ACT Grammar Passage 2 from Original ACT Prep Guide 2019-2020

16. 16.

• F.

• G.

• H.

• J.

Answer explanation

misplaced modifier

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

17. 17.

• A.

• B.

• C.

• D.

Answer explanation

redundancy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

18. 18.

• F.

• G.

• H.

• J.

Answer explanation

matchy-matchy, interrupter starts with a dash it must end with a dash

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

19. 19.

• A.

• B.

• C.

• D.

Answer explanation

properly links clause to the next sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

20.

• F.

• G.

• H.

• J.

Answer explanation

one independent clause

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

21. 21.

• A.

• B.

• C.

• D.

Answer explanation

Commas needed to set off prepositional phrase with instead

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

22.

• F.

• G.

• H.

• J.

Answer explanation

The other choices remove I-losing your subject and/ or creates misplaced modifier

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

23.

• A.

• B.

• C.

• D.

Answer explanation

D. reiterates a point previously mentioned that ghost signs are fading and pale

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

24. 24.

• F.

• G.

• H.

• J.

Answer explanation

F. missing the verb

G. missing the verb

H. illogical order

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

25. 25.

• A.

• B.

• C.

• D.

Answer explanation

A. to is not parallel with preposition of

C. adverb evidently

D. removing the information makes sentence incomplete

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D