Victory for the ACT Student Text 15e

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leaf and typically lacks woody tissue. All orchids have a single reproductive structure, 4 called the column, which is forming by the fusion of the male stamens and female style. Š‡•‡ •–”—…–—”‡• ƒ”‡ •‡’ƒ”ƒ–‡ ‹ –Š‡ ϐŽ‘™‡”• of most other families. Orchids also have a ‘†‹ϐ‹‡† –Š‹”† ’‡–ƒŽ…ƒŽŽ‡† ƒ lip, and produce enormous numbers of very tiny seeds. The vast majority of orchid species are native to the tropics, and its numbers increase with proximity to the equator. The 5 6 7 most richest diversity of orchid species is found in the lush tropical forests of equatorial South America, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea. New species are constantly being discovered in these areas. 8

F. NO CHANGE G. lacking H. lack J. lacked A. NO CHANGE B. forming C. are formed D. is formed

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Ace the Pace These items are all basic grammar and punctuation items. If you took less than the 5 minutes allotted –‘ ϐ‹‹•Š –Š‹• –‹‡ trial, you should have no problem answering all 75 questions on the test. If you didn’t quite get to all the questions, practice your pacing to see if you can improve. And remember to guess on any questions you don’t have time to read through carefully.

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F. NO CHANGE G. lip and produce H. lip and produce, J. lip, and produces A. NO CHANGE B. their C. one’s D. your F. NO CHANGE G. more richer H. richest J. richly

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GAME PLAN

By the time you get to the test, you’ll know what to do when you see the English Test just by the way it looks. Let the appearance of the items on the page be all the direction you need, and get •–ƒ”–‡† ‘ ”‡ƒ†‹‰ –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– ’ƒ••ƒ‰‡ ‹‡†‹ƒ–‡Ž›Ǥ Unlike the Reading Test with passages that fall into categories such as Humanities and Natural Science, the passages on the English Test are not really about any particular subject area. Of course, the passages do have a topic and some items do ask Reading-type questions, but the English items mainly test usage, not reading comprehension. In Reading, there is an advantage to predetermining an order for the passages; in English, however, you should just do them in the order presented.

Don’t Read the Directions

Do the Passages in Order