In the first century A.D., the Greek biographer Plutarch warned of sleeping in the shade of a yew was a deadly practice.
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) warned people about
(C) having warned that
(D) warned that
Her clear and expressive singing style soon gained her widespread popularity in the Spanish-speaking regions of North and South America.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) popularity: in the Spanish-speaking regions (C) popularity, in the Spanish-speaking regions, (D) popularity in the Spanish-speaking regions,
Correct Answer: A
However, the salesperson was persistent and, appealing to Grandpa's TV-viewing habits, described the various functions on the remote. However, my grandpa could punch in the time and the channel of his favorite daily news program, and the TV would turn on that program at the proper time.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) Additionally, Grandpa (C) Conversely, my grandpa (D) Grandpa
Correct Answer: D
Instead, they kept the cart by the front door, ready for when they needed to haul laundry down the long basement orridor to the washing machines even to carry flour, chocolate, and walnuts to my grandmother's Popham avenue apartment, where my sister preferred to bake.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) or (C) as if (D) OMIT the UBderlined portion.
Correct Answer: D
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1Studies indicate a fairly clear link between noise and stress, and experts believe there's a connection between noise and violence. Therefore, there's evidence that noise affects not only humans but animals as well.
- 2Although most of the ship was buried in ocean sediment, a deck beam and a small piece of wooden planking from the left forward portion of the wreck was visible.
- 3Mr. Reuel Gridley, a grocer, entered into a friendly wager for the election's outcome with a Dr. Buel Herrick.
- 4Grandma Moses didn't begin to paint seriously until she was in her seventies. At the age of eighty, she had her first solo art show.
- 5I can recall students from Costa Rica, Italy, Norway, and Nigeria. Last year, one of our school's exchange students being Ligia Antolinez, whom came from Bucaramanga, Colombia.