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ACT English: Punctuation Drill 2, Problem 2. Where should the semi-colon be placed?
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ACT English 1.4 Grammar and Usage 589 Views
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ACT English: Grammar and Usage Drill 1, Problem 4. Which choice matches the tense and subject of the sentence?
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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by the past tense. It was, like, SO last year.
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What should replace the underlined words below?
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Each of these moments have played again and again as I try to recapture the excitement
- 00:18
of that momentous day—my high school graduation.
- 00:27
This one definitely has some evil tricks up its sleeves.
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- 00:31
Though the word "moments" is plural, it's not the subject of the sentence, since it's
- 00:35
tucked away in the prepositional phrase, "of these moments."
- 00:40
The actual subject of the sentence is "each." Since this word is singular, we need to find
- 00:48
the answer choice with a verb to match.
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Knowing this, we can give the axe to (A) and (B), because both "have" and "were" are plural
- 00:55
in this case.
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To choose between (C) and (D), we've got to make sure the tenses match.
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We know that the verb "try" is in the present tense, so we know that we're looking for a
- 01:04
verb that's present as well.
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"Was" is past tense, so we can nix (D), and dub (C) the correct answer.
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As for what was so amazing about graduation day?
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Let's just say the announcer guy didn't quite pronounce all
- 01:17
of the names correctly.
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