ACT Practice English -- Building a Cork Boat

Select the alternative you consider best:

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• began, as Pollack is likely to point out,

• began, as Pollack is likely to point out

• began as Pollack is likely to point out

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Select the alternative you consider best:

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• boat (165,231) in all, Pollack convinced the staff of several restaurants,

• boat--165, 231 in all--Pollack convinced the staff of several restaurants

• boat, 165,231, in all, Pollack convinced the staff of several restaurants

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Select the alternative you consider best:

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• donations, from a cork-importing company,

• donations, from a cork-importing company

• donations from a cork-importing company,

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

Select the alternative you consider best:

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• next

• first

• also

Select the alternative you consider best:

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• than a year's

• than a years'

• then a years

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Which choice most effectively introduces the paragraph?

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• Over the course of many months, Pollack convinced people to help.

• Pollack was afraid that he would have to put his cork boat dream on hold.

• After a series of trials, Pollack devised a workable strategy.

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CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.2A

CCSS.W.9-10.4

Which choice provides the most specific description of the assembled groups of corks?

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• hexagonal

• certain

• DELETE the underlined text

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.4

Select the alternative you consider best:

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• Binding clusters together and to shape

• Binding clusters together and shaping

• Binding clusters together and shape

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which choice best indicates that constructing the cork boat was challenging?

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• authentic

• rigorous

• grim

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Select the alternative you consider best:

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• had seen himself

• seen himself

• saw him

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CCSS.L.9-10.1