October 2010 ACT English Thread

<p>I put:</p>

<p>The result, of this film and other episodes,…</p>

<p>Was the comma necessary? This question had me confounded</p>

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That’s actually an interesting tip. I wonder if it works all the time… I’ll keep it mind, thanks!</p>

<p>^^Fisa,</p>

<p>I would say that it is necessary because the clause inside is nonessential, and so requries commas. But it’s a rather subjective rule.</p>

<p>@Fisa, yes that required commas.</p>

<p>Are you guys sure that the “The result, of this film and others,” was underlined? I thought it was just “The result” part.</p>

<p>The “The result, of this film and others,” was underlined.</p>

<p>I really wish i remember what i put for this question. But i can’t remember what i put</p>

<p>This and the “awaken” question may have gotten me the -2. But IDRK.</p>

<p>Haha, I thought the awaken question was hard. But I luckily went with awakened, that was probably one of the hardest questions on the test.</p>

<p>So far, I only go the the “not unintentianonlly question incorrect”, can someone start a consolidated list.</p>

<p>^I had awakened at first. That was first inclination. But of course I never go with my first inclination due to my stupidity. GRRRRR</p>

<p>I don’t understand the fuss about awaken. I thought it was the most obvious question</p>

<p>“I was awaken by noises” sounds so wrong.</p>

<p>^I thought “awakened” was past participle, not past tense. That’s why i changed my answer.</p>

<p>@ WongTongTong - so it was “not unintentionally”? People were putting ironic - which one is right?</p>

<p>^TCJ: I actually put ironically and I was fairly confident in my answer. Not unintentionally means intentionally and another answer listed meant the same thing as ‘not unintentionally’, and since there can only be ONE right answer, I went with ironically since that made sense.</p>

<p>However, I am not sure.</p>

<p>WongTongTong, i don’t think there was another answer similar to intentionally</p>

<p>Here is my attempt for the consolidated list:

  1. rapid tapping sound
  2. I was awakened
  3. . Asleep on the couch were the professors…
  4. kitchens, which provide an alternative to expensive, …
  5. Hostel in Portlan was $22. - Add because it compares the cost of hostel to the cost of hotel in the author’s hometown in the preceding sentence
  6. with the help of the colleague (name), …
  7. The result, of this film and others, is…
  8. -not unintentionally-
    mournful father & son - kept because it clarifies the type of music
    change to estranged father and reconcilating son
  9. the creature moves so fast, you can only see a blur
  10. (woodpecker) its advantage
  11. inhaling dust
  12. (stargazing one) <strong>that caused</strong></p>

<p>Correct me if I’m wrong on the last 3:
13) “Look it’s an Orion,” my father says, keeling… ?
14) first star, the beginning of a life long…
15) (when the author was stargazing at home) - I chose the one that described the moment when they gazed at the Orion shining in the sky.</p>

<p>^I am pretty sure there was because I remember saying to my self “oh wait these two mean pretty much the same thing, neither of them can be the answer.”</p>

<p>Moreover, why cant ironically be the answer. Because they were not expecting to make the film like the old one, but it turned out so. So wouldn’t it be ironically?</p>

<p>Hi guys, i did the international ACT and i was wondering were we suppose to or did we get different tests than the US ACT ? I am just trying to understand why theres a septate thread for international ACT ppl.</p>

<p>The question was:</p>

<p>Which answer choice most specifically conveys the idea that they purposely made the new Galactica music different from the old one?</p>

<p>I think intentionally fits best, but I see where you’re getting ironically from. It was between ironically and non unintentionally, but in the end i chose non unintentionally.</p>

<p>Wait, if the question said “they purposely made”, then I am clearly wrong, the answer is definitely not unintentionally.</p>

<p>But I read the question more than once and I don 't remember it saying purposely… >.<</p>