ACT English Skills Review P. 1

Visual storage at the Louvre and other museums protects the sculptures, profits the community culture, and gives public access to art once kept in closed vaults. (That is a comma between sculptures and profits)

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• sculptures; profits

• sculptures profits

• sculptures it also profits

The old man paid me three hundred dollars for both sets and said, he’d pay twice that if the original wrapping hadn’t been broken.

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• sets and said:

• sets and said

• sets, and said,

When she sat out on the patio on summer evenings, Kelly always wore loose-fitting linen pants, which provide protection, against aggressive mosquitoes. (There is a comma after pants and after protection)

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• pants which provide, protection

• pants, which provide protection

• pants which provide protection

Finally, the programs restarted on the computer. Not all viruses however, are fixed so easily.

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• viruses; however,

• viruses, however

• viruses, however,

Numerous years of preparation and toil led to this pivotal moment. In 1933, attorney and civic leader Luther Ely Smith conceived a monument that would honor St. Louis’s major contribution to the westward expansion of the United States.

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• attorney, and civic leader

• attorney and civic leader,

• attorney, and civic leader,

She studied for a few hours after school each day, so it was no surprise when that determination won her a 4.0 GPA.

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• whose

• it

• she

Lawson also encouraged them to write their own scenes to give voice to the questions and concerns they had in their own lives.

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• was also encouraging in writing

• also encouraged to write

• also encouraged his students to write

My friend Rick had a trampoline in his backyard: the only one in the neighborhood. In fact, it was the only one I had ever seen in person. Rick, my mom said, lived in that world where they just bought whatever they wanted, without ever giving a thought to the cost.

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• he

• people

• some of them

We fill the monthly newspaper’s pages, article by article. (There is a comma after pages)

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• newspapers pages,

• newspaper's pages

• page's for the newspaper,

“Have a good one,” the cashier said in a singsong. “Don’t forget your receipt.”

It wasn’t until I got home that it occurred to me—I had walked out with someone else’s groceries!

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• elses'

• elses

• else