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ACT Prep English (Practice Questions) with Complete Solutions I grew up with buckets, shovels, and nets waiting by the back door; hip-waders hanging in the closet; tide table charts covering the refrigerator door; and a microscope was sitting on the kitchen table. Choose the best replacement answer for this part of the sentence: "waiting by the back door;" A. NO CHANGE B. waiting, by the back door, C. waiting by the back door, D. waiting by the back door A (It provides the best punctu...

ACT prep- English; test 1 Questions and Answers Graded A+ 1. a. NO CHANGE b. is c. it's d. DELETE the underlined portion b. is 2. f. NO CHANGE g. has seven rooms: a front room, an herb shop, two bedrooms, a stockroom, a general store, and a kitchen and bunk room h. is cooperatively preserved and operated by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and the City of John Day j. has a kitchen that holds antique tables, a large woodstove, and a variety of Chinese teas and cooking ute...

ACT: English Prep. Test Questions and Answers 100% Pass What is the importance of a capitalized word in a question? It is both a proper noun and an appositive, and therefore must be followed before and after by a comma. It also shows that it is important. What should you do when you are running out of time and haven't answered all the questions? Fill in the remaining answer choices with A or D What "job" are you doing on the English section? You're an "editor" with a purpose for ed...

ACT English practice questions and answers already passed dependent clause cannot stand on it's own. ex: "when I went to Europe" "because I am a teacher" "after I called the doctor" Possessive of "it" its Contraction of "it is" it's Which is not a correct form? its, it's, its' its'. This form does NOT exist. They're=? "They are" Their=? Possessive There=? a place

ACT ENGLISH PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED What is the rule for subject-verb agreement? singular verbs end with *s* and plural verbs *do not* What do you use past perfect for? to make clear the chronology of two events completed at a definite time in the past, one before the other ex: Before I went to the performance with Kelly, I *had* never *appreciated* ballet before What do you use the present perfect for? to describe an event that began in the past and continues into ...

ACT English Questions and Answers Already Passed Fix the apostrophe(s). Deborahs groceries' melted in the car. Deborah's groceries melted in the car. Fix the commas. Amy charged exceedingly, reasonable prices for tutoring. Amy charged exceedingly reasonable prices for tutoring. Fix the commas. Rebecca bought milk eggs and cheese. Rebecca bought milk, eggs, and cheese. Fix the pronoun agreement. Herpetophobia is when people have a fear of snakes. Herpetophobia is a term that means a ...

Act English Questions and Answers Graded A Coast now Knowing how much i miss the (coast: now) that i live far from it, That swims The water inside is colored an artificial blue and contains a red fish (whom swims) upside down. Ocean's surface I can see black-backed dolphins arching across the (oceans surface) Sticking to I can imagine it (clasping) my calves, making them look like a sand sculpture Pier, Out on the (pier, where) fishing rods hang over the edge of the planks No change Bab...

ACT English Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions To reduce the resulting quarrels, we both met with Grandma, [whom promised us] that we'd each have special activities. A. NO CHANGE B. who promised us C. who promised ourselves D. whom promised ourselves B. who promised us whom = object case who = subject case The pronoun is referring to Grandma, which is the subject of the sentence and is therefore, "who."

ACT English Rules/Reminders Latest 2023 with Verified Solutions Introductory phrase = Comma Use a comma when it separates introductory words from rest of sentence Ex. After seven weeks of studying, I raised my ACT score by five points. BTW (by the way) Phrases = comma hug Use commas to set off words or phrases that are nonessential to the integrity of the sentence...oh, by the way FANBOYS For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Independent, (FANBOYS) Independant Use comma when it separates 2 ind...

ACT English Section Practice: Semicolons, Dashes, and Commas Already Passed Semicolons Between Sentences ;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Semicolons connect 2 independent clauses. A semicolon is ONLY correct if it can be replaced with a period. Remember that semicolons are interchangeable with periods—this means that you will never be asked to choose between them. If the only difference between two answers is that one has a period and the other semicolon in the same spot, both answers must be wrong. Sem...