ACT English Practice 4

Question 1

In portion [1] ("The gear I am printing, is barely bigger than a coin"), which choice best corrects the underlined text?

Accepted Answer

The gear I am printing is barely bigger than a coin

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The gear I am printing, is barely bigger than a coin

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The gear, I am printing is barely bigger than a coin

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The gear I am printing is, barely bigger than a coin

Question 2

In portion [2] ("Each layer of the print take about six seconds"), which choice best corrects the underlined text?

Accepted Answer

Each layer of the print takes about six seconds

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Each layer of the print take about six seconds

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Each layer of the print, take about six seconds

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Each layers of the print takes about six seconds

Question 3

In portion [3] ("Once the disk is complete the teeth of the gear begin to rise"), which choice best corrects the underlined text?

Accepted Answer

Once the disk is complete, the teeth of the gear begin to rise

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Once the disk is complete the teeth of the gear begin to rise

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Once the disk is complete, the teeth of the gear, begin to rise

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Once the disk is complete the teeth of the gear, begin to rise

Question 4

In portion [4] ("Nobody in the makerspace seem to notice how strange this is"), which choice best corrects the underlined text?

Accepted Answer

Nobody in the makerspace seems to notice how strange this is

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Nobody in the makerspace seem to notice how strange this is

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Nobody in the makerspace are seeming to notice how strange this is

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Nobody in the makerspaces seem to notice how strange this is

Question 5

The writer is considering deleting the sentence "Instead, everyone stares at their own screens, waiting for their own small miracles to finish printing." Should this sentence be kept or deleted?

Accepted Answer

Kept, because it contrasts the other patrons' indifference to the narrator's machine with their own absorption in their own printing projects.

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Kept, because it explains the technical process by which slicing software converts a model into printer instructions.

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Deleted, because it repeats information already given about where the makerspace is located in the library.

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Deleted, because it shifts the essay's focus onto a narrator other than the one telling the story.

ACT English Practice 4

What's inside