*OFFICIAL* September 2012 ACT English Section Discussion

<p>Guys, PLEASE try to consolidate everything. It would be SO much easier</p>

<p>What was the answer to the question in the last passage that had a list of music types such as soul and R&B separated by “and” or commas</p>

<p>no commas, the R and B part was meant to deceive you, it was just two separate genres (some might have thought three)</p>

<p>what letter choice was that</p>

<p>I have two questions. Sorry if they have already been asked, but here they are.
I can’t remember exactly, but the answer choices were sing, were sung… ect. Basically asking if it was a type of music or a music group.
Second question was towards the beginning. It was in the canoeing passage. The question was:
Which of these best describes the event as repetitve, but not in a bad tone. Something like that. I think I put ‘the monotony beings’.</p>

<p>@actstudent 3 I don’t remember, sorry </p>

<p>@TGallen it was were sung for the first one. spirituals was a type of music, at first i put sang but then realized it wasn’t a group of people but a type of music. second one wasn’t the monotony, monotonous implied it was dull and boring, the answer was something along the lines of “it was the same routine every year”</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure it was “are sung” because it was passive voice. Someone double check.</p>

<p>I thought English was a piece of cake. And then I got to Math…</p>

<p>Does anyone remember the question in the bonsai tree passage where the underlined portion included “but rather to”? It tested comma usage. I couldn’t decide between leaving the phrase as is or deleting all commas. I went with no commas. The other two choices had a comma after “wasn’t,” which didn’t make sense to me.</p>

<p>Thanks guys.</p>

<p>I dont think we’ve answered the who/whom question. Anybody certain?</p>

<p>I put whom so don’t tell me I’m wrong.</p>

<p>Ahh, I put “who” ^</p>

<p>I put who too</p>

<p>@TGAllen1995 sorry but monotomy wasn’t right, that means like tedious repetition or lac of variey/interest. the right answer was the one about the rituals they have every year. </p>

<p>does anyone know what the right answer for the canoe and singing about “row row row your boat”? i have short, loud, verse but i have no idea :(</p>

<p>also the answer that was like “we can’t forget the people whom have …” you had to change it to “who”, right?</p>

<p>^I think I put ‘who.’ There was no preposition before the underlined portion so it couldn’t have been whom. Right? maybe…</p>

<p>I put who. The answers were like which, who and whom right?</p>

<p>I found English extremely easy this go around. I wouldn’t be surprised if I got in the upper 30’s, but realistically I probably got between a 32-28.</p>

<p>haygurll, I’m pretty certain it was “short, loud verse” because you’re not supposed to put a comma after the last adjective when describing a noun</p>

<p>Fudge on the who/whom question. I remember reading a post last night saying ACT hardly ever asks those questions.</p>

<p>I remember another question where two of the answers were reveal and reveals. I don’t remember the question so it might be a bit of a stretch. Anyone?</p>

<p>@BrownGuy - It was reveals cuz the subject was singular. it was NO change.</p>