Test Prep Exam

Choose the best replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence: -I was halfway through my grocery shopping when I got 'a test from my mom: she wanted me to pick up some extra salsa.'

(as it is now)

Beginning from the start of the larval stage, how long does it take a mealworm to lay its first egg?

6 weeks

How could the following sentence be altered to be clearer? -Without help I would not finish this assignment.

Add a comma after 'help.'

Choose the option that corrects the following faulty collective ownership error. -All of the people on my street have a nice yard.

All of the people on my street have nice yards.

Which of the following is an example of syllogism?

All private schools cost money. Smiths Academy is a private school. Therefore, Smiths Academy costs money.

Why is a separable phrasal verb called separable?

Because the direct object can be placed between the words that form the phrasal verb without changing the meaning

Read the paragraph and then answer the question. -My grandmother lived in an old house at the end of an overgrown, dead-end street. From the outside, Grandma's house looked abandoned, but the inside transported me back to grandma's childhood. Which answer choice below could be added to the paragraph to effectively describe how the house reminded the narrator of Grandma's childhood?

Black-and-white photographs of the farm she grew up on dotted the hall, and the biscuit cutters that Grandma first started using when she was a girl of five had pride of place on the kitchen counter.

Through diet, how can a person optimize his/her performance on the test day?

By having a healthy, balanced breakfast.

Which of the following is a good way to keep the different views in a conflicting viewpoints passage straight in your head?

Give each scientist a nickname.

Identify the subject(s) of the following sentence: -He didn't know the mob boss paid off the cop.

He; mob boss

Which of the following is an example of denying the consequent?

If it is wood, it must be brown. It is not brown, therefore it is not wood.

Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of punctuation?

It clarifies meaning in writing.

How do college admissions offices use the ACT?

It helps them compare students from different schools.

What is the significance of an Oxford comma?

It is the final comma in a listing of items

Choose the best replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence: -I wanted to take my car, but 'Joe's and Sandy's truck' was the only vehicle that would fit all of us.

Joe and Sandy's truck

The boy with 'the skateboards is' going to the park.

NO CHANGE.

In the passage below, the writer wanted to describe life in an ocean community. Does the passage accomplish this goal? -My bedroom overlooks the ocean. Even with my windows closed, waves crashing against the shore are my lullaby and birds hooting are my alarm clock.

No, because the paragraph is about the writer's personal experiences, not the community's.

Is there a guessing penalty on the ACT?

No; incorrect answers and skipped questions both earn 0 points.

When is the best time to prepare the materials needed for a test?

On the eve of the test day.

For which creature is the difference between average speed and fastest speed the greatest?

Phoenix

Choose the best replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence: -'Sam, my younger brother- wanted' to be an astronaut until he was 7.

Sam- my younger brother -wanted

Identify the grammatically correct version of this sentence: -She was not nice she did not share her Twinkie with me.

She was not nice, for she did not share her Twinkie with me.

My grandmother lived in an old house at the end of an overgrown, dead-end street. From the outside, Grandma's house looked abandoned, but the inside transported me back to Grandma's childhood. 'The kitchen on the inside of the house' had an antique stove, well-used cast-iron pots, and the lingering smell of 70 years of cinnamon buns and chops.

The kitchen.

Which of the following conclusions could be made based on the information presented?

The range in fastest speeds in greater than the range in average speeds.

Why should you always guess if you don't know the correct answer to a question on the ACT?

There is no guessing penalty.

Which sentence most effectively introduces this paragraph? -"I spent the mornings swimming and the afternoons hanging out with my friends on the boardwalk. We liked buying ice cream cones at the hottest point in the afternoon and racing to see who could finish first?

When I was growing up, my family spent six weeks at the beach every summer.

A verb that is joined with a helping verb is called:

a compound verb

To register for the ACT online, you will need...

all of the answers are correct.

Which of the following should you bring to the ACT?

all of the answers are correct.

Which of these will you be tested on during the ACT English section?

all of these are tested on the exam.

Jim has entered the classroom to find his teacher saying: 'Whose pencil is lying over there on the floor?' Why did his teacher use an interrogative pronoun to start the sentence?

because it's the correct way to ask the question

Which of the following examples represents the comparative form of the adjective good?

better

Nothing tastes 'better then' a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie.

better than.

Which of the following is NOT a correct pair of correlatives?

both...but

Choose the best replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence: -The head of our superhero dream team can change 'water to fire, and transform himself' into any animal.

change water to fire and transform himself

A semicolon can be used for all of the following EXCEPT to______________.

connect two independent clauses that are widely dissimilar from each other.

In the sentence, 'Sixty-five percent of the tulips in this field are white', the subject-verb agreement is:

correct because the plural verb 'are' agrees with the plural noun 'tulips.'

Identify the type of conjunction in the following sentence: -Not only are you beautiful, but you are also intelligent.

correlative

A scientist is running a test of her hypothesis. Which step of the scientific method is she executing?

experiment

What are four very common types of multiple-choice questions used for literature?

factual, drawing conclusions, analysis, and inference

Which of the following pronouns must ALWAYS be paired with a plural verb?

few, many, both, others, and several

Which type of chart illustrates relationships between concepts or steps in a process?

flow chart

Martha is a chronic procrastinator: five minutes after she was supposed to leave, she'll still be running around 'frantic trying to get everything together.'

frantically trying to get everything together.

Species X is most likely...

gram-positive

Each of my four visits to the past 'have taught me' something new.

have taught me

Pick the correct phrase for the underlined portion: -Our hiking guide explained potential problem we might 'have by our equipment', what to do in an emergency, and how to improvise a shelter if we were caught in a storm.

have with our

Which pronoun would correctly fill in the blank in the following sentence? -I think that either my cousins or your husband will bring ______ sound system to the party.

his

Choose the best replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence: -The professor was sweet, 'if a little too devoted to this cats he often went' off on long tangents during his lectures about his feline companions past and present.

if a little too devoted to his cats-he often went

The ACT Science Reasoning test primarily evaluates your ability to

interpret and apply scientific information.

The gym was closed for the investigation, so the basketball team had to hold 'their practice' outdoors.

its practice

Which type of chart plots the relationship between dependent and independent variables?

line graph

How should you prepare on the night before the test, and why is it important?

managing sleep and preparing supplies ensures that the brain will be running at full capacity on the test day.

How should the phrase 'hot math classroom' be altered in the following sentence? I wish my hot math classroom had air-conditioning because it gets so hot when the sun shines through the windows.

math classroom.

Which type of chart compares data with relative percentages?

pie chart

At what step in the scientific method does a scientist propose the problem that he or she wants to solve?

question

What are the easiest questions on the Research Summaries passages?

questions that just ask you to find a fact in the passage

What is reading comprehension?

reading comprehension is when you understand what you read.

What is the first step to reading comprehension?

reading on your ability level

Which word would make the following sentence grammatically correct? -Students should check with their teachers before you leave the classroom.

replace 'you' with 'they'

What is the primary unit of a word called?

root

At first, Janice couldn't believe that 'her and Emily' were suspects.

she and Emily

How should you approach the passages on the ACT reading test?

skim them and go to the questions

How should you deal with the passages on the ACT Science test?

skim them for important information

Who takes the ACT?

students in high school.

Which term identifies the form of a sentence that's seen or heard?

surface structure

Where in a. word is the suffix found?

the end

The three girls in 'the front row has a lot' of questions.

the front row have a lot.

What is the definition of 'gist'?

the main point or essence

Three sisters share the ownership of a bakery. The business is ________ bakery.

the sisters'

Which of the following indicates that a verb should be singular?

the subject is singular

Which pronoun would correctly fill in the blank in the following sentence? -Either folk songs or country songs are my favorite types of music because of ________ good rhythms.

their

Which of the following summarizes an accepted hypothesis tested by many scientists?

theory

When writing a sentence using either/or or neither/nor, how do you decide whether the verb should be singular or plural?

use the subject noun closest to the verb to decide

A verb is _______

used to express an action, event, or state of being

Tense tells the reader:

when the action of a verb takes place

Choose the best replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence: -My new super weapon can fire bullets made of 'plasma dry ice and pure titanium.'

plasma, dry ice, and pure titanium.

Which pronoun would correctly fill in the blank in the following sentence? -I have talked to your teachers and your bosses, and __________ think that you've been doing a great job.

they

Choose the most logical sentence order. -[1]Now, I spend the summer cooped up in an air-conditioned office. [2]I haven't been back to the beach for 15 years. [3]When I was a child, I looked forward to long days in the sun.

2, 3, 1

When would you use brackets in your writing?

To add explanatory information to text

Read the paragraph below. Assuming all of the answer choices are true, which sentence best concludes the paragraph and uses the same writing style as the paragraph? -To take the train, a rider must first purchase a ticket at the machine. The rider then waits for the train and boards when the train has reached a full stop Next, the rider finds an open seat. When the conductor passes by, the rider shows the ticket to the conductor.

When the train reaches the rider's destination, the rider must get off the train.

Consider the following test question: "In this story, the word 'safe' most likely means..." Regardless of what story is being referenced, what kind of test question would this be classifies as?

an analysis or interpretation question

When should you register for the ACT?

as early as possible.

Which pronoun or pronouns should be used to correctly fill in the blank in the following sentence? -Every child in the class finished all of _______ homework.

his or her

Deep structure represents a sentence's most basic units of ___________.

meaning

At which of the following locations along the cliff surface is the slate layer thickest?

mile six

To correct faulty collective ownership, a writer should look for wording that suggests group ownership and _________.

pluralize the object the group is owning or using.

Your ACT composite score is

the average of all 4 of your section scores.

Which of the following best describes questions on Data Representation passages?

They ask you to interpret information presented in the passage.

Relative clauses perform all of the following functions EXCEPT:

They may sound more informal than the way people often speak.

Which languages contribute to most scientific vocabulary?

Greek and Latin

Usage and mechanics questions test you on

grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and word usage.

I fried eggs for breakfast, baked pizza for lunch, and 'grilling chicken for dinner.'

grilled chicken for dinner.

Choose the best replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence: -Eager to get started, the students paid close attention to 'they're teacher's' instructions.

their teacher's

Choose the best replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence: -We asked our professor when he would 'hand our essays back we'd turned them in a month ago' but he didn't seem to remember them at all.

hand our essays back (we'd turned them in a month ago), but

Identify the verb or verbs in the following sentence: -She poured a drink for herself and took a very long sip.

poured; took

Which is a way to challenge yourself in finding the gist?

practice the four steps with an unfamiliar subject

If a question asks you to select the best transition sentence, how much of the passage should you read?

that paragraph that contains the transition sentence and the paragraph before the transition.

Choose the best replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence: -Unwilling to let her daughter 'walk to school alone; Emily' accompanied her every day.

walk to school alone, Emily

Let me know if _______ inviting more people to ________ party.

you're; your

Choose the best replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence: -Lucy had packed up 'everything: lunch, books, pencils, and gym uniform, the night before,' so it only took her a few minutes to get ready in the morning.

everything (lunch, books, pencils, and gym uniform) the night before