ACT Aspire English/ Language Arts Practice

Question 1

Which of the following words is a homophone for "flower?"

Accepted Answer

Flour

Question 2

Which of the following uses "blue" as an adjective?

Accepted Answer

The blue parakeet sang all day.

Question 3

"Tim's teacher assigned 10 math problems for homework," what is the verb?

Accepted Answer

assigned

Question 4

Where will you usually find a period?

Accepted Answer

at the end of a sentence

Question 5

Which of the following is plural?

Accepted Answer

beans

Question 6

What is a synonym for "pale?"

Accepted Answer

Light

Question 7

When should the word "apple" be capitalized?

Accepted Answer

When it talks about a product, like Apple Inc.

Question 8

Which of these pronouns should ALWAYS be capitalized?

Accepted Answer

I

Question 9

Which word is the adjective: "Bob bought ten balloons."

Accepted Answer

Ten

Question 10

Which of these book titles uses correct capitalization?

Accepted Answer

The Catcher in the Rye

Question 11

Which of the following words is an adjective?

Accepted Answer

Loud

Question 12

How can you tell the common nouns from the proper nouns?

Accepted Answer

The proper nouns are capitalized

Question 13

What is the relationship between nouns and adjectives?

Accepted Answer

Adjectives describe nouns

Question 14

How can you tell if a word is plural?

Accepted Answer

it ends in "s"

Question 15

An action word is another term for a:

Accepted Answer

verb

Question 16

Which verb agrees with the word "they?"

Accepted Answer

they speak

Question 17

"Brandon showed me how to play tennis." Who is doing the action?

Accepted Answer

Brandon

Question 18

What punctuation mark is used to separate two or more adjectives in a row?

Accepted Answer

a comma ,

Question 19

what is the suffix in the word: happily

Accepted Answer

ly

Question 20

What is the root word: decomposition

Accepted Answer

compos

Question 21

When should the word "telephone" be capitalized?

Accepted Answer

When it is at the beginning of a sentence.

Question 22

What purpose do adjectives have?

Accepted Answer

They add details.

Question 23

What punctuation mark would go at the end: "I can't believe the Mets lost that game__"

Accepted Answer

!

Question 24

Which of the following sentences contains a contraction?

Accepted Answer

Moby's going to the store.

Question 25

"Annie came to see Joe and me." What can take the place of "Joe and me?"

Accepted Answer

Us

Question 26

Which of the following pairs of words are antonyms?

Accepted Answer

Top and Bottom

Question 27

Which of the following is an antonym for "break?"

Accepted Answer

Fix

Question 28

"Sarah and ______ went to see the movie."

Accepted Answer

I

Question 29

What is an antonym for the word "synonym?"

Accepted Answer

antonym

Question 30

Which of the following sentences is correct?

Accepted Answer

The floor has scratches on it.

Question 31

What does the prefix un- mean?

Accepted Answer

it makes the root word mean the opposite

Question 32

Which of the following is spelled with lowercase letters?

Accepted Answer

Morning

Question 33

Which sentence is correct?

Accepted Answer

We are busy getting ready for our game.

Question 34

When would you use a comma?

Accepted Answer

to separate 3 or more words in a list

Question 35

In the phrase, "Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water," what are the nouns?

Accepted Answer

Jack, Jill, hill, water, pail

Question 36

What do all contractions have in common?

Accepted Answer

They all have apostrophes

Question 37

Which of the following is a synonym for "great?"

Accepted Answer

Terrific

Question 38

Which sentence is correct?

Accepted Answer

Tim and I put on our uniforms.

Question 39

Which of the following words is a noun?

Accepted Answer

homework

Question 40

Adjectives answer questions like:

Accepted Answer

What kind? Which one? How many? How much?

Question 41

What does a pronoun do?

Accepted Answer

Takes the place of a noun

Question 42

Which of the following sentences is correct?

Accepted Answer

Mr. and Mrs. Johnson moved next door to us.

Question 43

Adjectives describe ________?

Accepted Answer

Nouns

Question 44

Which of the following words are synonymous?

Accepted Answer

Odd and Strange

Question 45

Which of these is a proper noun?

Accepted Answer

Tim

Question 46

Which of these sentences uses correct capitalization?

Accepted Answer

I watched "Frozen" on Friday with Grandma Alice.

Question 47

What adjective might be used to describe the weather?

Accepted Answer

Gorgeous

Question 48

What does a noun name?

Accepted Answer

A person, place, thing or idea

Question 49

Which of these sentences uses correct capitalization?

Accepted Answer

My teacher's name is Mrs. Bates.

Question 50

What is a common noun?

Accepted Answer

Common nouns are general, not specific.

ACT Aspire English/ Language Arts Practice

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ACT Aspire English/ Language Arts Practice

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