ACT 64E English: Verbs

ACT 64E English: Verbs

Multiple Choice

These single-celled survivors called extremophiles, don’t merely endure environments too severe for other life forms; they thrive in them. Heat-loving extremophiles, or thermophiles, flourished in temperatures over 150 degrees Celsius.

• NO CHANGE

• were flourishing

• had flourished

• flourish

• These single-celled survivors called extremophiles, don’t merely endure environments too severe for other life forms; they thrive in them. Heat-loving extremophiles, or thermophiles, flourish in temperatures over 150 degrees Celsius.

• Stay in the present tense.

Multiple Choice

As the potter takes bricks away to create an opening into the oven, an expanding view of gleaming shapes rewards the artist for months of hard work.

• NO CHANGE

• rewarding

• reward

• as a reward for

• As the potter takes bricks away to create an opening into the oven, an expanding view of gleaming shapes rewards the artist for months of hard work.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?

Rosie, it turns out, is a desert tortoise that my grandmother had started raising over twenty years ago.

• begun to raise

• started to raise

• started up raising

• begun raising

• NOT Acceptable: Rosie, it turns out, is a desert tortoise that my grandmother had started up raising over twenty years ago.

Multiple Choice

My aunt said that she would have checked with my parents, who each agreed that if I wanted to take responsibility for Rosie, I could take her home with me.

• NO CHANGE

• had checked

• would check

• must check

• My aunt said that she had checked with my parents, who each agreed that if I wanted to take responsibility for Rosie, I could take her home with me.

• The conversation with the parents occurred in the past.

Multiple Choice

In 1753, at the age of twenty-two, Banneker displayed his interest in learning and his mechanical skills when he constructed a clock out of handcarved wooden parts. The clock keeps precise time for—can you believe it?—over forty years.

• NO CHANGE

• has kept

• kept

• still keeps

• In 1753, at the age of twenty-two, Banneker displayed his interest in learning and his mechanical skills when he constructed a clock out of handcarved wooden parts. The clock kept precise time for—can you believe it?—over forty years.

• Since events begin in 1753, the 40 years is past (kept) not ongoing (has kept).

Multiple Choice

Equipment for both types of kayaks are similar and

fairly simple.

• NO CHANGE

• is

• were

• was

• Equipment for both types of kayaks is similar and fairly simple.