Victory for the ACT Student Text 15e

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LESSON 2 Sentence Structure

The items in this section accompany the in-class review of the sentence structure skills and concepts tested by the ACT English Test. You will work through the items with your instructor in class. Answers are on page 428. DIRECTIONS: Identify the re-phrasing that best expresses the meaning of the underlined material. The answer choice “NO CHANGE” indicates that the underlined material is correct as written.

RUN-ON SENTENCES

The armor plating on the new tank protects more vulnerable areas than the armor on the old tank it costs about three times as much to manufacture and install. A. NO CHANGE B. areas than the armor on the old tank, because it costs C. areas than the armor on the old tank, and it costs D. areas than the armor on the old tank, which costs

2. Š‡ ϐ‹Ž‹„—•–‡”…‘–‹—‡† Žƒ–‡ ‹–‘ –Š‡ ‹‰Š– some senators slept sitting upright in the chairs while others slumped over their desks. F. NO CHANGE Ǥ • –Š‡ ϐ‹Ž‹„—•–‡”…‘–‹—‡† Žƒ–‡ ‹–‘ the night, some Ǥ Š‡ ϐ‹Ž‹„—•–‡”…‘–‹—‡† Žƒ–‡ ‹–‘ –Š‡ night with some Ǥ Š‡ ϐ‹Ž‹„—•–‡”ǡ ™Š‹…Š…‘–‹—‡† Žƒ–‡ into the night, some

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Use Your Test Booklet Remember our advice in Lesson 1 about circling subjects and verbs? That practice will help you with sentence structure, too. For example, ‹ˆ ›‘—…ƒǯ– ϐ‹† ƒ verb to go with your subject, you know you’re dealing with a fragment.

COMMA SPLICES

The weather forecast predicted heavy rain, the baseball game was postponed until the following day. A. NO CHANGE B. rain while the C. rain, so the D. rain the

Š‡ †‡˜ƒ•–ƒ–‹‘…ƒ—•‡† „› –Š‡ ϐŽ‘‘† ™ƒ• so complete, it was impossible to tell that the pile of debris had once been a house. F. NO CHANGE G. so complete, and it H. so complete that it J. so completely, it

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