Joe is seven, living in those two or three years when they can manage to throw a baseball a few feet but when they're really interested in are things closer at hand: bugs, butterflies, dirt (if they're in the infield), grass (if they're in the outfield).
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) children
(C) he
(D) some of them
The Correct Answer
These, bidders added $170,000 to the Sanitary Commission's fund. Within twelve months Gridley's sack of flour had earned $275,000.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) fund. Likewise, within (C) fund, because within (D) fund, while within
Correct Answer: A
As we walked upstairs to her studio, we slipped into our familiar habits, talking about the people in our lives and our work.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) fell upon (C) dropped by (D) returned with
Correct Answer: A
I remembered everything about her: how she would get so absorbed in her work that she'd forget to eat, how he disliked talking in the morning, how she was firm in her decisions.
(A)with (B) regarding (C) along (D) about
Correct Answer: C
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1Whenever I tell friends about the ten years I lived in Fairbanks, Alaska, I find myself focusing not on the desolate wilderness,beauty nor on the frigid arctic temperatures. But on the drastic differences in daylight hours of summer and winter.
- 2My father spoke fondly of the days before two teenagers taken over the phone, the stereo, the kitchen—well, most of the house, really.
- 3McClintock believed maize (corn) was idealistically a plant to study because each ear had hundreds of kernels for each with a different set of chromosomes.
- 4He earned the nickname "Low-Key Howe," for the way he lowered the height of studio lights to make interiors look dim and moody.
- 5By contrast American society has often been described as one that values the vibrant energy of youth over the wisdom and experience gained with age.