ACT English Practice 2

Yet only one definition of the term truly lives up to its name: the Ironman Triathlon held annually in Hawaii a picturesque setting for a challenging race.

• NO CHANGE

• Hawaii,

• Hawaii, being

• Hawaii, it is

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Growing up in the 1950s, Haller developed an interest in many sports categorized as endurance athletics, and welcomed their grueling physical demands.

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• athletics and welcomed their

• athletics, and welcomed there,

• athletics and, welcomed there

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

As he pursued a degree in physics he drove a taxi to pay the bills, but competitive training proved his passion.

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• verified

• justified

• certified

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

The race somewhat originated in an amusing way.

THE BEST PLACEMENT FOR THE UNDERLINED WORD WOULD BE:

• where it is now.

• before the word in.

• before the word amusing (changing an to a).

• before the word way.

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

The members of two popular sports clubs, the Mid-Pacific Road Runners of Honolulu, and the Waikiki Swim Club of Oahu, had a long-standing and good-natured debate going over who made better athletes: runners or swimmers.

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• Runners, of Honolulu, and the Waikiki Swim Club

• Runners of Honolulu, and the Waikiki Swim Club

• Runners of Honolulu, and the Waikiki Swim Club,

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

However, some local bikers thought both clubs were wrong, while claiming that they, in fact, deserved the title.

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• and while claiming

• they claimed

• claiming

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

Wanting to settle the dispute once and for all, when they decided to combine three separate races already held annually on the island into one massive test of endurance.

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• and

• where

• DELETE the underlined portion.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Wanting to settle the dispute once and for all, when they decided to combine three separate races already held annually on the island into one massive test of endurance.

THE BEST PLACEMENT FOR THE UNDERLINED PHRASE WOULD BE:

• where it is now.

• before the word Wanting (revising the capitalization accordingly).

• before the word once.

• after the word endurance (ending the sentence with a period).

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

He quickly scanned the few pages of rules and instructions, and while reading those pages on the last page he discovered a sentence that would become the race's famous slogan: "Swim 2.4 miles! Bike 112 miles! Run 26.2 miles! Brag for the rest of your life!"

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• and

• and while perusing those pages

• and in those sheets of paper

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Haller took that to heart, and at the end of the day, he had became the first Ironman champion in history.

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• become

• became

• becamed

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D