ACT Prep Quiz-Grammar

What is your First and Last name?

Choose the word that makes the most sense in the underlined spot.

I want to go to the movies, but its' not open right now.

• it

• its

• it's

• NO CHANGE

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Choose the best words for the underlined words or phrases.

It is natural to fear situations which represent danger to us and might result in bodily harm.

• NO CHANGE

• that might prove dangerous.

• wherein we might put ourselves in physical danger.

• that mean danger.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Fear serves a protective purpose, activating the automatic "fight or flight" response in our brains with our bodies and minds alert and ready for action, we are able to respond quickly and protect ourselves.

• NO CHANGE

• brains, with

• brains. Once

• brains. With

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Most phobias start in childhood but they can also develop in adults.

• NO CHANGE

• childhood, but

• childhood but,

• childhood, but,

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Fortunately, phobias can be managed and sometimes even cured.

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

• Nevertheless,

• Happily,

• Thankfully,

• Luckily,

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

Then in 1880, with the introduction of the treadle saw, what was previously being known as dissections came to be known as jigsaw puzzles, although they were actually cut by a fretsaw, not a true jigsaw.

• NO CHANGE

• had previously been known

• previously has been known

• is previously being known

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

One strategy was to make cardboard puzzles more intricate and most difficult, thus appealing as much to adults as to children.

• NO CHANGE

• most intricate and most difficult

• of more intricacy and of more difficulty

• more intricate and more difficult

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Tchaikovsky's score has become one of the most famous musical compositions ever written.

• NO CHANGE

• has been

• is becoming

• has been becoming

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

In the age of wireless technology, public pay phones are becoming obsolete, the coin-operated phones are no longer profitable for telephone companies because today most people own a cellular phone.

• NO CHANGE

• obsolete. The

• obsolete, but the

• obsolete, so the

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A