By December 1, the adventurers had skied onto the Polar Plateau, stretching for 1,000 miles a high, frozen desert.
(A)where it is now.
(B) before the word By (revising the capitalization accordingly).
(C) after the word adventurers.
(D) after the word desert (ending the sentence with a period).
The Iroquois method begins with corn being planted at three-foot intervals. Later, soil had been mounded around the young stalks, enhancing drainage and warming the soil.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) has been (C) was (D) is
Correct Answer: D
Using highly sensitive hearing, sight, and smell, as well as touch receptors on the sides of their jaws alligators easily identify prey.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) receptors, on the sides of their jaws (C) receptors on the sides of their jaws; (D) receptors on the sides of their jaws,
Correct Answer: D
Holm claims to have a prairie eye, feeling uncomfortable in enclosed, mysterious spaces like the woods, he prefers the "magnitude and delicacy" of the open prairie.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) woods, thus, (C) woods. He (D) woods he
Correct Answer: C
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1Although Walter Diemer, now a retired senior vice president of the Fleer Corporation never a patented his invention, he had hoped to keep his recipe a secret from other gum manufacturers.
- 2Sincerely, gracious, always in full command of her art, she seemed completely absorbed in every song she sang.
- 3She led projects to build houses and to bring running water to isolated towns. She seeked start-up funding for the Cherokee Gardens, a commercial gardening operation.
- 4Through my parents, who were still in touch with Joan's father, I learned that Joan was currently living in Fairbanks.
- 5After three years, this mini-strip blossomed into "Krazy Kat,"the first comic strip to obtain true cult status.