On the boardwalk a woman is selling peeled mangoes for a dollar each. She served them doused with lemon and salt, and cut so expertly that plucking off the slices was easy.
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) sells
(C) will be selling
(D) sold
The Correct Answer
Poisonous waters from cracks at temperatures up to 360 degrees Celsius gush in the ocean floor, and thermophiles convert the toxic chemicals into food for crabs, giant worms, and other deep-sea life.
(A)where it is now.
(B) after the word temperatures.
(C) after the word Celsius.
(D) after the word gush.
Correct Answer: D
My pen habit, like most habits, is not without it's negative consequences.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) there (C) their (D) its
Correct Answer: D
By contrast American society has often been described as one that values the vibrant energy of youth over the wisdom and experience gained with age.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) whose (C) this (D) whom
Correct Answer: A
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1Eventually, I began to understand that her reason for reminding me of our birthplace is to preserve in me a respect for it's culture.
- 2In both of these cases, Grant recognized a need and focused his skills, imagination, and is intelligence to devising a way to fill that need.
- 3She led projects to build houses and to bring running water to isolated towns.
- 4Sometimes the only sound in the kitchen would be the fan, rotating on its' squeaky hinge, sending a breeze our way.
- 5The county cleared this path and paved it with packed gravel, so they would have a peaceful place to hike and bike.