April 2011 ACT English Discussion

<p>I put keep it because it provides details about the event referred to in the passage. Earlier it stated where the sculptor’s parents were from, so throwing around locations probably fit in. Also saying “the statue was the centerpiece of the event it was made for” would be weird without actually saying which event it was. Like you wouldn’t just say “I had fun in the country I went to on vacation”, you’d probably say which country that was.</p>

<p>Yeah that sounds good. I think I ended up keeping it in! Fingers crossed!</p>

<p>Does anyone remember answering “as the case may be” for any question? I’m not sure if the answer was that or “in fact.” I think it was the end of the first paragraph about unruly children or something?</p>

<p>I put in fact. It was from the basketball passage; it said the teacher was faced with a problem because students were not paying attention. Then in the next paragraph it said “They were, however [or some other contradictory word, like instead or on the other hand], being loud and unruly” (something along those lines). Since that sentence agrees with the one before it, you had to change however/disagreeing word with “in fact.”</p>

<p>I put as the case may be…</p>

<p>As the case may be is quite a long transition, and I know ACT almost never has the longest choice as the answer, so I immediately eliminated that as a possibility. I’m pretty sure I put “in fact” because “however” was contradictory. I think “therefore” was another choice.</p>

<p>I also put “in fact” instead of “as the case may be”.</p>

<p>The children were [talking] and ignoring their lessons. In fact, they were being quite disruptive.</p>

<p>The children were [talking] and ignoring their lessons. As the case may be, they were being quite disruptive.</p>

<p>I don’t think “in fact” would be the best thing to use as a writer, but I do think its a lot better than using “as the case may be”.</p>

<p>i put in fact, i’m fairly confident it was right.</p>

<p>I marked in fact as well.</p>

<p>i put in fact</p>

<p>what’d you guys get for something like… put in a bottle and washed the plant “in there” or “in that” or omit the part?</p>

<p>^I think from that was the best choice, since you’re taking the water from the bucket</p>

<p>I put omit. 10 char</p>

<p>I also put omit because the “from that” didn’t make much sense to me :P</p>

<p>what did you guys say about the cactus question? it was one of them… I can’t recall but it was weird…</p>

<p>also was it “evening as” or “evening to be” for the last paragraph for the DC one.</p>

<p>Also you guys think a 35 will be -1/-2?</p>

<p>35 will probably be -1. It usually is on English</p>

<p>Nooooo… a 35 on Math and now a 34 on English… let’s hope I atleast got 30’s in both Reading and Science…</p>

<p>The Most interesting question in the whole test…and no one has mentioned it yet:</p>

<p>“…passed/past into/over history, then from there into myth.”</p>

<p>choices:
passed, over
passed, into,
past, over,
past, into </p>

<p>I said into first to make it parallel with the second phrase “into myth” but then realized that something has to sort of pass over history so that it can enter myth. Myth and history seem to be different destinations because history is factual and myth is not. The passage was about how she was really forgot and not very “real” to many people even though she actually did exist – she passed over history. :)</p>

<p>Am I wrong?</p>

<p>I got a 34 on my last english portion, so i’m not stupid. But, for some reason i had to stare at this question so long. does anyone remember the exact sentence?
It was something like “From her cockpit, seeing her tools that helped her fly” or something. I wanted to put , she could see or something similar, but that wasn’t an option?!</p>

<p>@Neuro it’s passed into. Just googled passed over and it doesn’t exist.</p>

<p>For the wash question, I put in there because the sentence mentioned she put the bucket in a bathroom.</p>