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ACT ENGLISH TEST MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024
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ACT English Test Multiple ChoiceQuestions and Answers with Certified
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If any college student wants to make sure of joining a rock band at school, *you* would be wise
to learn bass or drums because singers and guitarists are a dime a dozen.
A. NO CHANGE
B. one
C. they
D. he or she ✔✔D is correct because the main subject of the sentence, *college student*, is third-
person singular. So the sentence needs the third-person singular pronoun(s) *he or she*.
A is incorrect. Although the informal second-person pronoun *you* is often used in hypothetical
examples, in this particular sentence, it does not agree with the third-person *college student*,
which is the subject.
B is incorrect because the formal pronoun *one* needs to be used consistently. If *college
student* has already been established as the subject, then it cannot simply suddenly be replaced
with *one* later in the sentence.
,C. is incorrect. Although people frequently use *they* as a gender-neutral third-person singular
pronoun when speaking, it is still considered incorrect by most authorities. TIP: It is definitely
wrong on the ACT test!
You should always be on the lookout for new opportunities, but *one* should also avoid burning
bridges if possible.
A. NO CHANGE
B. you
C. he or she
D. people ✔✔B is correct because the sentence is in the second person (you) and so should not
deviate from this. Constructions like *one* or like *he or she* may be more formal than the
second person, but consistency is more important than formality.
A is incorrect because *one* does not match the initial *you*.
C is incorrect because *he or she* does not match the initial *you*.
, D is incorrect because *people* does not match the initial *you*.
As the first of my friends to own a home, *I have always admired Mark*.
A. NO CHANGE
B. and I have always admired Mark.
C. is Mark, whom I have always admired.
D. Mark is someone I have always admired. ✔✔D is correct because the dependent descriptive
phrase *As the first of my friends to own a home*, is referring to *Mark*. So the noun Mark
must come immediately after the comma.
A is incorrect because this would imply that the speaker (I), rather than *Mark* is the first of the
friends to own a home.
B is incorrect because the first clause is not an independent one. So a comma plus a conjunction
is not necessary before the second.
C is incorrect. Although this would be acceptable if the comma after *home* were omitted, the
comma is still in the wrong place.
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