Glory is meant to evoke both the exultant spirit of gospel churches and the movie during the Civil War of the same name, which tells the story of a black regiment.
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) after the word name (but before the comma)
(C) after the word story
(D) after the word regiment (ending the sentence with a period).
Before his invention, golfers preparing to tee off (hit their first shot) had to shape a mound of moist dirt or sand to raise the golf ball off the turf in order to hit it cleanly.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) their (C) its’ (D) it’s
Correct Answer: A
N. (C) Wyeth, gifted artist and illustrator, was in the early twentieth century.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) Wyeth was a gifted artist and illustrator (C) Wyeth was a gifted artist, and illustrator (D) Wyeth, a gifted artist and illustrator,
Correct Answer: B
Pleasantly heavy and from the sun, I can still imagine the feel of the fruit.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) I can still imagine the feel of the fruit, pleasantly heavy and warm from the sun. (C) Pleasantly, the fruit is still warm and heavy where I can feel it in my imagination from the sun. (D) Pleasantly heavy, I can still imagine the feel of the warm fruit from the sun.
Correct Answer: B
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1On December 2, 1964, Savio spoke insistently to a large crowd of protesters: "There is a time when the operation of the machine . . . makes you so sick at heart that you can't take part. . . and you've got to make it stop."
- 2Tan also realized that, whether her work was published or not, one could only learn about oneself by writing in her own, Chinese-American, voice.
- 3The philosopher, John Stuart Mill wrote that "all good things which exist are the fruits of originality."
- 4Inspired and motivated, Gridley traveled to Virginia City, Nevada, to auction the sack of flour to its residents.
- 5I 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.