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The document provides instructions and tips for taking the ACT English and Reading tests. It includes sample questions for each test section and breakdowns of what skills and content are covered. It recommends developing a strategy for pacing yourself and guessing on questions. The final sections provide details on the structure of the Reading test and strategies for approaching each passage.

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SSR Practice ACT English Test Practice ACT Reading Test Acing The ACT

The document provides instructions and tips for taking the ACT English and Reading tests. It includes sample questions for each test section and breakdowns of what skills and content are covered. It recommends developing a strategy for pacing yourself and guessing on questions. The final sections provide details on the structure of the Reading test and strategies for approaching each passage.

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SSR Practice ACT English test Practice ACT reading test Acing the ACT

You now have 15 minutes to silent read

Your Beowulf character obituaries are due today. Make sure they are turned in to the completed work basket in the following order:
Rubric Final typed draft Rough draft

No homework tonight

Today you are going to take two ACT practice test. These tests will be timed using the amount of time you would have to take that test on the actual test day. Make sure to try your best. ACT English 9 minutes ACT Reading 8.5 minutes

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

D H A G D H B F B

10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

F D F C J A

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6.
7. 8. 9. 10.

B F B J C G D J C H

Tips and Information for the ACT English and Reading Tests

Grammar: Amount Correct X 3 = Your Raw Score

Reading: Amount Correct X 4 = Your Raw Score

36 35 34 33

75 73-74 71-72 70

21 20 19 18

49-51 46-48 43-45 41-42

32 31
30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22

69 67-68
66 65 63-64 62 60-61 58-59 56-57 54-55 52-53

17 16
15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7

39-40 36-38
33-35 30-32 28-29 26-27 24-25 22-23 20-21 17-19 14-16

36 35 34 33

40 39 38 37

21 20 19 18

22 20-21 19 18

32 31
30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22

36 35
34 32-33 31 30 29 27-28 2624-25 23

17 16
15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7

16-17 15
14 12-13 11 9-10 8 6-7 5 4

75 multiple choice questions 5 Reading Passages with 15 questions each You have 45 minutes to take the test

You can should only spend 36 seconds per question. If you would like to skim the passages before you read you should only skim for 90 seconds which would leave you 30 seconds per question.

You will be tested on:


Conventions of standard English
Punctuation Grammar and Usage Sentence Structure

Rhetorical Skills
Strategy Organization Style

Conventions of Standard English


13% Punctuation 16% Grammar and Usage 24% Sentence Structure

Rhetorical Skills
16% Strategy 15% Organization 16% Style

Questions in this category test your knowledge of the conventions of internal and end-of sentence punctuation, with emphasis on the relationship of punctuation to meaning.
Example: Because she strived to be the most influential mayor ever. She pushed through much legislation that was not thoroughly analyzed by local economists and other regional experts.
A. B. C. D. No Change ever, she ever; she ever, and she

Questions in this category test your understanding of agreement between subject and verb, between pronoun and antecedent, and between modifiers and the word modified; verb formation; pronoun case; formation of comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs; and idiomatic usage.

Example:
these pundits praised her for increasing the funding for childrens educational programs.
A. B. C. D. NO CHANGE childrens childrens childs

Questions in this category test your understanding of relationships between and among clauses, placement of modifiers, and shifts in construction. Example: Just yesterday I sat across the aisle with a woman who was composing music in pink-tinted glasses in a notebook.
The best placement for the underlined portion would be:
A. B. C. D. Where it is now After the word woman After the word was After the word composing

Questions in this category test how well you develop a given topic by choosing expressions appropriate to an essays audience and purpose; judging the effect of adding, revising, or deleting supporting material; and judging the relevancy of statements in context.

Example:
The Navajo developed and memorized the code.
A. B. C. D. NO CHANGE The Navajo, who were various heights and weights, Being of various height and weights, the Navajo The Navajo of different sizes

Questions in this category test how well you organize ideas and choose effective opening, transitional, and closing sentences.

Questions in this category test how well you choose precise and appropriate words and images, maintain the level of style and tone in an essay, manage sentence elements for rhetorical effectiveness, and avoid ambiguous pronoun references, wordiness, and redundancy.

Example:
Unfortunately, the code talkers sometimes faced dangerous peril from their own side.
A. B. C. D. NO CHANGE hazardous risky OMIT the underlined portion

Practice Makes Perfect

Have a Strategy for Guessing Read the context surrounding each underlined portion 25% of the time when No Change is provided, it is the answer to choose. 50% of the time when OMIT the underlined portion is provided, it is the answer to choose. Shorter is better! Always make sure there is a comma before and when a list is provided.

You must practice pace You should devote equal time to each section

Opener: ACT English Questions Finish Acing the ACT Analyzing the tests

In front of you is an ACT English practice test. You will have two and half minutes to answer these questions. Do not begin until you are told to do so.

The end of the unit is Friday. If you have any work to turn in from Beowulf still, it must be turned in by then or it will remain a zero. Your only homework is to get all your missing work in. Grades will be run tomorrow for eligibility and some of you need to get work in or else you will not be eligible.

4 Passages
Prose Fiction Social Studies Science Humanities

40 Questions (10 per passage) 35 Minutes

You have a little more than 8 minutes and 30 seconds to complete each passage. If you spend 3 minutes reading the passage you have about 30 seconds to answer each question.

There are two different types of questions on the ACT reading test
1. Questions referring to what is explicitly stated 2. Questions that require you to use reasoning to determine implicit meanings.

Begin the reading test with the Natural Science passage. It is considered the easiest of all the readings so you should do your best to get all these questions right before moving on to the more difficult readings. Before reading a passage, read the questions first. When you go to read the passage after underline and take notes when you recognize where a question may be answered. 50% of the questions come directly from the text. The other 50% require you to make inferences from the reading. If you skim the passage you should be able to answer these questions.

Albion College 22 GVSU 21 Michigan State 23 U of M 28 CMU 20 WMU 19 Harvard 30 and above

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