WorksheetsACT English 2022-23
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
How many questions are there on the ACT English section?
50
75
60
45
How much time will be given on the ACT English section?
50 minutes
45 minutes
75 minutes
20 minutes
Colons can be used to introduce___________.
quotes
explanations
lists/series
all of the above
How many colons can be in a sentence?
two
three
one
five
Semicolons can be used to ___________________.
join fanboys with independent clauses
join non-related independent clauses
set off appositives
join related independent clauses
Apostrophes can be used in__________.
contractions and possessive words
essential elements
joining compound subjects
indefinite pronouns
This book is much better than_____cover would suggest.
It's
its'
its
_____your right to refuse the invitation.
Its
It's
Its'
______backpack is that in my room?
Who's
Whos'
Whose
_____ that driving my mom's car?
Who's
Whose
Whos'
Rick lives in that house over_______.
their
they're
there
______planning to go on vacation in November.
There
They're
Their
The two types of dashes are___________.
flat and round
large and small
to and from
en and em
Julie at five brownies; however, Eileen ate seven.
What is the underlined word called in the sentence?
adjective
transitional adverb
noun
preposition
The most common use of a ______ is in a compound adjective. It's two or more adjectives joined together to modify the same noun.
semicolon
apostrophe
hyphen
comma
Collective nouns can be singular or plural.
True
False
If a sentence begins with _______, the collective noun will most likely be singular.
so
the
a
there
If a sentence begins with ____, the collective noun will most likely be plural.
if
the
a
however
A word to which a later pronoun refers back is _______.
parallelism
a conjunction
a transitional adverb
an antecedent
A ________compares one thing to another.
comparative modifier
misplaced modifier
dangling modifier
superlative modifier
A _________compares one thing to everything else.
transition word
clause
superlative modifier
linking verb
What is the difference between a clause and a phrase?
There is no difference
a clause has a subject and a verb
a phrase has a subject and a verb
it depends on how they are used
Two independent clauses that are joined together by a comma with no intervening conjunction is _________.
a fragment
a comma splice
a run-on
a redundant statement
Faulty _______occurs when items/verbs are mismatched.
redundancy
technicality
comparison
parallelism
________statements state the same thing twice.
Modifying
Redundant
Sense
Economy
These questions test your understanding of whether material is strictly essential to the passage, or whether it can be said simply.
Economy questions
Sense questions
Technicality questions
Subject questions
These questions ask you to identify and correct logical flaws in the passage--statements that just don't make sense.
Technicality questions
Economy questions
Sense questions
Essential questions
These questions check your knowledge of key punctuation, grammar, and usage issues.
Indefinite questions
Appositive questions
Nonessential questions
Technicality questions
About how long should you spend on each passage (questions included)?
5 minutes
7 minutes
8 minutes
15 minutes
Which of the following is NOT part of the advice for taking the ACT English Test?
When in doubt, take it out
Make sure it makes sense
Look for pitfalls
Read every word of every passage
______ always serves as the subject of a sentence.
Whom
Who
_____ always serves as the object of a sentence.
Whom
Who
Who can be replaced by _______.
he/she
him/her
his/mine
hers/them
Whom can be replaced by ________.
he/she
we/our
him/her
yes/no
Hey, _____ dropped a bug in my drink when I wasn't looking?
whom
who
The guy from _____ I bought these flowers has a shop by the railroad tracks.
who
whom
