2018_ACT_Guide - ACT 100 Bonus - English Questions

Sep 27, 2026

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Practice set of ACT-style reading and language questions based on the passage "My "Sister" Ligia"." Readers evaluate choices for underlined words and phrases, select best answers for specific questions, and respond to bracketed questions about sections or the passage as a whole. Guidance explains how to approach passage reading, how answer selections relate to underlined portions, and how to fill in responses on an answer document.

LanguageEnglish

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Pages49

Reading Time2 h 3 min

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Passage I: My "Sister" Ligia

Questions 1-15

1 100+ BONUS ENGLISH QUESTIONS FROM ACT DIRECTIONS: In the passages that follow, certain words and phrases are underlined and numbered. Following each passage, you will find alternatives for the underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose the one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement appropriate for standard written English, or is worded most consistently with the style and tone of the passage as a whole. If you think the original version is best, choose "NO CHANGE."In some cases, you will find in a question about the underlined part. You are to choose the best answer to the question. You will also find questions about a section of the passage, or about the passage as a whole. These questions do not refer to an underlined portion of the passage, but rather are identified by a number in brackets. For each question, choose the alternative you consider best and fill in the corresponding oval on your answer document. Read each passage through once before you begin to answer the questions that accompany it. For many of the questions, you must read several sentences beyond the question to determine the answer. Be sure that you have read far enough ahead each time you choose an alternative. PASSAGE I: My "Sister" Ligia Every year my high school hosts international exchange students, those teenagers 1 join our senior class. Each student usually lives with the family of one of the seniors. I can recall students from Costa Rica, Italy, Norway, and Nigeria. Last year, one of our school's exchange students being 2 Ligia Antolinez, who 3 came from Bucaramanga, Colombia. I was a junior then 4. I wasn't in any ofLigia's classes and didn't know her, but I saw her at school events, which are sometimes supported financially by local businesses. 5 About halfway through the school year, I learned that the exchange program was looking for a new home for Ligia. After a severe storm, the basement of her hosts 6 house had flooded, leaving two bedrooms unusable. The two "little brothers" of Ligia's host family, who had volunteered to move, to those bedrooms for a year 7, had to be moved upstairs to the room Ligia was using. 8 I told my parents about Ligia's problem, which needed to be solved 9. We agreed 10 that it would be fun to host a student from another country. My older sister had gotten married the summer before, so not only did we have a room for Ligia, and 11 we all admitted that the house had seemed too quiet lately. The second half of my junior year was anything but quiet. Introduced by me to my favorite music, at top volume, I started being taught by Ligia the most popular Colombian dance steps 12. My father spoke fondly of the days before two teenagers taken 13 over the phone, the stereo, the kitchen-well, most of the house, really. My mother helped Ligia with her math homework, and Ligia taught Mom beginning Spanish. Both Ligia and I were studying French that year, and we practiced it at home. When we planned a surprise anniversary party for my mom and dad, we did it all right under their noses, in French. At the end of the year, Ligia had gone 14 home to Colombia. This year I'm busy with senior activities and with apart-time job. I'm trying to save enough to go see my new sister next year. [15] Bonus questions to accompany The Official ACT Prep Guide, 2016‐2017 (ISBN 9781119225416), published by Wiley. 2 1. A. NO CHANGE B. students, he or she is invited to C. students who D. students they 2. F. NO CHANGE G. students was H. students, named J. students, 3. A. NO CHANGE B. whom C. which D. she who 4. F. NO CHANGE G. junior, therefore, so H. junior because J. junior, since 5. Given that all of the choices are true, which one provides the most relevant information with regard to the narrator's familiarity with Ligia? A. NO CHANGE B. had read a story about her in our school paper, which is written by students interested in journalism. C. saw her at school

FAQs

What do the directions say to do before answering the questions?

Read each passage through once before you begin the questions. For many questions, read additional sentences beyond the question to determine the correct answer.

How are the underlined portions handled in the questions?

Each passage has underlined and numbered parts. For each passage, you choose the alternative that best expresses the idea and fits the passage’s tone and standard written English.

What do the bracketed numbered questions refer to?

Bracketed questions do not target an underlined portion. They refer to a section of the passage or the passage as a whole.

Sep 27, 2026

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