ACT English Practice 21.10

The SUV turned out to be the better design, possibly because it built upon the success of two popular models - pickup trucks and station wagons - and combining the most popular features of the two vehicle types.

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• but combining

• and combined

• and

As a mother, a wife, and besides being a brilliant engineer, she proved that a woman need not limit her horizons.

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• a

• along with being

• also being a

The kids playing in the street and the dogs wandered without collars in my aunt's neighborhood made me very uneasy.

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• wandering

• were wandering

• DELETE

For a person to try and to be failed is no shame, but to fear the endeavor is tragic.

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• for failing

• to fail

• failing

Freshmen goggle at the magnificent buildings on the campus, sophomores rush to get their required classes, juniors reacquaint themselves with their classmates, and seniors view everyone with a smug attitude. Such is the first day of college after summer break.

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• that goggle

• goggling

• DELETE

Heated oil crackles as it cooks the garlic, you can smell the aroma of sautéed onions wafting up from the pan. A kitchen is a wonderful place to be when someone is cooking.

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• also the wafting aroma of sautéed onions

• and the aroma of the sautéed onions wafts

• and some wafting aroma of sautéed onions

To build a successful corporate culture requires time, money, and to have an organization; without these, it is almost impossible to flourish in today's hypercompetitive market.

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• organization;

• to be organized;

• to have organization;

She had many memories of her youth in pre-war Japan: of dressing in the finest silk kimonos and of wandering the paths among the trees at the Great Shrine of Ise.

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• wandering with

• of her wandering to

• of her wandering at

Almost every orphaned child yearns to acquire the stability of a permanent family and brothers and sisters for enjoying companionship.

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• the companionship of brothers and sisters can be enjoyed.

• for enjoying the companionship of brothers and sisters.

• to enjoy the companionship of brothers and sisters.

Her shrieks piercing his ears and her lips pecked his cheeks finally melted his resolve, and he agreed to buy her the pony.

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• were pecking

• peck

• pecking