Pre-ACT Practice 1

1. Your friendship over the years and your support (has/have) meant a great deal to us.

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CCSS.L.3.1F

2. Neither the professor nor his assistants (was/were) able to solve the mystery of the eerie glow in the laboratory.

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CCSS.L.3.1F

There (is,are) a meeting today

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Physics (is, are) my favorite subject.

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CCSS.L.3.1F

16. Many hours at the driving range (has, have) led us to design golf balls with GPS locators in them.

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CCSS.L.3.1F

17. The chances of your being promoted (is, are) excellent.

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CCSS.L.3.1F

Choose the most concise grammatically correct version.

"Because John works such tremendously long hours is the reason why he is unable to see his friends as often as he would like."

• Because John works such tremendously long hours is the reason why

• Being that John worked such tremendously long hours;

• Because John works such tremendously long hours,

• John works such tremendously long hours because the reason why

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

It is early December, and the amount of snow we have had so far is alarming. 

• NO CHANGE
• After Thanksgiving it comes to be
• Due to the fact that it is
• Because it is

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CCSS.L.3.1A

These recent events created an uproar from local businesses, which only had operations in that town and were run by people who lived in the community, who wanted their community to thrive and not be destroyed by large, national corporations. 1.A.B. C.D.

• NO CHANGE
• a lot of people
• some people in the town,
• local businesses,

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

In the next two weeks of time in the future, Tarica will be receiving a check for the legal work she performed for her client.

• A. NO CHANGE

• B. In the next two weeks of time in the future;

• C. In the next two weeks,

• D. OMIT the underlined portion

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A