ACT English Review

In what order should you answer questions on the English test?

• In your chosen order

• From easiest to hardest

• From hardest to easiest

• In the order presented

Comprehension Question: This magma is red hot and eventually penetrates unstable pockets of the Earth's surface.
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Given that all the choices are true, which one provides the most logical cause for the action described in the statement immediately following this underlined portion?

• NO CHANGE

• This magma rises

• This magma condenses

• This magma forms pools

Comma Question: Chains, of volcanic islands called archipelagos, provide evidence that the hotspot stays in place as the tectonic plate passes over it.

• NO CHANGE

• Chains of volcanic islands, called archipelagos,

• Chains of volcanic islands called archipelagos

• Chains, of volcanic islands, called archipelagos

No one can say for sure that these volcanoes will not erupt again in the future, so scientists take serious the study of every volcano situated where a future eruption could bring significant human loss and environmental damage.

• NO CHANGE

• taken seriously

• seriously taking

• take seriously

Replace whom with him (to see if it should be "who" or "whom")

• True

• False

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.

• No Change

• 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)

• No Change

• pants which provide, protection

• pants, which provide protection

• pants which provide protection

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

• No Change

• 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.

• No Change

• 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.

• No Change

• he

• people

• some of them