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ACT Practice #1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Visual storage at the Louvre and other museums protects the sculptures, profits the community culture, and gives public access to art once kept in closed vaults.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

sculptures; profits

c)

sculpture profits

d)

sculpture it also profits

2.

With technology in the hands of so many people; we tend to forget that personal computers in the home were once rare.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

people, we

c)

people, we,

d)

people we

3.

It meanders through the grass like a worm curving, and bending near the sidewalk.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

worm, curving and bending

c)

worm curving and bending

d)

worm, curving and bending,

4.

A fulgurite is created in one explosive second by fusion and pressure as sand heated by a lightning blast melts, and becomes glass.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

sand heated (by a lighting blast) melts

c)

sand, heated by a lighting blast melts,

d)

sand heated by a lightning blast melts

5.

While its origin is disputed, many people believe the expression was inspired by the inventions of a Canadian American engineer named, Elijah McCoy.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

American engineer named

c)

American, engineer named,

d)

American, engineer named

6.

Lorna did not last long in Mr. Wolcott's busy office, her long fingernails made accurate typing impossible, and her abrasive manner scared away too many potential clients.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

office her

c)

office, because her

d)

office. Her

7.

She explained though that even experts are rarely able to locate a fully intact fulgurite.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

explained, though, that even experts

c)

explained though that, even experts,

d)

explained, though that even experts

8.

Every pale tomato slice, wilted pickle, and brown lettuce leaf costs an extra 25 cents at Bernie's Burger Emporium.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

cost

c)

costed

d)

had cost

9.

Not only the Smiths but also Tonya has agreed to try one of the world-famous chocolate-broccoli muffins.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

have

c)

had been

d)

has been

10.

Even though Antonio has many friends who love their Chevrolets and Buicks, he has always believed that General Motors make lemons.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

makes

c)

made

d)

had made

11.

The Smiths, along with Tonya, ________ to avoid indigestion after eating these weird muffins

a)

hopes

b)

hope

12.

All of my important keys was now stuck in the drain pipe of my bathroom sink. Buster, my kitten, doesn't realize how much his playfulness inconveniences me.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

are

c)

is

d)

were

13.

My grandfather's immediate family came from Quebec; his distant relatives hailed from France.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

his relatives hailing from distant France

c)

hailing more distant relatives from France

d)

his relatives hailed from France distantly

14.

To complete our Egyptian mummy costumes, Lou Ellen and __________ bought a 12 pack of toilet paper.

a)

I

b)

me

c)

myself

15.

In his sternest voice, Professor Cohen told Matthew and _____ that he wanted to see us after class

a)

I

b)

me

c)

myself

16.

Grandma asked my brother and ______ to buy cherry cough drops while we were at the drugstore.

a)

I

b)

me

c)

myself

17.

The economic system is complex, with structure and inputs that makes them hard to understand without a solid foundation in math.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

makes it

c)

make it

d)

make them

18.

The lifeguards at the YMCA store most of the pool equipment in the inventory room underground.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

have store

c)

has stored

d)

storing

19.

Unlike other birds, penguins are limited in that they cannot truly fly.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

is able to truly fly.

c)

aren't truly fly.

d)

has true flight ability.

20.

In 1946, British mathematician, Alan Turing presented a paper on what is now regarded as the first stored-program computer.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

mathematician Alan Turing,

c)

mathematician, Alan Turing,

d)

mathematician Alan Turing