Victory for the ACT Student Text 15e

L ESSON 1 | G RAMMAR AND U SAGE • 29

FAULTY OR ILLOGICAL COMPARISONS

The company offers plastic key cards so that employees can carry them in their wallet. F. NO CHANGE G. can carry them in their wallets H. can carry it in their wallet J. can carry it in their wallets The great pianist Vladimir Horowitz played the music of the Romantic Era better than any pianist in history. A. NO CHANGE B. the best of any pianist in history C. better than any other pianist in history D. better compared to any other pianist in history Like Neil Simon, many of Tennessee Williams’ plays ”‡ϐŽ‡…– ƒ…—Ž–—”‡ ˆƒ‹Ž‹ƒ” –‘ the playwright. F. NO CHANGE G. Many of Tennessee Williams’ plays, like Neil Simon’s, H. Many of Tennessee Williams’ plays, like Neil Simon, J. As with the plays of Neil Simon, many of Tennessee Williams’ plays After the broken glass and other debris were cleaned up, we realized that the thief had took not only the necklace but a valuable ring as well. A. NO CHANGE B. had taken C. was took D. was taken

Educators are now expressing their concern that American school children prefer watching television to books. A. NO CHANGE B. prefer television to reading books C. prefers television to books D. prefer watching television to reading books The novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne contain characters who are every bit as sinister and frightening as the master of cinematic suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. F. NO CHANGE G. as those of the master H. like the master J. like those of the master

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Debrief Be alert for sentences that attempt to make an illogical comparison between two dissimilar concepts.

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VERB TENSE

Everyone was very surprised when Sylvia brought her grandfather to music class and asked him to perform several Spanish songs on the guitar. F. NO CHANGE G. because Sylvia bringing H. that Sylvia brang J. for Sylvia to bring

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Principal Parts of Verbs Items #39–41