ACT Prep Class Master Study Set 89 Questions with Verified Answers,100% CORRECT
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ACT Prep Class Master Study Set 89 Questions with Verified Answers
Different languages value different things. What does English value?
Beauty and sound
Courtesy and honor
Flexibility and innovation
Simplicity and directness - CORRECT ANSWER Simplicity and directness
When in doubt
look...
ACT Prep Class Master Study Set 89 Questions with Verified Answers
Different languages value different things. What does English value?
Beauty and sound
Courtesy and honor
Flexibility and innovation
Simplicity and directness - CORRECT ANSWER Simplicity and directness
When in doubt
look it up.
shake it up.
take it out.
make a guess. - CORRECT ANSWER take it out.
The _______answer is usually right.
most detailed
shortest
longest
first - CORRECT ANSWER shortest
How much of the English test deals with CRR questions?
one half
one third
all of it
one quarter - CORRECT ANSWER one third
Does the ACT prefer active or passive sentences? - CORRECT ANSWER active
What is the most powerful part of an English sentence?
conjunctions
verbs
nouns adjectives - CORRECT ANSWER verbs
If the ACT uses these punctuation marks in a sentence, it's a clue that you should really consider omit, if it is an answer choice.
semicolons
parentheses
dashes
commas - CORRECT ANSWER parentheses
Consider this sentence: "The letter was written by him before he discovered her mistake." Which option is a good way to make this sentence to be more concise?
She made a mistake before he wrote the letter.
The letter was written by him before her mistake was discovered.
Before he discovered her mistake, the letter was written by him.
He wrote the letter before he discovered her mistake. - CORRECT ANSWER He wrote the letter before he discovered her mistake.
Consider this text:
My route home from school takes me 1.(by the cemetery, where dead people are buried.) Sometimes, it's creepy and foreboding, but other times, it's the most festive place in the landscape. 2.(On Valentine's Day, February 14, the headstones
were festooned with bright metallic balloons,) dancing in the wind, longing to be part of the sky, tethered to the ground by tiny strings usually fastened around vases of vivid roses . . .
What changes, if any, would you make for the first underlined portion?
Omit the underlined portion
by the cemetery where dead people are buried.
by the cemetery.
No change - CORRECT ANSWER by the cemetery
Consider this text:
My route home from school takes me 1. ( by the cemetery, where dead people are buried.) Sometimes, it's creepy and foreboding, but other times, it's the most festive place in the landscape. 2. ( On Valentine's Day, February 14, the headstones were festooned with bright metallic balloons,) dancing in the wind, longing to be part of the sky, tethered to the ground by tiny strings usually fastened around vases of vivid roses . . .
What changes, if any, would you make for the second underlined portion?
On Valentine's Day February 14, the headstones were festooned with bright metallic balloons
On Valentine's Day (February 14) the headstones were festooned with bright metallic balloons,
Omit the underlined portion
On Valentine's Day, someone festooned the headstones with bright metallic balloons, - CORRECT ANSWER On Valentine's Day, someone festooned the headstones with bright metallic balloons,
Generalization questions focus on all of these except
the author's purpose.
the big picture.
the underlying details.
the main point. - CORRECT ANSWER the underlying details.
How do you attack a paired passage?
Glance and Grab A, Read and Map A, Answer A.
Consider the relationship between the passages.
Divide and conquer.
Use all of these strategies. - CORRECT ANSWER Use all of these strategies.
How should I read the passages on the ACT exam?
scan: like playing "slug bug"
re-read: review anything you don't understand
skim: skipping over connector words
read: carefully, so you don't miss anything - CORRECT ANSWER skim: skipping over connector words
All of these are question-stem indicators for detail questions except
the author implies
according to the author
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