ACT ENGLISH PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
What is the rule for subject-verb agreement? ✔✔singular verbs end with *s* and plural verbs
*do not*
What do you use past perfect for? ✔✔to make clear the chr
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ACT ENGLISH PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
What is the rule for subject-verb agreement? ✔✔singular verbs end with *s* and plural verbs
*do not*
What do you use past perfect for? ✔✔to make clear the chronology of two events completed at a
definite time in the past, one before the other
ex: Before I went to the performance with Kelly, I *had* never *appreciated* ballet before
What do you use the present perfect for? ✔✔to describe an event that began in the past and
continues into the present, or to describe an even that was completed at some indefinite time
before the present
ex: I *have lived* in Chicago for ten years.
What do you use the future perfect for? ✔✔to describe an event that will be completed at a
definite later time
ex: Jim *will have left* by the time I arrive.
What two tenses can be used as the same? ✔✔simple past and past participle
State the simple past and past participle of: become ✔✔simple past: became
past participle: become
State the simple past and past participle of: begin ✔✔simple past: began
past participle: begun
State the simple past and past participle of: blow ✔✔simple past: blew
past participle: blown
State the simple past and past participle of: break ✔✔simple past: broke
past participle: broken
State the simple past and past participle of: bring ✔✔simple past: brought
past participle: brought
State the simple past and past participle of: choose ✔✔simple past: chose
past participle: chosen
State the simple past and past participle of: come ✔✔simple past: came
past participle: come
State the simple past and past participle of: drink ✔✔simple past: drank
past participle: drunk
State the simple past and past participle of: drive ✔✔simple past: drove
past participle: driven
State the simple past and past participle of: eat ✔✔simple past: ate
past participle: eaten
State the simple past and past participle of: fall ✔✔simple past: fell
past participle: fallen
State the simple past and past participle of: fly ✔✔simple past: flew
past participle: flown
State the simple past and past participle of: forbid ✔✔simple past: forbade
past participle: forbidden
State the simple past and past participle of: forget ✔✔simple past: forgot
past participle: forgotten
State the simple past and past participle of: forgive ✔✔simple past: forgave
past participle: forgiven
State the simple past and past participle of: freeze ✔✔simple past: froze
past participle: frozen
State the simple past and past participle of: get ✔✔simple past: got
past participle: gotten
State the simple past and past participle of: give ✔✔simple past: gave
past participle: given
State the simple past and past participle of: go ✔✔simple past: went
past participle: gone
State the simple past and past participle of: grow ✔✔simple past: grew
past participle: grown
State the simple past and past participle of: hide ✔✔simple past: hid
past participle: hidden
State the simple past and past participle of: know ✔✔simple past: knew
past participle: known
State the simple past and past participle of: lay ✔✔simple past: laid
past participle: laid
State the simple past and past participle of: lead ✔✔simple past: led
past participle: led
State the simple past and past participle of: lie ✔✔simple past: lay
past participle: lain
State the simple past and past participle of: ride ✔✔simple past: rode
past participle: ridden
State the simple past and past participle of: ring ✔✔simple past: rang
past participle: rung
State the simple past and past participle of: rise ✔✔simple past: rose
past participle: risen
State the simple past and past participle of: run ✔✔simple past: ran
past participle: run
State the simple past and past participle of: see ✔✔simple past: saw
past participle: seen
State the simple past and past participle of: shake ✔✔simple past: shook
past participle: shaken
State the simple past and past participle of: sing ✔✔simple past: sang
past participle: sung
State the simple past and past participle of: speak ✔✔simple past: spoke
past participle: spoken
State the simple past and past participle of: spring ✔✔simple past: sprang
past participle: sprung
State the simple past and past participle of: steal ✔✔simple past: stole
past participle: stolen
State the simple past and past participle of: swim ✔✔simple past: swam
past participle: swum
State the simple past and past participle of: take ✔✔simple past: took
past participle: taken
State the simple past and past participle of: teach ✔✔simple past: taught
past participle: taught
State the simple past and past participle of: tear ✔✔simple past: tore
past participle: torn
State the simple past and past participle of: throw ✔✔simple past: threw
past participle: thrown
State the simple past and past participle of: wear ✔✔simple past: wore
past participle: worn
State the simple past and past participle of: write ✔✔simple past: wrote
past participle: written
singular pronouns for female gender ✔✔she, her, hers
singular pronouns for male gender ✔✔he, him, his
singular pronouns for things ✔✔it, its
plural pronouns for female gender ✔✔they, them, their
plural pronouns for male gender ✔✔they, them, their
plural pronouns for things ✔✔they, them, their
1st person subject pronouns ✔✔I, we
2nd person subject pronouns ✔✔you
3rd person subject pronouns ✔✔she, he, it, they
1st person object pronouns ✔✔me, us
2nd person object pronouns ✔✔you
3rd person object pronouns ✔✔her, him, it, them
1st person possessive pronouns ✔✔my, mine, our, ours
2nd person possessive pronouns ✔✔your
3rd person possessive pronouns ✔✔her, hers, his, its, their, theirs
what do *adjectives* do to nouns? ✔✔modify them
what do *adverbs* do? ✔✔modify *verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs* but *not nouns*
how are most verbs formed? ✔✔adding *-ly* to the end of an *adjective*
ex: No one took her warnings *seriously*.
What added to an adjective makes it a comparison? ✔✔*-er*
What added to an adjective makes it a superlative? ✔✔*-est*
Identify if this is a complete sentence: *Amanda throws strikes*. ✔✔yes
Identify if this is a complete sentence: *Go Bears!* ✔✔yes
Identify if this is a complete sentence: *The batter who hit second*. ✔✔no
Identify if this is a complete sentence: *Since you bought the hotdogs*. ✔✔no
What all are considered to be STOP punctuation? ✔✔period(.), semicolon(;), question mark(?),
exclamation mark(!)
What should you do, when on the ACT, if you are asked to solve a problem with STOP
punctuation? ✔✔perform the vertical line test: draw a vertical line where the STOP punctuation
is to help you determine if the ideas before and after the line are complete or incomplete
What are FANBOYS? ✔✔*F*or
*A*nd
*N*or
*B*ut
*O*r
*Y*et
*S*o
What do colons and single dashes have in common? ✔✔they can link a complete idea to either
an incomplete idea or another complete idea. The complete idea must come first, and the second
idea will be a definition, explanation, or list.
Name all the most common conjuctions ✔✔although, as, because, if, since, that, until, what,
which, while, when, where, who, whom
Name all the TRICKY pronouns ✔✔anybody, either, nobody, anyone, everybody, somebody,
each, everyone, someone (they are all singular)
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