Verbs Practice -- ACT Style

As the potter removes bricks 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

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

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

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

• begun to raise

• started to raise

• started up raising

• begun raising

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

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

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

The now dismantled clock keeps precise time for over forty years.

• NO CHANGE

• has kept

• kept

• still keeps

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1B

Equipment for both types of kayaks are similar, and fairly simple.

• NO CHANGE

• is

• were

• was

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

These single-celled survivors, called extremeophiles, don't merely endure environment 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

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

However, her writing was not limited to the traditional poetry was expected of cultured women of that time.

• NO CHANGE

• expected

• expecting

• that expected

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

She completed most of the stories of the life of Genji while both serving the empress and observed the activities and attitudes of court society.

• NO CHANGE

• had observed

• was observing

• observing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

In the twelfth century, the tale was illustrated with picture scrolls; in the seventeenth century, books of wood-block prints based on the tale was produced.

• NO CHANGE

• is

• were

• are

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

Three plants known collectively as the "Three Sisters" have long been an important source of sustenance for many Native American nations.

• NO CHANGE

• has been for a long time

• was for a long time

• has long been

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1B