ACT English – Section 1 – Test 1

1. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (1). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. snake, curving and bending
C. snake curving and bending,
D. snake, curving, and bending,

2. Question

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion (2) would NOT be acceptable?

A. path, paving
B. path and then paved
C. path before paving
D. path paved

3. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (3). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. knowing they
C. that they
D. people

4. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (4). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. day; not on a bike
C. day not on a bike
D. day, not on a bike;

5. Question

If the writer were to delete the preceding two sentences before (5), the essay would primarily lose:

A. a reason why the narrator is in the forest.
B. a detail important for understanding the essay.
C. a contrast to the lighthearted tone of the essay.
D. nothing at all; this information is irrelevant to the essay.

6. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (6). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. charged, because of that,
C. charged, this means that
D. charged, so

7. Question

Which choice would most logically and effectively emphasize the positive, friendly attitude the narrator has toward Luigi on (7)?

A. NO CHANGE
B. travels safely
C. proceeds carefully
D. purrs softly

8. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (8). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. You can hear
C. One can even hear
D. While hearing

9. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (9). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. Due to the fact that it is
C. It turns into the month of
D. Because it has turned into

10. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (10). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. gentle, along
C. gently along
D. gentle along,

11. Question

Which choice most effectively leads into the new subject of this paragraph (11)?

A. NO CHANGE
B. The sun begins to set
C. Nature always impresses me
D. Days can go by quickly

12. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (12). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. dust, however,
C. dust.
D. dust,

13. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (13). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. hour, looking,
C. hour looking;
D. hour looking

14. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (14). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. trail’s
C. trails’
D. trails’s

15. Question

Question 15 asks about the preceding passage as a whole. Suppose the writer’s goal had been to write an essay illustrating the pleasure that people can take in nature. Would this essay accomplish that goal?

A. Yes, because it focuses on a variety of wildflowers that the narrator enjoys.
B. Yes, because it focuses on the narrator’s joy at having access to nature.
C. No, because it describes the world of the city as being more important to the narrator.
D. No, because it focuses primarily on the functioning of the narrator’s motorized wheelchair.