UB: ACT English & Reading

How many questions are on the Reading portion of the ACT?

• 30

• 35

• 40

• 42

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which types of passages will be on the reading ACT?

• Prose Fiction, social science, comic book, natural science

• Prose fiction, Social Science, natural science, research

• social science, research, humanities, prose fiction

• prose fiction, social science, natural science, humanities

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

How many questions are on the English portion of the ACT?

• 50

• 60

• 70

• 75

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

If you don't know the answer to a question you should...

• Pick a random option

• eliminate the ones you know are wrong then pick

• leave it blank

• start crying

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is another strategy that you can apply when you don't know an answer?

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Whether ITS bright and jaunty or haunting and

melancholic, the music of the Andes highlands has a

mellow sound unique in the musical world.

• NO CHANGE

• they're

• it's

• its'

Answer explanation

The contraction it's, meaning it is, is needed in this context because otherwise the introductory, dependent clause would have no subject or verb. In addition, the singular pronoun form (it's) is required for proper subject-verb agreement.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The antara has its origins in

the Incan civilization, once the MORE RICHER AND MORE

powerful empire in South America.

• NO CHANGE

• one of the richest and most

• the richest and most

• the richer and more

Answer explanation

because the correct adjective form in this context is the superlative: richest and most powerful. The superlative form is needed because the comparison involves more than two items. The writer compares the Incan civilization withall of the different peoples of South America.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The pipes, which can vary NUMEROUSLY from three to

fifteen, are fashioned from clay that is rolled around

a mold.

• NO CHANGE

• in quantity of numbers

• number wise

• in number

Answer explanation

because it is the only choice that is clear and precise. The phrase "can vary in number" clearly explains that all antaras do not have the same number of pipes.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Each pipe is individually rolled to create the

proper pitch before BEING BOUND to the other pipes.

• NO CHANGE

• being binded

• being bounded

• been bound

Answer explanation

because it uses the correct verb form for this sentence. The present participle being bound is appropriate here because it indicates that the action is in the present and that each pipe is rolled before it is bound.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

what do you need to practice for the English Portion of the ACT?

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10