ACT Practice English -- Lightning in the Sand

Choose the alternative you consider best:

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• and nearly transparent to the eye almost as the white sands of these dunes.

• as these sands.

• DELETE the highlighted text and end the sentence with a period.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.5

Choose the alternative you consider best:

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• sand heated (by a lightning blast) melts

• sand, heated by a lightning blast melts,

• sand heated by a lightning blast melts

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Which choice best builds on the preceding sentence by emphasizing the dramatic nature of the mark a fulgurite leaves on the earth?

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• sketches

• burns

• sends

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

Choose the alternative you consider best:

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• explained, though, that even experts

• explained thought that, even experts,

• explained, though that even experts

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Given that all the statements are true, which one provides the most relevant information at this point in the essay?

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• Human-made fulgurites are not any easier to excavate than naturally occurring fulgurites.

• A fulgurite is not a geode (a crystal-lined stone), though the two are often confused.

• Still, pieces of fulgurite can be worked into jewelry.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

Choose the alternative you consider best:

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• however

• so

• DELETE the highlighted text.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.8

Which of the following sentences, if added here, best connects the preceding sentence to the information that follows in the paragraph?

• Anna told me that there had been a brief rain shower in the area the day before.

• I could see bright pink sand verbenas blooming in the distance.

• Swift winds were moving the white sands that day.

• Dig carefully.

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CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.2A

CCSS.W.9-10.2C

Choose the alternative you consider best:

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• uncovered, I focused my gaze on the sands in the distance.

• uncovered, I looked closely.

• had it been uncovered.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.4

Which choice most effectively concludes this sentence and leads into the information that follows in the paragraph?

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• I focus on looking for seashells, sand dollars, and smooth rocks when I'm walking the sands.

• usually, I'm not in the mood for a science project when I'm on vacation.

• on their surface, they look like pieces of tree branches.

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CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.2A

CCSS.W.9-10.2C

Which choices makes clearest the light, sporadic arrangement of the bubbles in the glass?

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• pointed

• speckled

• covered

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.2D