ACT Aspire English Prep BR 7

ACT Aspire English Prep BR 7

By Valarie Riley

Read each test question and choose the correct answer. If you are unsure of the answer, use the process of elimination to narrow your choices.​

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It's a great day to get a right answer!​

Directions:

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 46?

(46) Kevin made his way akwardly back to the attic, carrying the boxes. (47) He packed things up and sorted through piles until just before 4 pm, when his mom was coming to pick him up. (48) The last item he grabbed was a faded, dusty quilt. (49) He turned it over and studied it carefully. (50) It was worn, and it seemed like it hadn’t been used in a long time. (51) Kevin threw it into a charity box and closed the top. (52) Then he began carrying boxes down the ladder. (53) Kevin’s mom drove him by the Goodwill store on the way home. (54) Together they unloaded the boxes of items to be donated. (55) Then they headed home, where Kevin fell asleep right after dinner. (56) He was exhausted from his hard work.

•  No change

• Add a comma after way

• Change akwardly to awkwardly

• Change carrying to carying

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, can be made to sentence 57?

(57) On Sunday afternoon, Kevin went back to Grandma Ruth’s house to finish cleanup out the attic. (58) The piles were sparser now, but they still popped up from the dusty floor like wayward molehills. (59) He got right to work, sorting, boxing things up, and neatly stacking the items to be kept. (60) Halfway through the afternoon, Grandma Ruth called Kevin down for cookies and milk.

• No change

• Change Ruth’s to Ruths

• Change Sunday to sunday

• Change cleanup to cleaning

Open Ended

What is the title of the book you are currently reading?