ACT English Subordinating Conjunctions

After a recent expedition uncovered a new species in the Amazon, our investors were thrilled that their financial backing benefited everyone involved.

• NO CHANGE

• Recently, an expedition that uncovering

• A recent expedition uncovered

• A recent expedition uncovering

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

My father likes to reminisce about "family time," which were those summer evenings, because the dinner table had been cleared and board games were set up.

• NO CHANGE

• evenings after

• evenings, as if

• evenings, while

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1G

Growing up with a twin gave me the strong impression that I had a special relationship with my sibling. For one thing, we share a unique sense of humor that no one else in our family has. We quickly became best friends as we grew older, and we have stayed close, even though our careers have taken up to different parts of the country.

• NO CHANGE

• close, yet even

• close; even

• close. Even

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

The lingering discussion at the dinner party, however, would change the course of the evening, details emerged about a family fortune that had been hidden in the house and also that someone at the table knew its location.

• NO CHANGE

• evening; since

• evening, although

• evening:

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

In the off-season, the two quarterbacks performed differently: The starting quarterback could complete passes in twenty seconds as the second-string quarterback needed almost a full minute to position himself to throw a pass.

• NO CHANGE

• seconds, so

• seconds,

• seconds, whereas

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.7.1B

While Mrs. Davis's accomplishments in the classroom are praiseworthy. Her talented coaching is responsible for bringing the girls' softball team to a victory at the state championship.

• NO CHANGE

• praiseworthy, but her

• praiseworthy and her

• praiseworthy, her

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Though the coaches held each other in high regard, but their individual methods were simply too different to be able to work well with one another.

• NO CHANGE

• regard and

• regard that

• regard,

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

Although Stanley Danwich, now a retired author, only published two critically acclaimed novels during his career, while he stated that he wished to have the rest of his work published posthumously.

• NO CHANGE

• and

• so

• DELETE the underlined portion.

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

In 1941 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where the United States naval base was attacked.

• NO CHANGE

• it was there that

• was where

• DELETE the underlined portion

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CCSS.L.3.1A

After my scuba diving instructor made sure the area was safe to dive in, I launched into the deep blue abyss, fascinated by all the different fish swimming past me.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ALTERNATIVES TO THE UNDERLINED PORTION WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE?

• When my

• Once my

• My

• As soon as

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1G