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WorksheetsACT 21 English Practice
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The first train took twenty-six minutes to complete the route, which ran from City Hall to West 145th Street in under a half an hour.
a)
A-NO CHANGE
b)
B-in the completion of its route
c)
C-in twenty-six minutes
d)
D-DELETE the underline portion and end the sentence with a period.
2.
We talked just as easily as we had in the past, when we would sit in the field behind Joan’s house atop the rabbit hutch and discuss our friends and our hopes for the future.
a)
A-NO CHANGE
b)
B-in the field atop the rabbit hutch behind Joan’s house
c)
C-atop the rabbit hutch in the field behind Joan’s house
d)
D-behind Joan’s house in the field atop the rabbit hutch
3.
In some agricultural parts of Japan, for instance, these three stars are commonly referred to as Karasuki and represent a three-pronged plow.
Given that all the choices are true, which one provides a detail that has the most direct connection to the information that follows in this sentence?
Given that all the choices are true, which one provides a detail that has the most direct connection to the information that follows in this sentence?
a)
A-NO CHANGE
b)
B-distant
c)
C-populated
d)
D-historic
4.
The two principal types of kayaks are: the easily maneuverable white-water kayak and the largest sea kayak.
a)
A-NO CHANGE
b)
B-very biggest
c)
C-more large
d)
D-larger
5.
He said your going to Kim's house.
a)
A-NO CHANGE
b)
B-Yo'ure
c)
C-You're
d)
D-Youre
6.
Which of these alternatives would NOT be an acceptable replacement for soon?
Soon after I arrived, my aunt said she had a gift for me.
Soon after I arrived, my aunt said she had a gift for me.
a)
A-Not long
b)
B-A short time
c)
C-As soon
d)
D-Shortly
7.
The young____________ (man) plane finally took off from New York.
a)
A-mans
b)
B-mans'
c)
C-man
d)
D-man's
8.
_________ some worms in the dirt over there.
a)
A-Theyre
b)
B-There
c)
C-Their
d)
D-They're
9.
_______ raining outside really hard.
a)
A-Its
b)
B-It's
c)
C-Its's
d)
D-Its's'
10.
Juan and Pancho just called to let us know _________ coming for dinner.
a)
A-there
b)
B-their
c)
C-they're
d)
D-thier
11.
The bus stopped______the man got off.
a)
A-yet
b)
B- but
c)
C-or
d)
D- so
12.
What are the conjunctions in this sentence?
I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.
I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.
a)
A-neither and nor
b)
B-that and was
c)
C-the and nor
d)
D-was and neither
13.
I visit the Grand Canyon _________ I go to Arizona.
a)
A-once
b)
B-whenever
c)
C-wherever
d)
D-whatever
14.
Choose the word that matches the definition:
ill humored, irritable, cranky.
ill humored, irritable, cranky.
a)
A-Petulant
b)
B-Castigate
c)
C-Assuage
d)
D-Abut
15.
Choose the word that matches the definition:
shriveled, shrunken, dried-up.
shriveled, shrunken, dried-up.
a)
A-Wither
b)
B-Grandiose
c)
C-Perverse
d)
D-Conjoined
16.
Choose the word that matches the definition:
violent, unbounded, unrestrained
violent, unbounded, unrestrained
a)
A-Fortuitous
b)
B-Unbridled
c)
C-Surfiet
d)
D-Guile
17.
Choose the word that matches the definition:
to give up doing, professing, or intending; to surrender, give in.
to give up doing, professing, or intending; to surrender, give in.
a)
A-Relinquish
b)
B-Dessicate
c)
C-Marshal
d)
D-Photogenic
18.
Choose the word that matches the definition:
Something that produces a desired outcome.
Something that produces a desired outcome.
a)
A-Alchemist
b)
B-Allegory
c)
C-Effectual
d)
D-Diction
19.
Choose the word that matches the definition:
the act of looking forward to
the act of looking forward to
a)
A-Anonymous
b)
B-Anticipation
c)
C-Allusion
d)
D-Deviate
20.
Choose the word that matches the definition:
not known or unidentified.
not known or unidentified.
a)
A-Anonymous
b)
B-Eerie
c)
C-Enigma
d)
D-Fictitious
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