English ACT Quiz

When storyteller Mary Carter Smith practices her art and everybody listens.

• No change
• Smith, practices her art
• Smith, practices her art,
• Smith practices her art,

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

He said your going to Kim's house.

• No change
• yo'ure
• you're
• youre

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Today, Smith's repertoire is so vast that she could speak consecutively for twelve hours straight without running out of material.

• No change
• continuously nonstop
• perpetually 
• OMIT the red portion.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

It's not as if the outfielders' positions matter much, though--the ball never gets hit hard enough to reach there.

• No change
• if
• whether
• as to whether

Unbricking a kiln after a firing is like a person uncovering buried treasure.

• No change
• someone
• a potter
• Omit the red portion.

Who's home is this?

• No change
• Whos
• Whose
• Whos'e

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

The next morning, using twigs, for kindling she starts a small blaze in the firebox, located directly below the main chamber.

• No change
• morning, using twigs for kindling,
• morning, using twigs for kindling;
• morning using twigs, for kindling,

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Soon after I arrived, my aunt said she had a gift for me.

Which of the alternatives to the red portion would NOT be acceptable?

• Not long
• A short time
• As soon
• Shortly

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Benjamin Banneker, African American inventor and astronomer, grew up on his familys' farm in colonial Maryland.

• No change
• family's
• families'
• families

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

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

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.3