ACT English practice questions & Answers ( GRADED A+), Exams of Nursing

Download ACT English practice questions & Answers ( GRADED A+) and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! ACT English practice questions & Answers ( GRADED A+) dependent clause - Correct Answers ✅cannot stand on it's own. ex: "when I went to Europe" "because I am a teacher" "after I called the doctor" Possessive of "it" - Correct Answers ✅its Contraction of "it is" - Correct Answers ✅it's Which is not a correct form? its, it's, its' - Correct Answers ✅its'. This form does NOT exist. They're=? - Correct Answers ✅"They are" Their=? - Correct Answers ✅Possessive There=? - Correct Answers ✅a place Rewrite this with a possessive form of "teacher": The salary of this teacher is very high. - Correct Answers ✅This teacher's salary is very high. Rewrite this with a possessive form of "teachers": The salaries of these teachers are very low. - Correct Answers ✅These teachers' salaries are very low. Who's=? - Correct Answers ✅"Who is" ACT English practice questions & Answers ( GRADED A+) Whose=? - Correct Answers ✅Possessive, ex: whose hat is this? When do you use a semi-colon? - Correct Answers ✅On the ACT, it's the same as a period. Are the commas correct? Jacksonville is Florida's largest city by land area, however, it is not the largest by population. - Correct Answers ✅NO. Run-on/comma splice. Need a comma? I went to the store that sells all the vintage toys. - Correct Answers ✅NO COMMA before or after "THAT" Is the comma correct? When I went to Chicago, the weather was terrible. - Correct Answers ✅YES. The comma is separating a dependent clause + an independent clause, in that order. Is the comma correct? The weather was terrible, when I went to Chicago. - Correct Answers ✅NO. NO COMMA between an independent clause + a dependent clause, if in that order. Are the commas correct? I like apples, pear, and bananas. - Correct Answers ✅Yes. Commas separating items in a list of 3 or more. ____, ____, and ____ Is the comma correct? I like dogs that have black spots, and cats with orange stripes. - Correct Answers ✅NO. NO COMMA separating a list of only 2 things. INCORRECT: ______, and _______ ACT English practice questions & Answers ( GRADED A+) subject - Correct Answers ✅the topic of the sentence pronoun - Correct Answers ✅a word that stands in for a noun prepositional phrase - Correct Answers ✅a group of words that starts with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun preposition - Correct Answers ✅a word that describes time or place relationships between words noun - Correct Answers ✅a person, place, thing, or idea misplaced modifer - Correct Answers ✅any kind of description that is put in the wrong place in a sentence and thus describes the wrong thing interjection - Correct Answers ✅an introductory word often used for emphasis independent clause - Correct Answers ✅a group of words that has a subject and a verb and can stand alone as a sentence idiom - Correct Answers ✅a figure of speech that follows no grammatical rules gerund - Correct Answers ✅a noun turned into a verb by adding "ing" ACT English practice questions & Answers ( GRADED A+) conjunction - Correct Answers ✅a word that joins words, phrases, or clauses adverb - Correct Answers ✅a word that modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb adjective - Correct Answers ✅a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun active voice - Correct Answers ✅use of the verb so that the subject is performing, not receiving, the action passive voice - Correct Answers ✅the noun appears to be the object instead of the subject; the performer is receiving the action instead of doing it