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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) [Show More]

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