WorksheetsACT English Quiz #1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
A century ago, a common problem in soccer games was players not participating in the game, but rather lingering by the goal to get an easy point. A rule was made, therefore, that stated a player would be considered offside if he or she were beyond the second-to-last defender while the ball was in play.
F. NO CHANGE
G. instead,
H. likewise,
J. meanwhile,
After you cross from the quiet Nashville Avenue, to the busier Magazine Street, you will see my aunt’s hat shop just to the right of the stop sign.
A. NO CHANGE
B. Avenue to the busier Magazine Street;
C. Avenue to the busier Magazine Street,
D. Avenue, to the busier Magazine Street
Bears do not usually interact with humans, but many have discovered that food left around a campsite is easy dinner.
F. NO CHANGE
G. is easy to
H. are easy
J. are easily
In an 1889 self-portrait depicting his bandaged ear, Van Gogh portrayed himself smoking a pipe and looking solemn.
A. NO CHANGE
B. himself, smoking a pipe
C. himself smoking, a pipe
D. himself smoking a pipe,
Each winter, as they prepare to hibernate, many bears lower their metabolic rate and drop their core temperature by about ten degrees.
A
A. NO CHANGE
B. needing to drop their temperature to hibernate,
C. after preparing by dropping their metabolic rate,
D. DELETE the underlined portion.
E-book technology advanced significantly in great strides in the past decade with the widespread adoption of electrophoretic ink.
A. NO CHANGE
B. progressed by jumping ahead with
C. substantially jumped ahead by making
D. made
Undeterred, he thought of methods to increase productivity and proposed it to his superiors.
A. NO CHANGE
B. it was proposed by him
C. they were proposed by him
D. proposed them
I always try to carry at least one extra thumb drive. Who knows when they will go bad and stop working?
F. NO CHANGE
G. the one I’m using
H. something
J. either one
Shortly after my mom assured me that Nala wouldn’t bite, I knelt down to look at her double dewclaw, or extra two claws.
Which of the alternatives shown below would NOT be acceptable?
F. As soon as my
G. After my
H. My
J. Once my
Over the horizon rose the sun, a great ball of fire that cast a long stream of visible light across through the canyon.
A. NO CHANGE
B. noticeable light there
C. light
D. light that fell in a long and narrow shaft
