Practice Test 10 - ACT English

20 questions. Answer them in any order, then submit to see your score and every explanation.

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1. Which of these choices makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
2. The artist painted only two portraits last year.
3. The writer wants to add a detail about the economic impact of tourism. Which choice best achieves this?
4. In a personal essay about learning to cook, Mateo described how he followed his aunt's recipe and adjusted the seasoning near the end. He wanted his writing to sound natural and unambiguous. He wrote that he just added salt at the end, but he meant that salt was the only thing he added (not that he added it recently or casually). Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
5. In a sports recap, a student wrote about a close basketball game decided in the final seconds. The recap stated that the home team played the most aggressively of the two teams in the fourth quarter. Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
6. At the city library, a volunteer team digitized old photographs for an online archive. Each photo was scanned, labeled with the date and location, and saved in two formats so researchers could download smaller files quickly. In the project log, the coordinator wrote, "We created a backup copy in case of an emergency situation." Which choice best maintains the sentence's clarity and precision?
7. The community theater's spring production required building a rotating stage so scenes could shift without a blackout. Volunteers spent three weekends welding the platform's steel frame before adding a motor salvaged from an old treadmill. On opening night, the motor jammed twice during the second act. Should the underlined sentence be kept or deleted?
8. The kitchen smelled of freshly baked bread, and cinnamon rolls.
9. While reviewing a short story, a writer noticed that one paragraph repeated information about the main character's fear of thunderstorms. The writer decided to keep the first mention because it explained why the character avoided camping. The second mention added no new detail, so the writer planned to delete it out of the draft. Which choice is the clearest and most concise?
10. Suppose the writer was instructed to write an essay specifically detailing the engineering techniques used to drain wetlands in the 1920s. Does this essay successfully fulfill that assignment?
11. At the museum's new exhibit on ancient navigation, a guide explained that the sailors relied on the North Star because its position barely changes during the night compared with other stars. Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
12. None of the information were relevant to the case. Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
13. The school's debate team practiced twice a week for the regional tournament, focusing mostly on rebuttals. Two days before the tournament, their strongest debater came down with a fever and had to drop out. For example, the remaining three members spent the final two days rewriting their strategy around a different lineup. Which choice makes the sentence most logical?
14. Which choice most effectively maintains the essay's tone? In a historical analysis, the author examines how newspapers influenced public opinion during a labor strike. The writing is formal and evidence-based, quoting primary sources and explaining their significance. The author notes that one headline was kind of misleading because it omitted key details about the negotiations.
15. The restaurant, which had been open for over a decade, it closed its doors last Friday.
16. Suppose the writer's primary goal had been to explain the chemical process of calcification in marine invertebrates. Would this essay accomplish that goal?
17. During the interview, the candidate spoke calmly about her previous job and described specific projects she led. Her answers were credible because she gave concrete details and could explain her decisions clearly. Which choice is the most appropriate for the context?
18. At a small bakery, the owner trained two new employees to handle morning orders. Because the line can get long, the owner asked them to read each ticket carefully and confirm special requests out loud. She explained that the customers orders must be labeled clearly so the right pastries go to the right people. Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
19. For her history project, Lila interviewed her grandfather about the neighborhood where he grew up. He described a movie theater that used to stand on the corner and a bakery that sold warm rolls every morning. She recorded the interview on her phone, she also took notes in a notebook. Later, she compared the details to old photographs from the library. Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
20. The manager almost finished the report before the deadline.

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