ENGLISH CUMULATIVE EXAM PRACTICE
TESTED QUESTIONS 2026 VERIFIED ANSWER
KEY
◉ Which quotation from a Shakespearean sonnet is a couplet?
Answer: a. "And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare, / As any she
belied with false compare."
◉ Which statement best compares how the two authors address this
topic? Answer: d. Memmott presents facts about the dictatorship
objectively, while Alvarez gives details about how it affected people.
◉ Which central ideas are developed in chapters 3 and 4 of Animal
Farm? Select two options. Answer: c. The pigs use language and
propaganda as tools.
d.Only the pigs are able to learn to read and write.
◉ What is the cartoonist's purpose in this editorial cartoon?
Answer: b. to make a satire about how many reporters cover bad
weather
,◉ What is the best evaluation of Ahmad's reasoning? Answer: a. It is
illogical because it relies on faulty reasoning.
◉ Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.
Sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. People throughout
the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at
all, to get that touch of sweetness. We even know exactly how
thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. When the Lewis and
Clark Expedition met up with the Shoshone, who had little previous
contact with Old World products, Sacagawea gave a tiny piece of
sugar to a chief. He loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever
tasted." Sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one
corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and
destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty.
The text structure of this passage is Answer: c. cause and effect.
◉ How does the illustration relate to the description of a Great
House in the text? Answer: c. The illustration shows what a Great
House looked like from the outside, while the text explains what a
Great House looked like from the inside.
,◉ What can a writer describe about two characters to help develop
their personalities? Answer: a. their communication
◉ When participating in a group discussion, a good group member
maintains a balance between Answer: a. speaking and listening
◉ Which elements does strong narrative writing always contain?
Check all that apply. Answer: a. a connection to an outline
c.. a clear point of view.
e. a description of events
◉ Which aspects of Russian history does the passage most reflect?
Select three options. Answer: a. the corruption of those in power
b. propaganda spread to induce confusion.
c. Stalin's attempt to expand industry.
◉ Read the sentence.
, The students found the grammatical rules incredibly simple to
understand and use.
Which word does the underlined phrase modify? Answer: c. rules
◉ Which evidence best supports the authors' claim and purpose?
Answer: a. "Simple enough; but this trade up and down the Atlantic
coast was part of a much larger world system."
◉ Which details do the authors include to support the claim in this
passage? Select two options. Answer: b. explanations of how
revolutionary ideas spread to Saint Domingue
d. examples of revolutionary ideas from other countries
◉ Which inference does this passage support? Answer: c. as sugar
became increasingly available to the English, they wanted to acquire
even more of it.
◉ What is the best way to revise the paragraph to connect ideas?
Answer: d. by combining sentences 4 and 5 with the transition word
so
TESTED QUESTIONS 2026 VERIFIED ANSWER
KEY
◉ Which quotation from a Shakespearean sonnet is a couplet?
Answer: a. "And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare, / As any she
belied with false compare."
◉ Which statement best compares how the two authors address this
topic? Answer: d. Memmott presents facts about the dictatorship
objectively, while Alvarez gives details about how it affected people.
◉ Which central ideas are developed in chapters 3 and 4 of Animal
Farm? Select two options. Answer: c. The pigs use language and
propaganda as tools.
d.Only the pigs are able to learn to read and write.
◉ What is the cartoonist's purpose in this editorial cartoon?
Answer: b. to make a satire about how many reporters cover bad
weather
,◉ What is the best evaluation of Ahmad's reasoning? Answer: a. It is
illogical because it relies on faulty reasoning.
◉ Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.
Sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. People throughout
the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at
all, to get that touch of sweetness. We even know exactly how
thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. When the Lewis and
Clark Expedition met up with the Shoshone, who had little previous
contact with Old World products, Sacagawea gave a tiny piece of
sugar to a chief. He loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever
tasted." Sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one
corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and
destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty.
The text structure of this passage is Answer: c. cause and effect.
◉ How does the illustration relate to the description of a Great
House in the text? Answer: c. The illustration shows what a Great
House looked like from the outside, while the text explains what a
Great House looked like from the inside.
,◉ What can a writer describe about two characters to help develop
their personalities? Answer: a. their communication
◉ When participating in a group discussion, a good group member
maintains a balance between Answer: a. speaking and listening
◉ Which elements does strong narrative writing always contain?
Check all that apply. Answer: a. a connection to an outline
c.. a clear point of view.
e. a description of events
◉ Which aspects of Russian history does the passage most reflect?
Select three options. Answer: a. the corruption of those in power
b. propaganda spread to induce confusion.
c. Stalin's attempt to expand industry.
◉ Read the sentence.
, The students found the grammatical rules incredibly simple to
understand and use.
Which word does the underlined phrase modify? Answer: c. rules
◉ Which evidence best supports the authors' claim and purpose?
Answer: a. "Simple enough; but this trade up and down the Atlantic
coast was part of a much larger world system."
◉ Which details do the authors include to support the claim in this
passage? Select two options. Answer: b. explanations of how
revolutionary ideas spread to Saint Domingue
d. examples of revolutionary ideas from other countries
◉ Which inference does this passage support? Answer: c. as sugar
became increasingly available to the English, they wanted to acquire
even more of it.
◉ What is the best way to revise the paragraph to connect ideas?
Answer: d. by combining sentences 4 and 5 with the transition word
so
