This is the best preparation for the ACT Reading/English/Writing sections.
Reading
100
True or false: You should use the speed reading techniques when you are trying to read a novel for English class.
False!
100
This passage usually contains a story, but it is nonfiction.
humanities
100
You have ____ minutes to take the English section, and it has ____ questions.
45, 75
100
What score do the ACT test makers consider "college ready" reading?
21
200
If you are unsure of an answer, you should use these two strategies to help you move on.
eliminate answers and guess
200
True or false: when speed reading, you should let your eyes linger on one word at a time and move your eyes rapidly from word to word.
False!
200
This passage type is fictional writing and usually involves dialogue.
prose
200
Neither my cousins nor my aunt ______ coming.
is
200
True or false: the writing score affects your composite score.
FALSE
300
These two things will benefit you most the night before and morning of the ACT.
Getting a good night's sleep and eating a good breakfast
300
What is one strategy for not reading out loud in your head?
counting, or saying AEIOU, or putting your fingers over your lips
300
This passage-type might include topics such as birds' eggs, dinosaur fossils or the parts of a cell.
natural sciences
300
Yesterday was one of those mornings when you
learned looking back that it would have been better _if
one had_ simply stayed in bed.
A. NO CHANGE
B. if had
C. if you has
D. if you had
IF YOU HAD
300
True or false: All passages on the Reading section have 80 lines.
false, they are usually between 75-85
400
Doing this will ensure that you have enough time to finish each section on the ACT.
pacing OR answer the easy questions first
400
Which speed reading strategy would work best for improving your pacing during the Reading section of the ACT?
timing yourself during practice tests OR practicing some of the strategies like reading with a pencil or using an index card
400
This passage usually includes history, political science, or economics.
social science
400
After comparing my air conditioner with the one on sale, I decided that mine _was the most efficient._
A. was the most efficient.
B. was the more efficient.
C. was, by far the most efficient
D. should be considered the most efficient.
WAS THE MORE EFFICIENT
400
What does ACT stand for?
American College Testing
500
You should bring these four things with you to the test site.
1) a few No. 2 pencils, 2) a valid photo ID, 3) your test ticket, and 4) snacks or drinks
500
This is the process of reading each word out loud to yourself in your head, one word at a time.
What is subvocalizing?
500
This question would most likely be found on what passage? It may reasonably be inferred from lines 10–17 that James Merrill respected Elizabeth Bishop’s poetry:
humanities
500
The English sections tests your knowledge in these three main areas.
grammar (usage), punctuation (mechanics), and sentence structure (rhetoric)
500
These are the four genres, in order, that appear on the reading test.
What are prose fiction, social science, humanities, and natural science?