ACT English Practice Questions and Answers

Do you answer questions after you read? No What is the ACT English Method? Identify the issue, Eliminate the answer choices that do not address the issue, and Plug in the remaining answer choices and select the most correct, concise, and relevant one What does correct, concise, and relevant mean in terms of the answer choice you select? Has no grammatical errors, is as short as possible, ans is relevant to the paragraph and passage as a whole. Correct answers do NOT: Introduce new grammatical errors and provide irrelevant information What is a sentence called if it only has a verb? A run-on What is the dependent clause in the sentence: "While Lola ran a marathon, her friends cheered for her." While Lola ran a marathon When is a semi-colon used on the ACT? A semi-colon is used to join two independent clauses by a comma and a FANBOYS conjunction. What is one thing you do when you want to properly punctuate independent clauses? Use a dash. What is missing in this sentence? "Lola a marathon" A verb (ran) Correct the fragment by adding a subject: Volunteered to organize the upcoming fundraiser. The student volunteered to organize the upcoming fundraiser. Where do parenthetical elements appear? At the beginning, middle, or at the end of a sentence. What do you do when underlined portions include commas, dashes, or parenthesis? Check to make sure the punctuation is used correctly in context. Where is the parenthetical element placement? "Paris, the capital of France, is a popular tourist destination." The Middle