Read each question carefully.
- It is important that you understand what each question asks. Some questions will require you to go through several steps to find the correct or best answer, while others can be answered more quickly.
Answer the easy questions first.
- The best strategy for taking the tests is to answer the easy questions and skip the questions you find difficult. After answering all of the easy questions, go back and answer the more difficult questions.
Free ACT English Practice Test PDF
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- ACT Printable Practice Test 2019
The English Test is a 75-question, 45-minute test that measures your understanding of the conventions of standard written English (punctuation, grammar and usage, and sentence structure) and of rhetorical skills (strategy, organization,and style). Spelling, vocabulary, and rote recall of rules of grammar are not tested. The test consists of five essays, or passages, each of which is accompanied by a sequence of multiple-choice test questions. Different passage types are employed to provide a variety of rhetorical situations. Passages are chosen not only for their appropriateness in assessing writing skills but also to reflect students’ interests and experiences.
Passage-based Reading
The length of the passages is between 100 and 850 words; the content is drawn from the natural sciences, the social sciences, the humanities, and literary fiction. In some cases, two passages on a similar issue appear together. The passages vary in style and are generally similar to materials students read in college.
The questions following the passage test your understanding of its content. The questions cover not only significant information in the passage, but also conclusions to be drawn from that information. They may require your analysis of the author’s purpose, logic, techniques, and vocabulary as well. Thus, the questions are not asking you simply to find facts within the passage; they are asking you to grapple with its meaning and to make logical inferences about it.