ACT For Dummies, with Online Practice by Lisa Zimmer Hatch & Scott A. Hatch

Author:Lisa Zimmer Hatch & Scott A. Hatch
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781119612674
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2018-12-19T00:00:00+00:00

A. Quickly eliminate Choice (C). The form its’ doesn’t exist. Then check the pronoun it in the underlined portion. You know the contraction form (it’s) is okay because you substitute it is for it’s and the sentence sounds just fine. Eliminate Choice (B) because it contains the possessive form of it. Choice (D) has the proper form of it, but it improperly separates the beginning dependent clause from the rest of the sentence with a semicolon instead of a comma. Choice (A) is best.

H. The underlined word is ambiguous — one what? The pronouns offered by Choices (G) and (J) don’t provide clarity, so the best answer is the clearly-stated noun in Choice (H).

A. The predominate question you ask yourself for an addition question is whether the proposed addition’s topic is relevant to the substance of the paragraph. The paragraph is about finding a personal trainer, and the new sentence relates to that topic. So you can eliminate Choices (C) and (D). Of the two remaining answers, Choice (A) is best because the sentence offers ways to find a personal trainer rather than the benefits of using one.

G. When you encounter questions that ask for the least appropriate answer, find the option that has a different meaning from the other ones. The original word is capable, which means skilled or experienced. Competent is also a synonym. So eliminate those answers. The option that has a slightly different meaning is useful. To be of use isn’t the same as being able. Choice (G) doesn’t fit.

B. To communicate well and communicate clearly mean roughly the same thing, so Choice (A) is redundant. Choice (C) is redundant and improper because it uses the adjective clear to describe the verb communicate. Both Choices (B) and (D) eliminate the redundancy, but Choice (B) does so more precisely (think fewest words).

G. An underlined verb usually signals you to check for subject/verb agreement and verb tense issues. The verbs agree in number with you, so look for the proper tense. The rest of the paragraph is in present tense, which means the verb in this sentence should be too. Choice (G) is correct.

D. The underlined part is a transition. To pick the best transition, check the sentence or sentences before it and the sentence that contains it. The answer that brings the two thoughts together best is the correct transition. The idea before the transition is that you may wish to choose a trainer with a similar physique. Staying on track isn’t an example of choosing someone with a similar body shape, so Choice (A) doesn’t work. Choice (C) provides the same transition, so it must be wrong. Choice (B) shows contrast, and the ideas aren’t opposite. The best solution is to eliminate the transition altogether.

If the answer choices contain two similar transition words, eliminate both. You can’t have two right answers, so they must both be wrong.

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