Victory for the ACT Student Text 15e

L ESSON 1 | G RAMMAR AND U SAGE • 31 The winter was so severe that several of Hillary’s prize rose bushes had sustained serious damage from the frost. F. NO CHANGE G. are in danger of sustaining H. will sustain J. sustained The raise in the number of accidents attributable to drunk drivers has prompted a call for stiffer penalties for driving while intoxicated. F. CHANGE G. raising H. rise J. rising The idea of trying completing the term paper by Friday caused Ken to cancel his plans for the weekend. A. NO CHANGE B. complete C. to complete D. to completing Psychologists think that many people eat satisfying a need for affection that is not ‘–Š‡”™‹•‡ ˆ—Žϐ‹ŽŽ‡†Ǥ F. NO CHANGE G. to satisfy Ǥ –‘ Šƒ˜‡ •ƒ–‹•ϐ‹‡† J. satisfy

Many patients begin to show symptoms again after they stopped taking the drug. A. NO CHANGE B. will stop taking C. stop to take D. stop taking In contrast of the prevailing opinion, the editorial lays the blame for the strike on the workers and their representatives. A. NO CHANGE B. Contrasting C. In contrast to D. In contrast with Although ballet and modern dance are both concerned in movement in space to musical accompaniment, the training for ballet is more rigorous than that for modern dance. F. NO CHANGE G. concerned with H. concerning J. concerned to By midnight the guests still had not been served anything to eat, so they were ravishing. A. NO CHANGE B. they are ravenous C. they had been ravishing D. they were ravenous

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DICTION

Wrong Preposition Items #51–52

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Wrong Word Choice Items #53–54

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Debrief Watch for ‰‡”—†Ȁ‹ϐ‹‹–‹˜‡ switching. Sometimes an ‹ϐ‹‹–‹˜‡ ‹• —•‡† instead of a gerund (or vice versa) and the result is non- standard written English.