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ACT English 2022-23

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many questions are there on the ACT English section?

a)

50

b)

75

c)

60

d)

45

2.

How much time will be given on the ACT English section?

a)

50 minutes

b)

45 minutes

c)

75 minutes

d)

20 minutes

3.

Colons can be used to introduce___________.

a)

quotes

b)

explanations

c)

lists/series

d)

all of the above

4.

How many colons can be in a sentence?

a)

two

b)

three

c)

one

d)

five

5.

Semicolons can be used to ___________________.

a)

join fanboys with independent clauses

b)

join non-related independent clauses

c)

set off appositives

d)

join related independent clauses

6.

Apostrophes can be used in__________.

a)

contractions and possessive words

b)

essential elements

c)

joining compound subjects

d)

indefinite pronouns

7.

This book is much better than_____cover would suggest.

a)

It's

b)

its'

c)

its

8.

_____your right to refuse the invitation.

a)

Its

b)

It's

c)

Its'

9.

______backpack is that in my room?

a)

Who's

b)

Whos'

c)

Whose

10.

_____ that driving my mom's car?

a)

Who's

b)

Whose

c)

Whos'

11.

Rick lives in that house over_______.

a)

their

b)

they're

c)

there

12.

______planning to go on vacation in November.

a)

There

b)

They're

c)

Their

13.

The two types of dashes are___________.

a)

flat and round

b)

large and small

c)

to and from

d)

en and em

14.

Julie at five brownies; however, Eileen ate seven.

What is the underlined word called in the sentence?

a)

adjective

b)

transitional adverb

c)

noun

d)

preposition

15.

The most common use of a ______ is in a compound adjective. It's two or more adjectives joined together to modify the same noun.

a)

semicolon

b)

apostrophe

c)

hyphen

d)

comma

16.

Collective nouns can be singular or plural.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

If a sentence begins with _______, the collective noun will most likely be singular.

a)

so

b)

the

c)

a

d)

there

18.

If a sentence begins with ____, the collective noun will most likely be plural.

a)

if

b)

the

c)

a

d)

however

19.

A word to which a later pronoun refers back is _______.

a)

parallelism

b)

a conjunction

c)

a transitional adverb

d)

an antecedent

20.

A ________compares one thing to another.

a)

comparative modifier

b)

misplaced modifier

c)

dangling modifier

d)

superlative modifier

21.

A _________compares one thing to everything else.

a)

transition word

b)

clause

c)

superlative modifier

d)

linking verb

22.

What is the difference between a clause and a phrase?

a)

There is no difference

b)

a clause has a subject and a verb

c)

a phrase has a subject and a verb

d)

it depends on how they are used

23.

Two independent clauses that are joined together by a comma with no intervening conjunction is _________.

a)

a fragment

b)

a comma splice

c)

a run-on

d)

a redundant statement

24.

Faulty _______occurs when items/verbs are mismatched.

a)

redundancy

b)

technicality

c)

comparison

d)

parallelism

25.

________statements state the same thing twice.

a)

Modifying

b)

Redundant

c)

Sense

d)

Economy

26.

These questions test your understanding of whether material is strictly essential to the passage, or whether it can be said simply.

a)

Economy questions

b)

Sense questions

c)

Technicality questions

d)

Subject questions

27.

These questions ask you to identify and correct logical flaws in the passage--statements that just don't make sense.

a)

Technicality questions

b)

Economy questions

c)

Sense questions

d)

Essential questions

28.

These questions check your knowledge of key punctuation, grammar, and usage issues.

a)

Indefinite questions

b)

Appositive questions

c)

Nonessential questions

d)

Technicality questions

29.

About how long should you spend on each passage (questions included)?

a)

5 minutes

b)

7 minutes

c)

8 minutes

d)

15 minutes

30.

Which of the following is NOT part of the advice for taking the ACT English Test?

a)

When in doubt, take it out

b)

Make sure it makes sense

c)

Look for pitfalls

d)

Read every word of every passage

31.

______ always serves as the subject of a sentence.

a)

Whom

b)

Who

32.

_____ always serves as the object of a sentence.

a)

Whom

b)

Who

33.

Who can be replaced by _______.

a)

he/she

b)

him/her

c)

his/mine

d)

hers/them

34.

Whom can be replaced by ________.

a)

he/she

b)

we/our

c)

him/her

d)

yes/no

35.

Hey, _____ dropped a bug in my drink when I wasn't looking?

a)

whom

b)

who

36.

The guy from _____ I bought these flowers has a shop by the railroad tracks.

a)

who

b)

whom