ACT: English Prep. Test Questions and
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What is the importance of a capitalized word in a question? ✔✔It is both a proper noun and an
appositive, and therefore must be followed before and after by a co
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ACT: English Prep. Test Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
What is the importance of a capitalized word in a question? ✔✔It is both a proper noun and an
appositive, and therefore must be followed before and after by a comma. It also shows that it is
important.
What should you do when you are running out of time and haven't answered all the questions?
✔✔Fill in the remaining answer choices with A or D
What "job" are you doing on the English section? ✔✔You're an "editor" with a purpose for
editing, and it is your job to write things as they should be and correct any mistakes that may be
incorrect regarding English and grammar.
True or False: The ACT writers know that typical mistakes we make in language and often use
these ideas to test you on. ✔✔True
5) How much time do you have on English? ✔✔You will 45 minutes to complete the test.
5) How will you manage that time on the test? ✔✔You will manage your time with using 9
minutes per passage.
How many questions are on English? ✔✔There are 75 questions.
7) What are the two subscores on the English test? ✔✔Usage/Mechanics and Rhetorical Skills
7) How many questions are there in each subscore? ✔✔Usage/Mechanics has 40 questions and
Rhetorical Skills has 35 questions.
7) What are some examples of the types of questions that may show up under each of these
subscores? ✔✔Usage/Mechanics:
a) punctuation
b) grammar/usage
c) sentence structure
Rhetorical Skills:
a) strategy
b) organization
c) style
8) What is the strategy called in which you say what you need to say in the least amount of
words possible? ✔✔Style
8) Approximately how many of these (style) questions will there be? ✔✔Approximately 12
9) How many reasons are there to use a comma? ✔✔6
9) What are they (reasons to use a comma)? ✔✔1) Separate independent clauses that are joined
by a conjunction
2) Separate a series of items
3) Separate multiple adjectives which are modifying a noun
4) Set of a non-essential and parenthetical phrase
5) Set off appositives
6) Go after an introductory phrase (prepositional phrase)
9) Is a comma ever optional on the test? ✔✔Yes ("when in doubt, leave it out!" - ALWAYS use
the Oxford comma)
For each of those (comma) 6 reasons, WHERE do you place the commas? ✔✔1) Before the
conjunction
2) After each word and before and
3) After each adjective except for the adjective listed before the noun
4) Before and after however (,however,)
5) Before and after the proper noun
6) After the phrase (time, place, or purpose)
Approximately how many comma questions are on the test? ✔✔Approximately 16
12) What are the rules for apostrophe usage? ✔✔1) Possessive singular noun: ADD 'S
2) Possessive plural noun: ADD '
3) Possessive plural noun not ending in s: ADD 'S
How would you show that Chris owned his motorcycle? ✔✔Chris's
What two purposes do we use a colon for? ✔✔1) To set up a list of items
2) Used to join two independent clauses when the second clause elaborates upon or further
explains the first
What two purposes do we use the semi-colon on the test? ✔✔1) Used to separate two
independent but RELATED clauses
2) Used to separate items in a list (when a comma is already taken)
What purpose do you use a dash for? ✔✔To indicate a break in thought or the addition of
information
Which set of punctuation marks do we never have to choose between? ✔✔Semi-colons and
periods
What punctuation mark will never be the correct answer? ✔✔Exclamation marks
What are three ways to correct a run-on sentence? ✔✔1) Join the two independent clauses with a
semi-colon
2) Separate each clause by using ending punctuation
3) Make one of the independent clauses a dependent clause
4) Join the two independent clauses using a comma and a coordination conjunction
Why should you never pick an exclamation point? ✔✔It's never the answer
What types of verb questions will you see on the test? ✔✔Subject-verb agreement and verb tense
What are the three steps you need to take when you see a subject/verb agreement question on the
test? ✔✔1) Locate subject
2) Cross out everything between your subject and your verb
3) Choose your answer and plug it in
23) How will you determine what pronoun to use on the test? ✔✔Plug it in where it is replacing
a noun that was previously stated - it should agree in number and gender
23) What is the difference between the nominative and objective case? ✔✔- Nominative shows
the subject of the verb (subject is the noun/pronoun that performs the action of the verb)
- Objective is when a pronoun is the object of the verb or preposition
How do you determine between who and whom? ✔✔- Who: subject (*HE*)
- Whom: subject of an object; object of preposition (*HIM*)
What is the difference between a comparative and superlative modifier? ✔✔- Comparative:
compares two things
- Superlative: compares more than two things
26) What is the difference between active and passive voice? ✔✔- Active voice: the subject is
doing the action
- Passive voice: the subject is being acted upon
26) Which (voice) do you choose on the test? ✔✔Active
What types of questions are most frequently missed on the test? ✔✔Subject-verb agreement
(usage/mechanics)
28) What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb? ✔✔- Adjectives: describe a noun
(what?)
- Adverbs: describe a verb (-ly, how?)
28) Which one of them typically takes a special form? ✔✔Adverbs
29) What are three types of rhetorical skills questions on the test? ✔✔Writing strategies,
organization, and style
29) What types of questions will be asked within each of these categories? ✔✔- Writing
Strategies: revising the passage, transitions in the paragraph, adding information that is relevant
and necessary, and main purpose questions
- Organization: reorganizing questions in the passage
- Style: a portion that is underlined (how we write something)
What are the two major differences between a usage & mechanics and a rhetorical skills
questions? ✔✔- Usage/Mechanics: most frequently missed
- Rhetorical Skills: most frequently SKIPPED
Make sure you find the ___ necessary on rhetorical skills questions. ✔✔Bracketed or boxed
number
32) Should you read everything within the English passage? ✔✔Yes
32) Why? ✔✔This is so that you can answer questions about the passage as a whole correctly,
and without having to guess, as you will have read the whole passage.
What are the two words you should pay attention to when deciding whether to add or delete
something? ✔✔Words of importance (with information that is relevant/necessary)
What should serve as a "red flag" that an organization questions is coming? ✔✔Bracketed and
boxed numbers
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