PreACT Exam Prep - Question List

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31. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Main cash crop for Belize was sugar, but in recent years, citrus fruits have become the leading source of crop income.
  1. Main cash crop
  2. A main cash crop
  3. The main cash crop
  4. An main cash crop
32. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Dressing in the Congo is greatly influenced by the Western world, however, they are mixed with traditional clothing such as kikwembe, abacos, or a dashiki.
  1. Western world, however
  2. Western world; however
  3. Western world however
  4. Western world, but however
33. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

The country of Belize’s economy is fueled greatly by foreign aid because it is based on an agrarian economy.
  1. The country of Belize’s
  2. Belize’s country
  3. Belize’s the
  4. Belize’s
34. Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?
  1. “Its not going to
  2. clean up its own mess,”
  3. the man said,
  4. pointing at his neighbor’s dog.
35. Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

Neither side was completely happy with the mediator’s judgment, but they agreed to abide by it nonetheless.
  1. Change mediator to arbitrator.
  2. Change neither to none.
  3. Change judgment to judgement.
  4. Change nonetheless to irregardless.

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