grammar

Question 1

Some ACT gurus claim that up to a —–

Answer 1

quarter of grammar questions do not require a correction.

or “no change” on the ACT English

Question 2

halt the punctuation questions are

Answer 2

comma questions

Question 3

how many punctuation rules

Answer 3

6

Question 4

What inserts pauses to makes sentences sound right?

Answer 4

Comma’s

Question 5

What sets off three or more items on a list?

Answer 5

a comma

Question 6

what is an aside?

Answer 6

An aside is a clause that is related, but not essential. to the sentence.

Question 7

a clause that is held between two commas that even if taken out of the sentence, the sentence would still make sense.

Answer 7

An Aside

Question 8

What separates independent clauses that begin with conjunctions like and but or so?

Answer 8

A Comma

Question 9

A clause is independent if

Answer 9

A clause is independent if it can be read on its own. It has a subject and a verb and doesn’t require any more information to make sense.

Question 10

dependent phrase

Answer 10

a phrase that makes no sense on its own

Question 11

—link independents clauses and dependent phrases

Answer 11

Commas

Question 12

In a sentence with quotations followed by so and so said?

Answer 12

The phrase within quotations end in a comma

Question 13

If there are multiple adjectives describing a noun

Answer 13

you should put a comma between them if you can say and between them

Question 14

a semi colon is -

Answer 14

stronger than a comma but weaker than a period

Question 15

A semi colon connects two

Answer 15

independent clauses when they do not have a conjunction word (and, but, so)

Question 16

what two things are interchangeable on the ACT

Answer 16

periods and semicolons. the ACT will NOT give you both a semicolon and a period as an answer choice.

Question 17

A Colon–

Answer 17

Comes aster an independent clause and introduces a list, an explanation, or an explanatory quotation.

Question 18

We use apostrophes for

Answer 18

two reasons, to indicate possession and to contract two words into one word.

Question 19

to indicate possession. for singular nouns that do not end in “s”

Answer 19

jus add ‘s .
Mom’s car
Dad’s dog

Question 20

to indicate possession. for singular nouns ending in “s”

Answer 20

add an ‘s “Tess’s car”

Question 21

to indicate possession. for plural nouns ending in s

Answer 21

add an s’ “parents’ house”

Question 22

to indicate possession. for plural nouns not ending in s

Answer 22

add an ‘s “children’s toys”

Question 23

its

Answer 23

the possessive form of it

Question 24

their

Answer 24

the possessive form of they

Question 25

singular words miss used as plural

Answer 25

anyone , anything, everything, everyone, everybody, neither, nor, either, or, somebody, nobody, none, each

Question 26

the modifying phrase

Answer 26

needs to be next to the thing it modifies