Their jaws contain seventy to eighty conical teeth and has a closing power of up to 1,200 poufilds per square inch.
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) employs
(C) possesses
(D) have
Red initially resisted giving up the couch and bed, but once she saw that, Andrew was truly in charge, she acquiesced.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) that Andrew was, (C) that, Andrew was, (D) that Andrew was
Correct Answer: D
If batters repeatedly fail to hit the ball—and lots of them do—the umpire is patient, giving them four or five chances instead of the usual three. Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?
(A)umpire patiently gives (B) umpire, who is patient, gives (C) umpire, who patiently gives (D) patient umpire gives
Correct Answer: C
By late morning, as the crowd cheered as, welded to the two legs of the arch, the final section was hoisted up.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) as the crowd cheered, the final section was hoisted up and welded to the two legs of the arch. (C) as the crowd cheered, welded to the two legs of the arch, the final section was hoisted up. (D) the final section was hoisted up as the crowd cheered and welded to the two legs of the arch.
Correct Answer: B
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1A single pod of Brazil nuts (which are actually seeds) weighs nearly six pounds, so when it falls from a tree eight stories high, it has the force to cause serious injury.
- 2The word vegalah is Yiddish for "little wagon," and when I was growing up in the Bronx, that's what we called the hip-high wire basket on two wheels that my parents used for all sorts of errands.
- 3Yet many people, who feel strongly, about pollution of these resources are strangely silent about protecting our environment from noise.
- 4As a young woman, she wrote, of pining for a valentine and of visiting the Chinese Museum in Boston.
- 5By the mid-nineteenth century, central Manhattan, being barren of trees, creating a desolate area of swamps, hovels, and pigsties.