ACT READING EXAM PRACTICE TEST
- It's a 35-minute, 40-question multiple-choice test of reading comprehension skills.
- Passages are drawn from social sciences, natural sciences, humanities disciplines.
- Questions assess ability to understand relations between concepts/ideas, interpret data/evidence, analyze reasoning.
- Passages range from 500-750 words in length and require careful, analytical reading.
- Questions may ask about determining meaning of words in context, identifying/evaluating primary purpose, comprehending logical/rhetorical relationships.
- Content taps into skills like referencing details, detecting sequence/order of events, discerning author's perspective.
- No outside knowledge required - answers must be directly/indirectly supported by the text.
- Questions progress from basic recall to higher-order analysis, synthesis, and reasoning.
- Passages are paired with scientific/social data making inferences from quantitative indicators.
- The goal is to thoroughly evaluate comprehension of written work as an academic skill.
- Understanding text features like figures/graphs benefits identifying implied meanings.