ACT English Practice Questions and Complete Solutions

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 the present, or to describe an even that was completed at some indefinite time before the present ex: I *have lived* in Chicago for ten years. What do you use the future perfect for? to describe an event that will be completed at a definite later time ex: Jim *will have left* by the time I arrive. What two tenses can be used as the same? simple past and past participle State the simple past and past participle of: become simple past: became past participle: become