Arabic subtitled chinese subtitled korean subtitled spanish subtitled. The official act prep guide, 2016 2017 by act, paperback. Formerly an english teacher at cold spring harbor high school, long island, new york, she currently prepares students for the act and sat and is the author of barrons hot words for the act, hot words for the sat, sat 1600. Analyze how authors choices in structure create mystery, suspense.
Read and consider all of the answer choices before you choose the one that best responds to the question. Act online is not as highly recommended as the above despite being from the act, but may be better than act academy. Act black book for strategy and conceptual ways to approach test, but no practice questions. Prose fictionhumanities prose fiction also called literary narrative passages are excerpted primarily from novels and short stories written within the last few decades. Act reading prose fiction free practice question 10964. One of these types of passages is prose, or fiction reading. This passage is adapted from the novel thick skinned by. The reading passages on the act are arranged in the following order. Read the passage and then choose the best answer to each question that follows the passage. The real act prep guideis the official print guide to. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. As it is used in line 18, the phrased screwed up most nearly means.
This book has the same five practice tests as the official act prep guide, but it also includes two additional online practice tests for a total of seven practice tests, as well as over 2,000 additional practice questions and access to a mobile app you can use for some onthego studying. That way, when you answer the questions, you are probably going to return to the passage for. It provides the best punctuation for the underlined portion. You dont know about me without you have read a book by the name of the. Im talking about the real act prep guide 3rd edition with 5 practice tests. An actual act reading test contains 40 questions to be answered in 35 minutes. On the act, prose fiction passages are excerpts from novels, short stories, or other fictional works. Here are our top 10 tips for acing the act reading section. Because practice makes possible absolutely free, personalized practice for the act act academy is a free online learning tool and test practice program designed to help you get the best score possible on the act test, and well on your way to college and career success.
Act practice tests 19962016 act contents 2015 72c 1 2009. Unlike most tests, the act does not test students in math, reading, and writing ability. Mcgrawhills 10 act practice tests talladega county schools. Natural science you need to look for different information, depending on the passage. Sample act reading test passage with questions and answer. Because the act is much different than most other exams, preparing students for the act is often not similar to preparing students for other exams. Act practice test 2020 60 practice questions by mometrix. How does the narrator feel about the prediction made at his birth that he would have the ability to see ghosts. As alcotts writing is challenging, but not insurmountable, this book makes the perfect introduction to 19thcentury literature for girls and boys alike. Rather, the act simply tests a students ability to answer act style questions in these categories. This question requires the reader to identify a detail from the passage. With words like thoroughly and any, answer choices a and d exhibit absolute language and are therefore unlikely act answers. May 11, 2015 every act reading section starts with a prose fiction passage.
The 20162017 version of the act guide includes a number of changes, including reading test sections with two shorter prose passages and the enhanced writing tests prompts. Sample act reading test passage with questions and. This passage is taken from the heart is a lonely hunter, by carson mccullers 1940 and 1967 by carson mccullers 1. Teachers edition 20112012 madison county school district. There are 60 total questions in the act math section. Test questions minutes per test english 75 45 mathematics 60 60 reading 40 35 science 40 35 writing optional 1 essay 40 each multiplechoice test contains questions with either four or five answers from which you are to choose the correct, or best, answer. Refer to the passage as often as necessary to answer the questions. Aiming for the perfect score, and act english, reading, and. In this format, the test taker is shown a question and then given several different possible answers to choose from, with one of the choices being correct, and the rest incorrect. Free act practice test with answers and explanations pdf. This passage is adapted from the novel a wellworn jacket by antonia duke 2008 by antonia. This act reading test contains 10 questions, to be completed in 9 minutes. Its no longer sold on amazon, and the black book pretty much requires it.
After reading a passage, choose the best answer to each question and fill in the. To access act online question bank for the first time, register here using the access code found inside your book. Every act reading section starts with a prose fiction passage. Analyzing sequence in prose fiction passages act reading. Once the supper table was cleared, the dishes washed, and the flowers in the garden watered. This test has a passage of prose fiction followed by act reading practice questions. Best fiction books to prep you for the sat reading. Hyde by robert louis stevenson 1886 i was born in the year 18 to a large fortune, endowed besides with excellent parts, inclined by nature to industry, fond of the respect of the wise and good among my fellowmen, and thus, as might have been supposed, with every guarantee of an honourable and distinguished future. The passages are arranged by level of reading difficulty, with the easiest passage first and the hardest, last. Now lets take a tour of the four passages, what to. The act measures the knowledge, understanding, and skills.
During her train rides and her time in her hometown, she contemplates the way the world was and how it has changed, so d is the best answer. In this video, sidhi will tell you what you need to keep in mind when reading act fiction passages so you can effectively answer the. A novel by bernhard schllnk 2006 by bernhard schlink. Apr 05, 2017 touching and relatable, this novel follows the journey of four sisters, meg, beth, jo, and amy, from childhood into adulthood. Instead, they throw you right into the middle of a complex story without providing much contextual. Now lets take a tour of the four passages, what to look out for, and how to approach each one.
For the love of act science ftloas by michael cerro. If youre like most test takers, you may find this passage more difficult than the others that follow it. Prose fiction passages dont typically tell you what theyre about. Analyzing prose fiction passages on the act youtube. It can reasonably be inferred from the passage that the crew most likely did not play dominoes because. Jan 23, 2015 act reading practice prose prepfactory. There are four main types of passages that you will encounter on the act reading section.
One difference between the act and the sat you can use to your advantage is that the act reading passages are always in the same order. Act online question bank registerlogin official act test prep. Youll see one literary narrativeprose fiction passage on the act. Refer to the passage s when answering the questions. This passage published in 1865 is adapted from huckleberry finn by mark twain. If youre taking the act and find the reading section to be a challenge, youre probably looking for some quick ways to improve your scores. It has four passages on four distinct topics, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and prose fiction, forty questions, and a time limit of thirtyfive minutes. English, math, reading, science, and the optional writing test. Act english, reading, and writing workbook book by linda. There are a total of 11 practice tests between those three books. Practice tests are an essential part of act prep, and magooshs free act practice test pdf is a great place to start. This test contains 10 act reading practice questions with detailed explanations. After reading a passage, choose the best answer to each question and fill in the corresponding oval on your answer document. Practice test 2 reading test answers the summer sandwich club.
This passage is adapted from the novel skyward by prakriti basrai 2012 by prakriti basrai 1. May 06, 2016 one of these types of passages is prose, or fiction reading. Act practice tests\u9605\u8bfb\u5168\u96c6 act practice. Master act reading prose fiction kohen educational services. Sample act reading test passage with questions and answer explanations this sample act reading test passage is followed by several questions. The questions come from six different math areas that have been covered in class by the end of your 11th grade year. Free practice questions for act reading analyzing sequence in prose fiction passages. Use context to determine the answers to verb tenses questions.
I used to be scared of him all the time, he tanned me so much. The act test is comprised of four core test sections. This interactive quiz and printable worksheet assess your understanding of act prose fiction questions. Each passage is about 750 words, or roughly two pages of a typical book. Or you can go to the page that contains all of the magoosh act practice test answers and explanations. This test pdf contains 10 act reading questions with detailed explanations, to be completed in 9 minutes. You may refer to the passages as often as necessary.
Your success on act test day depends not only on how many hours you put into preparing, but also on. The present tense sponsors is correct, so no change is needed. Magoosh offers a fulllength act practice test pdf, with answer explanations. The phrase waiting by the back door describes the noun. Prose fiction passages can seem intimidating because in most schools fiction is treated a little differently than nonfiction. The verbs in this paragraph are in the present tense. Define prose fiction compare the treatment of prose fiction questions and nonfiction questions in act reading understand the threestep plan to answering act prose fiction questions practice. You will need to learn and employ the threestep process to successfully answer these questions. Prose fictionhumanities prose fiction also called literary narrative passages are excerpted primarily from novels and short stories written within the last few decades, although excerpts from slightly older works early.
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