe fashioned from carrots, an ocarina created from a sweet potato, OTHER BRIGHTLY COLORED VEGETABLES.
F. NO CHANGE
G. vegetable instruments of all shapes and sizes.
H. a flute made from a bamboo sheet
J. a certain type of root vegetable - CORRECT ANSWER H. a flute made from a bamboo sheet
follows sentence structure and parallel form
Weiping says to create a a low pitch, which makes a deep hole. NONETHELESS, a high pitch requires a shallow hole.
A. NO CHANGE
B. Conversely,
C. Otherwise,
D. Even so, - CORRECT ANSWER B. Conversely,
makes the most logical sense
Other FACTORS, LIKE, the diameter of the hole and changes in air temperature and humidity, also effects the sound quality.
F. NO CHANGE
G. factors-like
H. factors, like
J. factors like - CORRECT ANSWER H. factors, like
the commas show the not necessary part of the sentence and the start of it is after factors
no commas after like
Still, the most critical ingredient in creating high-quality SOUND, WEIDONG SAYS, is the vegetables' high water content.
A. NO CHANGE
B. sound, Weidong says
C. sound Weidong says,
D. sound Weidong says - CORRECT ANSWER A. NO CHANGE
correctly puts commas around the non essential part
This installation contains a sixty-foot-long nurse log, IT IS a slowly decaying piece of tree trunk that provides a home and nutrients for young plants and supports a variety of microbial life.
F. NO CHANGE
G. the term "nurse log" is defined as
H. this type of log is
J. DELETE the underlined portion - CORRECT ANSWER J. DELETE the underlined portion
it is doesn't serve a purpose and the other options don't either
This single log offers visitors to the urban PARK, A GLIMPSE INTO THE COMPLICATED CYCLE OF LIFE unfolding in the forests outside of the city.
F. NO CHANGE
G. park a glimpse into the complicated cycle of life
H. park a glimpse into the complicated cycle of life,
J. park, a glimpse into the complicated cycle of life, - CORRECT ANSWER G. park a glimpse into the complicated cycle of life
comma rules
In other words, nature, once DESTROYED IS VIRTUALLY impossible to reconstruct.
F. NO CHANGE
G. destroyed, is virtually,
H. destroyed, is virtually
J. destroyed is virtually, - CORRECT ANSWER H. destroyed, is virtually
finishes the non essential part
Andreeson BECAME ENTHRALLED BY the internet.
which choice most strongly conveys that Andreeson developed a strong affinity for the Internet?
F. NO CHANGE
G. first gained access to
H. spent many hours to
J. saw the utility of - CORRECT ANSWER F. NO CHANGE
shows his STRONG AFFINITY for it
The only genuine public excitement for even the VERY FIRST MODERN, OLYMPIC literary contest was focused on the scandal surrounding the winning poem.
F. NO CHANGE
G. very, first, modern Olympic
H. very first, modern Olympic,
J. very first modern Olympic - CORRECT ANSWER J. very first modern Olympic
all the words describe the following word so there's no need for commas
French Aristocrat Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who in 1896 founded the modern Olympic Games, HE INSISTED that talent in the fine arts was at important as skill in athletics.
A. NO CHANGE
B. insistent of his belief
C. insisting
D. insisted - CORRECT ANSWER D. insisted
subject-verb
After years of opposition from officials WHOM felt that the modern Games should focus solely on athletics,
F. NO CHANGE
G. themselves whom
H. who
J. which - CORRECT ANSWER H. who
felt needs a subject which would be who
For the literary contest, competitors would submit an unpublished WORK; COUBERTIN DID NOT ESTABLISH A LENGTH REQUIRMENT. After a long deliberation during the literary event's first year; judges finally judges named a duo George Hohard and Martin Eschbach as gold medalists for their poem "Ode to Sport".
F. NO CHANGE
G. work. At the Olympic Games in Paris 1924, a poem about fencing called "Sword Songs" was the winning piece.
H. work, though critics mocked some of the limitations placed on writers.
J. work, preferably a poem, that was "inspired by the idea of sport". - CORRECT ANSWER J. work, preferably a poem, that was "inspired by the idea of sport".
most relevant to the following sentence
The JUDGES, so impressed by "Ode to Sport" that they called it "the perfect poem," refused to award either silver or bronze medals to any other literary competitors.
F. NO CHANGE
G. judges, and having been
H. judges had been
J. judges were - CORRECT ANSWER F. NO CHANGE
subject-verb
ignore the non essential
verb is refused
OVER THE YEARS, THE CONTEST ATTRACTED MANY PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO BE POETS BUT FEW TALENTED POETS, AND EVEN CONTEST ORGANIZERS BEGAN TO DOUBT THE QUALITY OF THE SUBMISSIONS.
where would it be placed best?
A. point A in paragraph 1 (This has never been true in the modern Olympic Games. {} The Olympic literary competition, reintroduced in 1912 in Stockholm and included in the Games for decades, is poorly remembered and rarely missed.)
B. point B in paragraph 1 (The only genuine public excitement for even the very first modern Olympic literary contest was focused on the scandal surrounding the winning poem {} French Aristocrat Baron de Coubertin, who in 1896 founded the modern Olympic Games, insisted, that talent in the fine arts was as important as skill in athletics.)
C. point C in paragraph 2 (After years of opposition from officials WHOM felt that the modern Games should focus solely on athletics, Coubertin implem - CORRECT ANSWER D. Point D in paragraph 4 (But once Coubertin's ruse was was uncovered, distrust for the already unpopular competition expanded as a result-and the feeling endured. {} The literary competition was dropped after the 1948 London Games.
makes the most sense logically and has the best cohesion
San Francisco NATIVE, LOUISE ARNER BOYD, first saw the blue glaciers and glittering fjords of the Artic ice cap during a 1924 photography expedition to Spitsbergen, a Norwegian island.
A. NO CHANGE
B. native Louise Arner Boyd
C. native Louise Arner Boyd,
D. native, Louise Arner Boyd - CORRECT ANSWER B. native Louise Arner Boyd
comma rules
name is not a non essential
In the United States, little was known about the Arctic: ITS nearly frozen seas, packed with icebergs, made boat travel to the area treacherous.
A. NO CHANGE
B. their
C. it's
D. its' - CORRECT ANSWER A. NO CHANGE
singular and plural possessives
its (singluar) because Arctic
Instead of using traditional lyrics, singers often produce nonsense SYLLABLES, CALLED VOCABLES to represent specific instrumental sounds, such as those of bagpipes or violins.
F. NO CHANGE
G. syllables called vocables,
H. syllables, called vocables,
J. syllables called, vocables, - CORRECT ANSWER H. syllables, called vocables,
called vocables is the non essential part
Instruments were prohibitively expensive and thus scarce in isolated Scottish VILLAGES IN order to fill the void, mouth music emerged and provided residents with the music they wanted for dancing.
F. NO CHANGE
G. villages and in
H. villages. In
J. villages, in - CORRECT ANSWER H. villages. In
two ICs
needs a period
The bands' celebrity CONTINUALLY SURVIVES as they ...
F. NO CHANGE
G. still remains and carries on
H. stays sticking around
J. endures - CORRECT ANSWER J. endures
the simplest answer
When the tunnels reached a town or field, the water flowed into MORE EASY accessible surface canals or reservoirs
A. NO CHANGE
B. more easily
C. easier and
D. easy and - CORRECT ANSWER B. more easily
easily accessible makes the most sense
And because the water came from an aquifer rather THEN FROM ITS rainfall,
A. NO CHANGE
B. than from
C. then
D. by - CORRECT ANSWER B. than from
remember than and then
As the foggaras supplied less and less water, the Garamantes' population DECLINED, THEIR civilization eventually collapsed.
F. NO CHANGE
G. declined the Garamantes'
H. declined. Their
J. declined their - CORRECT ANSWER H. declined. Their
two ICs need a period between them
eighty-six cables descend 2,500 meters DOWN into the glacial terrain.
A. NO CHANGE
B. down below
C. downwards
D. DELETE - CORRECT ANSWER D. DELETE
down is repetitive of descend
if delete is an option look for repetition
the origin of each of these neutrinos IS determined by analyzing the direction and intensity of the flash
F. NO CHNAGE
G. have been
H. are being
J. are - CORRECT ANSWER F. NO CHANGE
the subject is origin
The origins of these neutrinos could give us OPULENT information
A. NO CHANGE
B. invaluable
C. upscale
D. lavish - CORRECT ANSWER B. invaluable
A, C, D aren't word used to describe information
a 64-year-old Clinton Hill artist WHO had just been discovered.
F. NO CHANGE
G. of whom
H. which
J. whom - CORRECT ANSWER F. NO CHANGE
who describes subject, whom describes object
they are considered little more than "rats with WINGS", BLAMED for spreading disease and despoiling statues.
F. NO CHANGE
G. wings" and they are blamed
H. wings", they are blamed
J. wings". Blamed - CORRECT ANSWER F. NO CHANGE
the comma is needed because the end is NE
For example, one species, the homing PIGEON, WHICH is among the best navigators in the natural world.
F. NO CHANGE
G. pigeon that
H. pigeon,
J. pigeon - CORRECT ANSWER H. pigeon,
the homing pigeon is NE [Show Less]