Bessie Coleman

Today’s ACT question of the day is an English question from a passage about Bessie Coleman. We have to determine which of the given options would best fix the underlined portion of the sentence.

In context, the underlined part of the sentence is related to a journey; it also contains a reference to the American Southwest.  So, we know we are dealing with a place.  What word do we use when referring to a place?

Where!  We also have a comma after 1893 in the non-underlined portion of the sentence that needs a buddy, so we need an answer choice that has where and ends in a comma.  One option will do the trick!

Don’t get distracted by other information in the sentence or by reading on the next underlined portion – stick with what is requested by the question so that you can hear the error more clearly as you read.