ACCUPLACER READING COMPREHENSION
ACTUAL EXAMINATION TEST 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ *Knocked sideways, the statue looked* as if it would fall.
A. Knocked sideways, the statue looked
B. The statue was knocked sideways, looked
C. The statue looked knocked sideways
D. The statue, looking knocked sideways
Answer: A. Knocked sideways, the statue looked
◉ *To walk, biking, and driving* are Pat's favorite ways of getting
around.
A. To walk, biking, and driving
B. Walking, biking, and driving
C. To walk, biking, and to drive
D. To walk, to bike, and also driving
Answer: B.) Walking, biking, and driving
,◉ *When you cross the street in the middle of the block, this* is an
example of jaywalking
A. When you cross the street in the middle of the block, this
B. You cross the street in the middle of the block, this
C. Crossing the street in the middle of the block
D. The fact that you cross the street in the middle of the block
Answer: C. Crossing the street in the middle of the block
◉ Walking by the corner the other day, *a child, I noticed, was
watching* for the light to change
A.) a child, I noticed, was watching
B.) I noticed a child watching
C.) a child was watching, I noticed,
D.) there was, I noticed, a child watching
Answer: B. I noticed a child watching
◉ *Going back to his old school,* everything there looked smaller
than Don remembered.
A.) Going back to his old school,
, B.) When he went back to his old school,
C.) To go back to his old school,
D.) As he went back to his old school,
Answer: B. When he went back to his old school,
◉ Painting, drawing and to sculpt are some of the techniques artists
such as Picasso used to express themselves
A. Painting, drawing and to sculpt
B. To paint, to draw, and sculpting
C. Painting, drawing and sculpting
D. To paint, draw and sculpting
Answer: C. Painting, drawing, and sculpting
◉ Playing sports in school which is an activity meant to teach
teamwork and leadership skills students can use later in life
A. Which is an activity
B. Is an activity because it is
C. Being an activity which is
D. Is an activity
Answer: D. Is an activity
ACTUAL EXAMINATION TEST 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ *Knocked sideways, the statue looked* as if it would fall.
A. Knocked sideways, the statue looked
B. The statue was knocked sideways, looked
C. The statue looked knocked sideways
D. The statue, looking knocked sideways
Answer: A. Knocked sideways, the statue looked
◉ *To walk, biking, and driving* are Pat's favorite ways of getting
around.
A. To walk, biking, and driving
B. Walking, biking, and driving
C. To walk, biking, and to drive
D. To walk, to bike, and also driving
Answer: B.) Walking, biking, and driving
,◉ *When you cross the street in the middle of the block, this* is an
example of jaywalking
A. When you cross the street in the middle of the block, this
B. You cross the street in the middle of the block, this
C. Crossing the street in the middle of the block
D. The fact that you cross the street in the middle of the block
Answer: C. Crossing the street in the middle of the block
◉ Walking by the corner the other day, *a child, I noticed, was
watching* for the light to change
A.) a child, I noticed, was watching
B.) I noticed a child watching
C.) a child was watching, I noticed,
D.) there was, I noticed, a child watching
Answer: B. I noticed a child watching
◉ *Going back to his old school,* everything there looked smaller
than Don remembered.
A.) Going back to his old school,
, B.) When he went back to his old school,
C.) To go back to his old school,
D.) As he went back to his old school,
Answer: B. When he went back to his old school,
◉ Painting, drawing and to sculpt are some of the techniques artists
such as Picasso used to express themselves
A. Painting, drawing and to sculpt
B. To paint, to draw, and sculpting
C. Painting, drawing and sculpting
D. To paint, draw and sculpting
Answer: C. Painting, drawing, and sculpting
◉ Playing sports in school which is an activity meant to teach
teamwork and leadership skills students can use later in life
A. Which is an activity
B. Is an activity because it is
C. Being an activity which is
D. Is an activity
Answer: D. Is an activity
