ACCUPLACER READING COMPREHENSION
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ SENTENCE SKILLS2
She hoped to find a new --job. One that-- would let her earn money
during the school year.
A) job. One that
B) job. The kind that
C) job, one that
D) job, so that it
Answer: C
◉ SENTENCE SKILLS3
--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
,◉ SENTENCE SKILLS4
--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
◉ SENTENCE SKILLS5
--When you cross the street in the midle 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
◉ SENTENCE SKILLS6
Walking by the corner the other day, --a child, I noticed, was
watching-- for the light to change.
,A) a child, I noticed, was
B) I noticed a child watching
C) a child was watching, I noticed,
D) there was, I noticed, a child watching
Answer: B
◉ SENTENCE SKILLS7
In his songs, Gordon Lightfoot makes melody and lyrics intricately
intertwine.
Rewrite, beginning with
--Melody and lyrics--
Your new sentence will include
A) Gordon Lightfoot has
B) make Gordon Lightfoot's
C) in Gordon Lightfoot's
D) does Gordon Lightfood
Answer: C
◉ SENTENCE SKILLS8
It is easy to carry solid objects without spilling them, but the same
cannot be said of liquids.
Rewrite beginning with
, --Unlike liquids,--
The next words will be
A) it is easy to
B) we can easily
C) solid objects can easily be
D) solid objects are easy to be
Answer: C
◉ SENTENCE SKILLS9
Excited children ran toward the loud music, and they told others
about the ice cream truck outside.
Rewrite beginning with
--The excited children, who had run toward the loud...--
The next words will be
A) music, they told
B) music told
C) music, telling
D) music and had told
Answer: B
◉ SENTENCE SKILLS10
If he had enough strength, Todd would move the boulder.
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ SENTENCE SKILLS2
She hoped to find a new --job. One that-- would let her earn money
during the school year.
A) job. One that
B) job. The kind that
C) job, one that
D) job, so that it
Answer: C
◉ SENTENCE SKILLS3
--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
,◉ SENTENCE SKILLS4
--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
◉ SENTENCE SKILLS5
--When you cross the street in the midle 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
◉ SENTENCE SKILLS6
Walking by the corner the other day, --a child, I noticed, was
watching-- for the light to change.
,A) a child, I noticed, was
B) I noticed a child watching
C) a child was watching, I noticed,
D) there was, I noticed, a child watching
Answer: B
◉ SENTENCE SKILLS7
In his songs, Gordon Lightfoot makes melody and lyrics intricately
intertwine.
Rewrite, beginning with
--Melody and lyrics--
Your new sentence will include
A) Gordon Lightfoot has
B) make Gordon Lightfoot's
C) in Gordon Lightfoot's
D) does Gordon Lightfood
Answer: C
◉ SENTENCE SKILLS8
It is easy to carry solid objects without spilling them, but the same
cannot be said of liquids.
Rewrite beginning with
, --Unlike liquids,--
The next words will be
A) it is easy to
B) we can easily
C) solid objects can easily be
D) solid objects are easy to be
Answer: C
◉ SENTENCE SKILLS9
Excited children ran toward the loud music, and they told others
about the ice cream truck outside.
Rewrite beginning with
--The excited children, who had run toward the loud...--
The next words will be
A) music, they told
B) music told
C) music, telling
D) music and had told
Answer: B
◉ SENTENCE SKILLS10
If he had enough strength, Todd would move the boulder.
