Why gather around a carpet, in which we can do just as well at home, to enjoy our hot dogs, peanuts, and sodas?
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) in being
(C) which
(D) OMIT the underlined portion.
The Correct Answer
A brush holder from the Ch'ing dynasty had carvings that covered every inch of their surface; the elaborate details included representations of clouds, trees, mountains, and people.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) it’s (C) its (D) there
Correct Answer: C
Then again, you can sometimes get lucky, and a ball you thought was lost, will inexplicably bounce back into play.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) lost will (C) lost, will, (D) lost will,
Correct Answer: B
If I notice any merchandise out of place, I straighten it up.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) straightened them (C) straightened those (D) straighten them
Correct Answer: A
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1Sandra Cisneros, perhaps the best known Latina author in the United States, writes poems and stories whose titles alone —"Barbie-Q," My Lucy Friend Who Smells Like Corn," "Woman Hollering Creek" —engage potential readers' curiosity.
- 2I leave the trail and come out into the open, manicured park at the trails end.
- 3The works in Moua's anthology records the challenges of adjusting to a new homeland while preserving the writers' ethnic traditions.
- 4Their jaws contain seventy to eighty conical teeth and has a closing power of up to 1,200 poufilds per square inch.
- 5I considered the string of Thanksgiving dinners I've enjoyed, but, and perhaps by design, no one of them stand out as unusual.