ACT Review Exam: 45 Questions with Verified Answers on English Grammar, Exams of Advanced Education

Download ACT Review Exam: 45 Questions with Verified Answers on English Grammar and more Exams Advanced Education in PDF only on Docsity! ACT Review Exam 45 Questions with Verified Answers Why is it important to KISS when taking the ACT? (What does it stand for?) - CORRECT ANSWER Keep it simple, stupid... When the ACT offers you long, wordy answers, be cautious. The simplest approach may not ALWAYS be right, but it's a goodie most of the time List the FANBOYS words - CORRECT ANSWER For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so FANBOYS words are also called A. Coordinating conjunctions B. Subordinating conjunctions C. Adverbs D. Appositives - CORRECT ANSWER A. Coordinating conjunctions If you want to emphasize information, you should use: Em dash Paired commas Parentheses - CORRECT ANSWER Em dash If you want to de-emphasize information, you should use: Em dash Paired commas Parentheses - CORRECT ANSWER Parentheses (think of it like a shrug — if it's info that's nice to have, cool, but the sentence doesn't NEED it) What do appositives do in a sentence? - CORRECT ANSWER Rename something that has previously been named Where is the appositive in this sentence? The player, 33, drove to the basket. - CORRECT ANSWER "33" is another name for "the player" What does it mean when part of a sentence is inside of two commas? - CORRECT ANSWER That part of the sentence can be removed without damaging the sentence itself The hardest thing about school, in my opinion, is surviving math What do those paired commas mean? - CORRECT ANSWER You can take "in my opinion" out of the sentence Apostrophes show what? - CORRECT ANSWER Possession The practice of advancing a person's age seems to reflect the value society places on longevity A. NO CHANGE B. persons' age C. persons age D. person's age, - CORRECT ANSWER A. NO CHANGE Would you choose: Children's OR Childrens' - CORRECT ANSWER Children's The apostrophe only goes on the outside of the S if the word is plural and ends with an S already (most of the time...) Good example: Grandparents' Fairies were fluttering in front of the girl's faces A. NO CHANGE B. girls' faces Subject/verb agreement — ignore everything between the subject (writing) and the verb (is/are) and test it out: Writing is horrible vs. writing are horrible There (was/were) a doctor and a crew of nurses in the emergency room with me during my surgery. - CORRECT ANSWER were The key is AND — the doctor AND nurses were there If it said OR instead of AND, was would be correct Mr. Peterson is trying to do yard work but a swarm of bees (keep/keeps) distracting him. - CORRECT ANSWER keeps "keeps" matches "swarm" The students (that/who) slept in class didn't pass the test - CORRECT ANSWER Who If it's a person, use "who" If it's an object, use "that" The elephant is the animal (who/that) asks for the most treats. - CORRECT ANSWER That The coach is the person (who/that) is in charge of the team's schedule. - CORRECT ANSWER Who Me and my parents ate dinner. vs. My parents and I ate dinner. - CORRECT ANSWER My parents and I ate dinner. To test the me vs. I issue, ignore the parents — which sounds better? Me ate dinner I ate dinner The tourists asked my friends and I for directions. vs. The tourists asked my friends and me for directions. - CORRECT ANSWER The tourists asked my friends and me for directions. Ignore your friends — the tourists asked me for directions The Girl Scouts sold cookies to my sister and I. vs. The Girl Scouts sold cookies to my sister and me. - CORRECT ANSWER The Girl Scouts sold cookies to my sister and me. Ignore your sister — the Girl Scouts sold cookies to me When you have a series of 3+ items in a sentence, what should be used to separate them? - CORRECT ANSWER Commas What is the ONE big rule for the concept of parallelism? - CORRECT ANSWER In a sentence, make sure things match An example of a sentence with GOOD parallelism or parallel structure would be: A. We decided it would be fun to eat cake, take a nap, and riding our bicycles. B. My dream is to be either a nurse, doctor, or a mortician. C. When class is boring I play on my phone, watch Netflix, or sleep with my eyes open. D. Speaking of death, I fear spiders, a snake, and ducks. - CORRECT ANSWER C. When class is boring I play on my phone, watch Netflix, or sleep with my eyes open. Tip: Watch out for articles (words like "a" and "the") A GROUP, known as the Navajo code talkers, took part in attacks in the Pacific from 1942-1945 A. NO CHANGE B. group which was C. group was D. group - CORRECT ANSWER A. NO CHANGE They TRANSMITTED INFORMATION, on tactics, troop movements, orders, and other vital things A. NO CHANGE B. transmitted information on: C. transmitted information on D. transmitted: information on - CORRECT ANSWER C. transmitted information on American military officials HAVE been using cumbersome machines to relay information A. NO CHANGE B. had C. would have D. will have - CORRECT ANSWER B. had American military officials had been using CUMBERSOME machines to relay information A. NO CHANGE B. thorny C. strenuous D. gawky - CORRECT ANSWER A. NO CHANGE In tests, the Navajo sent & received messages in twenty SECONDS AS the machines took 30 minutes