AccelePrep for the ACT Test 2nd Edition Student Text

C HAPTER 1 | F AST T RACK TO E NGLISH M ECHANICS • 27

ANSWERS

1. (A) English/Conventions of Standard English/No Change Notice that all four choices here use exactly the •ƒ‡ ™‘”†• ‹ –Š‡ •ƒ‡ ‘”†‡”ǡ •‘ –Š‡ ‹••—‡ Šƒ• –‘ „‡ ‘‡ ‘ˆ ’—…–—ƒ–‹‘Ǥ Š‡…‘””‡…– ƒ•™‡” ‹• (A). The information about the number of votes …ƒ•– ˆ‘” ƒŽ’Š ƒ†‡” ‹• ’ƒ”‡–Š‡–‹…ƒŽǡ •‘ –™‘ commas are needed, one at the opening and one at the closing of the phrase. 2. (J) English/Conventions of Standard English/ Sentence Structure/Run-On Sentences ‡”‡ ™‡ Šƒ˜‡ ƒ‘–Š‡” ’—…–—ƒ–‹‘ ‹–‡Ǥ Š‡ ’”‘„Ž‡ ™‹–Š –Š‡ ‘”‹‰‹ƒŽ ‹• –Šƒ– ‹– ‹• ƒ ”—Ǧ on sentence. The “in the actual vote tally” is intended to modify “Bush,” not “selected.” So the break needs to be made just before “in.” 3. (D) English/Production of Writing/Strategy/Ef- fective Transitional Sentence The author intends a contrast here, so you need ƒ…‘Œ—…–‹˜‡ ƒ†˜‡”„ –‘ •Š‘™ –Š‡ ”‡˜‡”•ƒŽ ‘ˆ ‹†‡ƒ•Ǥ Ž› DzȏŠȐ‘™‡˜‡”dz †‘‡• –Š‡ Œ‘„Ǥ 4. (H) English/Conventions of Standard English/ Punctuation/Dashes and Colons Š‹• •‡–‡…‡ǡ ™Š‹…Š Ž‹•–• •’‡…‹ϐ‹……‘—–‹‡•ǡ ‹• ƒ appropriate occasion for a colon. Here it is used –‘ •‹‰ƒŽ ƒ Ž‹•– ‘ˆ •’‡…‹ϐ‹……‘—–‹‡• –Šƒ– ϐ‹– –Š‡ general description given earlier in the sentence. 5. (A) English/Knowledge of Language/No Change …‡ –Š‡ ‡–™‘”• ”‡ƒŽ‹œ‡† –Šƒ– –Š‡› ™‡”‡ ™”‘‰ǡ –Š‡› ”‡–”ƒ…–‡† ‘” ™‹–Š†”‡™ –Š‡‹” statement. The other choices have meanings that are suggested by the text, but they just don’t ϐ‹– ™‡ŽŽ Š‡”‡Ǥ

6. (G) English/Knowledge of Language/Style/Con- ciseness The original “mistaken and erroneous” is redundant, and only (G) solves this problem. (H) and (J) are also redundant. 7. (A) English/Production of Writing/Organization/ Paragraph-Level Structure ‡–‡…‡ ʹ †‡•…”‹„‡• Š‘™ ”ƒ–‹‰•ǡ ™Š‹…Š are determined by the size of the audience, determine the price of commercials. Sentence 2 ‹• „‡•– ’Žƒ…‡† ™Š‡”‡ ‹– ‹• ‘™ǡ •‘ ‹–…ƒ ‹–”‘†—…‡ •‡–‡…‡ ͵ǡ ™Š‹…Š †‹•…—••‡• ™Š› ”ƒ–‹‰• ƒ”‡ •‘ important. 8. (F) English/Production of Writing/Organization/ Sentence-Level Structure ‘—…ƒ Œ‘‹ –™‘ ‹†‡’‡†‡–…Žƒ—•‡• ‘” sentences by using a comma and a coordinating …‘Œ—…–‹‘Ǥ ȋ Ȍ ‹• ™”‘‰ „‡…ƒ—•‡ •‘‡ •‘”– ‘ˆ ’—…–—ƒ–‹‘ ‹• ‡‡†‡†Ǥ ȋ Ȍ ‹• ™”‘‰ „‡…ƒ—•‡ ƒ comma by itself is not strong enough to do the Œ‘„ ȋ–Š‘—‰Š ›‘— ‹‰Š– —•‡ ƒ •‡‹…‘Ž‘ ™‹–Š‘—– ƒ…‘Œ—…–‹‘ȌǤ ȋ Ȍ ‹• ™”‘‰ „‡…ƒ—•‡ –Š‡…‘ƒ ‹• ’Žƒ…‡† ‹ –Š‡ ™”‘‰ •’‘–Ǥ 9. (D) English/Conventions of Standard English/ Grammar and Usage/Verb Tense Š‡ ’”‘„Ž‡ ™‹–Š –Š‡ ‘”‹‰‹ƒŽ ‹• –Šƒ– Dz„‡‹‰dz ‹• ‘– ƒ…‘Œ—‰ƒ–‡† ˜‡”„ ƒ† •‘ –Š‡ ™‘”† ‰”‘—’‹‰ is only a fragment. You need a conjugated verb, but both (B) and (C) introduce errors of ƒ‰”‡‡‡–Ǥ Š‡ •—„Œ‡…– ‘ˆ –Š‡ •‡–‡…‡ǡ Dz™Šƒ– results,” is singular. 10. (F) English/Production of Writing/Organization/ Passage-Level Structure The paragraph does not really belong to the ƒ‹ †‡˜‡Ž‘’‡– ‘ˆ –Š‡ ‡••ƒ›Ǥ •–‡ƒ†ǡ ‹– ‹• ƒ different issue and is correctly placed at the end of the essay.