ACT English Test Multiple Choice Questions and Answers with Certified Solutions

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ACT English Test Multiple Choice Questions and Answers with Certified Solutions If any college student wants to make sure of joining a rock band at school, *you* would be wise to learn bass or dru... ms 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 thirdperson 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. [Show More]

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