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Language Review

ACT Preparation

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Glencoe booklet

1. D Words that possess add ‘s

brothers-in-law

Four deer

2. B Both, plural / their, plural

Each singular / her singular

Pronouns must agree in number.

Each one

Each brought _____ book to class

3. C shift in tense

clutched /past tense

Told /past tense

Turns /present tense**

Pushed /past tense

4. B

Read both words for contractions.

Its tires became flattened.

It’s raining outside. (it is)

Whose book is that?

Who’s going to the mall?

5. A

6. B , appositive phrase,

Restates what was written “in other words.” The appositive phrase will have a comma before and a comma after.

7. A Use a comma with a mild interjection

Interjections are words such as Wow! Golly! Stop! strong interjections

Yes, Okay, Oh, mild interjections

8. B tomatoes / spelling

*For musical terms simply add S

• Alto altos

• Soprano sopranos

• Piano pianos

9. C Words that possess add ‘s.

*You can only ADD s one time on the same word.

10. A

It saw

Mouse run

Kitten sprang

11. D Singular noun / singular pronoun

Plural noun / plural pronoun

Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement.

12. C

To affect is to influence; verb

the effect is the result. noun

13. A Use the fewest words possible.

14. D vividly

15. A accept/except

16. C

17. D “Use quotations for a person’s exact words,” said Mrs. Hinton. Omit THAT or WHETHER

18. B The class elected two officers

The class elected Rita.

The class elected me.

19. C misplaced modifiers

The modifying phrase should be next to the word it is describing.

20. A Use fewer words.

21. B Clear and Precise means “be exact”

22. D a – run on sentence / comma splice

b and c are fragments

23. C drink - drank - have drunk,

has drunk,

had drunk

sing – sang – have sung

ring – rang – have rung

swim – swam – have swum

24. A

either one – singular verbs end in s.

Either Thomas Malory or Mark Twain is my favorite writer.

25. D

26. C

27. D

28. C – active voice – uses one verb

The subject of the sentence performs the action of the verb.

29. D

30. B

31. A – Use fewer words

32. A – Misplaced Modifier

33. D – passive voice – 2 or more verbs The subject DID NOT perform the action of the verb.

Cameron / opened the door.

Active voice 1 verb plus the subject performed the action.

The door / was opened by Cameron.

Passive voice 2 verbs plus the subject did NOT perform the action.

The students / will pass this exam including Cameron. Active voice

This exam / will be passed by the students. Passive voice verb

34. D

35. B

36. B – formal English: never use you, contractions, nor opinions

37. C fragment

38. A ; however,

The teacher gave the answer to the test; however, some people missed the questions.

The teacher, however, gave the answers to the test.

39. A comma splice / run-on

40. D : Never place a colon after a preposition or a verb. The colon means “note what follows.”

A series will follow the colon.

41. A jumped, laughed, danced all parts are the same

42. C sentence ; sentence.

43. B parallel structure- all parts are the same

44. D

too hot, too sunny, and too far away

In parallel structure, there will always be three parts in one sentence. All three parts must be the same.

My mother dislikes living in Arizona because it is too hot, it is too sunny, and

Exercise 1 Prepositional Phrases

1. The town in Alabama had a spacious plaza near the town hall.

2. The fountain near the plaza was a gathering place.

Exercise 2 Appositive Phrases

1. Damaso Valentin, a high-spirited boy, brought to the group great verve, along with a taste of prosperity.

2. He lived with his mother, a widow.

Exercise 3 Participial Phrases

1. The Jesuits, expelled from Spain by the government, shut their schools.

2. Damaso and Eduardo, feeling self-conscious in their new school, sought new friends.

Exercise 4 Gerund Phrases

1. Creating a vast empire was Spain’s goal at one time.

2. Losing its Latin American colonies set off Spain’s decline.

Exercise 5

1.To perform deeds of courage was Gervasio’s great desire.

2. He hoped to battle the enemy.

45. B

46. C

47. C- Passive voice

trees were planted.

Jose planted the tree.-active voice

48. A –

Everyday = adjective- describes the noun.

Every day = each day, noun.

She chews gum every day.

It is an everyday occurrence.

49. B

50. B

51. A

52. D ; therefore,

53. C “poems” books “articles”

54. A- omit “that”

55. D- two months’ salary

56. D

57. C

58. B/C

59. B

60. B

61. B , but

62. D

63. C

64. B - Formal writing: remove contactions (can’t), I, you, cliché (overused expessions), slang

65. B

66. D swim, walk, play

67. B

68. C

69. C passive voice / 2 verbs

70. C

71. B Each receives – remove the prep. phrase when looking for subj. and verb

72. C

73. A singular subject needs singular Verb / Pronoun

74. A

75. D

76. B

77. B Use fewer words.

78. A

79. B

80. D

81. A

82. C

83. A Active voice / one verb

84. B

85. B

86. C daughters-in-law

87. B

88. D

89. C

90. D two workmen

91. B

92. D

93. D

94. D

95. C

96. D

97. D

98. B

99. A

100. D

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