Victory for the ACT Student Text 15e

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13. Angela is hoping to save enough for a trip to Europe, during which the small village where her grandparents were born will be visited. A. NO CHANGE B. the small village where her grandparents had been born will be visited C. she will visit the small village where her grandparents were born D. there will be a visit to the small village where her grandparents were born 14. Finally and at long last the old dog opened his eyes and noticed the intruder. F. NO CHANGE G. Finally Ǥ ‘ ϐ‹ƒŽŽ› J. Yet at long last 15. The speaker declared that alternative ways of utilizing waterfront land ought to be explored. A. NO CHANGE B. alternatives of use for C. alternative utilizations of D. alternate uses of 16. Since only the ruling party is allowed to vote, its members are able to maintain the existing status quo. F. NO CHANGE G. remaining status quo H. existed status quo J. status quo 17. Each year, the geese make their annual migration from Northern Canada to their winter habitats in the United States. A. NO CHANGE B. migration C. annually migration D. annual

Although the committee met for over two weeks and issued a 50-page report, ‹–• ϐ‹†‹‰• ™‡”‡ ‘ˆ Ž‹––Ž‡ importance or consequence. F. NO CHANGE Ǥ ‹’‘”–ƒ…‡ ‘” •‹‰‹ϐ‹…ƒ…‡ H. importance and consequence J. consequence Along with an end to featherbedding and no-show jobs, the new head of the Transit Authority has eliminated many other ‹‡ˆϐ‹…‹‡– ‡’Ž‘›‡– ’”ƒ…–‹…‡•Ǥ A. NO CHANGE B. In addition to eliminating featherbedding and no-show jobs C. Not only did he end featherbedding and no-show jobs D. Besides featherbedding and no-show jobs coming to an end Being that the hour was late, we agreed to adjourn the meeting and reconvene at ‹‡ ‘ǯ…Ž‘… –Š‡ ˆ‘ŽŽ‘™‹‰ ‘”‹‰Ǥ F. NO CHANGE G. Since H. Because that J. During

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Conciseness Items #13–18

The Cambridge Edge When it comes to items testing conciseness, shorter is better. As a general rule of thumb, you can expect the shortest answer to be the best. If ›‘—ǯ”‡ ”—‹‰ ‘—– of time and need to guess and go on an item testing conciseness, pick the shortest answer. Debrief Watch for errors in clarity of meaning by being alert for sentences that run two or more ideas together. Usually the error can be corrected by adding words to clarify the two ideas as distinct and to separate them from one another. Idiomatic Expression Item #20 Clarity of Meaning Item #19

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Debrief Here are a few other examples of non- idiomatic expressions: Instead of: Say: bunch group (of people) (of people) kind of somewhat; rather theirselves themselves would of would have