Victory for the ACT Exam 16e TG Sample

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STUDENT TEXT, p. 31 19. Bt rye et hs ea nmdi dt hd el euonf dJ eurnber, ut hs he wf oal isa lgues oh na nt hde gt or eseene avne rdysfoa rt,hiinctkotthhaet wi t owoadss .i m p o s s i b l e AB.. NByotChheamngidedle of June the foliage on the trees and the underbrush was lush and green; and it was so thick tinhtaot tithwe wasoiomdps.ossible to see, very far, C. By the middle of June the foliage, on tl uh seht raeneds ga rnede nt haenudnsdoe tr hb ircuks thh, awt ai ts wthaeswimoopdoss.sible to see very far, into D. By the middle of June, the foliage on the trees and the underbrush was lush and green and so thick that it was impossible to see very far into the woods. 20. Smt au jdoer ns ,t smwu hs to dpel calna rt eo tghreaidr ui na tt ee nwt ii ot hn jaoni ndt iodfetnhteiifry jtuhneiotwr yoeaarresa. s of study by the end F. No Change G. Students who plan to graduate with joint majors must declare H. Students, who plan to graduate with J . jSot iundt emn tasj —o r sw, hmoups ltadnetcol agrrea d u a t e w i t h joint majors—must declare

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19. (D) English/Conventions of Standard English/Punctuation/Commas CC: ELA-Literacy.L.9–10.2 CCRS: BSC.PU.1 Difficulty Level = 2; Teaching Time = 3–6 minutes; Purpose = Application Th ahse dperseccrei db iendg psreerti teys mo fuccohmaml l ao fi ttehme s leengci ot iumnat et er uo snetshoef tae scto. mA nmyaotthhaetr ocnoemmmi ga hs t itnh ear seef onrtee npcreo ba ar eb lpyuwr erloynggr. aI tnuti ht oi su sc aasned, t h e caonmd mit aisfwolrloownginbge“cfaaurs”eseitrivlelosgnicoaflulynction, separates the prepositional phrase “into the woods” from what it modi�ies: “to see.” 20. (G) English/Conventions of Standard English/Punctuation/Commas CC: ELA-Literacy.L.8.2 CCRS: PRE.PU.1 Difficulty Level = 1; Teaching Time = 3–6 minutes; Purpose = Example Ti nht eo rteh ii ss ns eo ngt oe on dc er. eTahs eo nc ot om pmuat sa ecpoamr amt eas the subject from its verb and disrupts the logical �low of the sentence. (H) and (J) are wc l ar ou ns eg abne dc acuhsaentghee tyhsee mt oefaf nai nr eg sot rf i tcht iev e ss et undt ee nn ct se , amr ea pk il na ng ni ti nsgo ut on dg raasdtuhaot ue gwhi tahl l joint majors.