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I grew up with buckets, shovels, and nets waiting by the back door; hip-waders hanging in the closet; tide table charts covering the refrigerator door; and a microscope was sitting on the kitchen table. Choose the best replacement answer for this part of the sentence: "waiting by the back door;" A. NO CHANGE B. waiting, by the back door, C. waiting by the back door, D. waiting by the back door A (It provides the best punctuation for the underlined portion. The phrase "waiting by the back doo...

dependent clause cannot stand on it's own. ex: "when I went to Europe" "because I am a teacher" "after I called the doctor" Possessive of "it" its Contraction of "it is" it's Which is not a correct form? its, it's, its' its'. This form does NOT exist. They're=? "They are" Their=? Possessive There=? a place Rewrite this with a possessive form of "teacher": The salary of this teacher is very high. This teacher's salary is very high. Rewrite this with a possessive form ...

ACT English General Format •5 short essays, each with •15 questions •45 minutes to do 75 questions •Category 1: Usage/Mechanics - grammar and usage, sentence structure, and punctuation •Category 2: Rhetorical Skills - style, organization, writing strategy General Strategies 1. Read the whole sentence. 2. Read the whole paragraph. 3. Read the whole passage. 4. Read all the choices. 5. Eliminate and Guess. Any time a verb is underlined, check the following things 1. Agreement - the sub...

Introductory phrase = Comma Use a comma when it separates introductory words from rest of sentence Ex. After seven weeks of studying, I raised my ACT score by five points. BTW (by the way) Phrases = comma hug Use commas to set off words or phrases that are nonessential to the integrity of the sentence...oh, by the way FANBOYS For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Independent, (FANBOYS) Independant Use comma when it separates 2 independent clauses and you see either for, and nor, but, yet, so. Ex. I...

Multiple choice - youre running out of time, what do you choose? "delete" or the shortest word True or false - grammatically wrong things look wrong true If you get stuck... 1. What do you have to do? 2. Think of the "whole" passage 3. Make a prediction Three main steps for success 1. Read and identify 2. Eliminate ones that don't identify 3. Chose the one that sounds the most correct Read and identify when you see a number, stop reading. If you can answer the question with the informat...

Fix the apostrophe(s). Deborahs groceries' melted in the car. Deborah's groceries melted in the car. Fix the commas. Amy charged exceedingly, reasonable prices for tutoring. Amy charged exceedingly reasonable prices for tutoring. Fix the commas. Rebecca bought milk eggs and cheese. Rebecca bought milk, eggs, and cheese. Fix the pronoun agreement. Herpetophobia is when people have a fear of snakes. Herpetophobia is a term that means a fear of snakes. Fix the idiom. Teachers around the world...

On both sides of the field STANDS other shelters-two that are used for cover and a centered back shelter (the "chateau"), where snowballs are stowed. A.NO CHANGE B. is standing C. has stood D. stand D. stand subject is plural and verb has to match The team that PREVAILS IN TWO OF THREE PERIODS wins the game. F. NO CHANGE G. prevails, in two of three periods, H. prevails in two, of the three, periods J. prevails, in two of the three periods F. NO CHANGE commas can not go in front of prepos...

What is the importance of a capitalized word in a question? It is both a proper noun and an appositive, and therefore must be followed before and after by a comma. It also shows that it is important. What should you do when you are running out of time and haven't answered all the questions? Fill in the remaining answer choices with A or D What "job" are you doing on the English section? You're an "editor" with a purpose for editing, and it is your job to write things as they should be an...

What is the rule for subject-verb agreement? singular verbs end with *s* and plural verbs *do not* What do you use past perfect for? to make clear the chronology of two events completed at a definite time in the past, one before the other ex: Before I went to the performance with Kelly, I *had* never *appreciated* ballet before What do you use the present perfect for? to describe an event that began in the past and continues into the present, or to describe an even that was completed at some ...

Do you answer questions after you read? No What is the ACT English Method? Identify the issue, Eliminate the answer choices that do not address the issue, and Plug in the remaining answer choices and select the most correct, concise, and relevant one What does correct, concise, and relevant mean in terms of the answer choice you select? Has no grammatical errors, is as short as possible, ans is relevant to the paragraph and passage as a whole. Correct answers do NOT: Introduce new grammatical...