AccelePrep for the ACT Test 2nd Edition Student Text

C HAPTER 2 | H YPER P REP E NGLISH • 37

Tania says that to open the window will keep the room cool. 8 ȋ Š‡ ‹ϐ‹‹–‹˜‡ ‹• ‘– ‹†‹‘ƒ–‹…ǤȌ Tania says that opening the window will keep the room cool. 9 (The gerund is idiomatic.) 11. The idea of trying completing the term paper by Friday caused Ken to cancel his plans for the weekend. 1. Use prepositions idiomatically. 2. Make sure word choice conveys the intended meaning of the sentence. 3. Š‡… ˆ‘”…‘””‡…– —•‡ ‘ˆ ‰‡”—† ƒ† ‹ϐ‹‹–‹˜‡ ˆ‘”•Ǥ SUM IT UP - DICTION A. NO CHANGE B. complete C. to complete D. to completing 1. A pronoun must have an antecedent, but “it” does not refer to anything. “It” wants to refer to the woman’s “behavior,” but that word does not appear in the original sentence. Corrected, the sentence reads “because of her behavior, (D).” 2. The antecedent of “it” is unclear. Does the sentence mean to state that Americans are eating more French cheese or more Italian cheese? “But” implies that “it” refers to the Italian cheese. However, the sentence would be better written by specifying which cheese the antecedent “it” refers to: “ . . . cheese, but today Americans are eating more Italian cheese,” (J). 3. The pronoun “they” refers to “college dean,” which is singular. The best way to correct it is to say “he or she receives,” (C). 4. “You” is a second-person pronoun and doesn’t match up with the third-person pronoun used earlier in the sentence: “one.” The sentence can be corrected by changing “you are” to “one is,” (J). 5. “He” cannot serve as the object of a preposition since “he” is a subject pronoun. The correct pronoun here is the object pronoun “him,” (D). 6. The original sentence makes the error of using “because” to introduce a noun clause. (J) corrects the error by eliminating the need for a separate noun clause. (G) not only fails to correct the error, but it introduces additional awkwardness into the sentence. (H) introduces a new error as well, because with (H), the sentence would have no main verb at all.

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TEST SPECS We’ve covered the highest value topics in this Grammar and Usage review. Less frequently tested topics include: • Adjective and Adverb Use • Double Negatives • Faulty or Illogical Comparisons

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