ACT Reading Exercise With Answers
The best way to practice for the Reading Test is? - Answer - READING. The more you read, the better
your reading skills.
All the information you need to answer the questions is contained within the passages. - Answer -
Knowing the types of questions asked in the Reading Section will help you know where to search for the
answers.
How many passages are there? - Answer - Four. Prose fiction and three nonfiction passages.
How many questions per passage? - Answer - Ten
Flyover - Answer - A quick look at the passage BEFORE reading the questions paying attention to the
first and last sentences in each paragraph.
I. Prose Fiction
There are 5 types of questions: - Answer - 1. Specific Detail
2. Inference
3. Character Generalization
4. Point of View
5. Cause-Effect
1. Specific Details and Facts - Answer - The most straightforward questions you'll encounter. Simply
find the details within the passage. Expect 3 or 4 specific detail questions about the PF passage.
1. Specific Details - Answer - Many questions have key words in the question or choices that will enable
you to find the correct section of the passage to support your answer.
, 1. Specific Details - Answer - Read each choice carefully and don't fall for a choice that has the exact
some wording as the passage but used in the wrong context.
2. Inference - Answer - These questions ask for implied information. You must use information in the
passage to figure out something else. Look for verbs like: suggest, infer, imply and indicate.
2. Inference - Answer - Anything directly stated by the author is not an inference.
3. Character generalization - Answer - Found only in PF. These questions ask you to reduce a lot of
information about a character into one statement.
4. Point of View - Answer - Will generally ask you to describe the narrator's point of view. Look for
adjectives that describe emotion: brilliant, excited, delightful, gloomy, disappointing.
4. Point of View - Answer - It may be helpful to arrange all the answer choices from most negative to
most positive.
4. Point of View Question: The author's attitude on this topic is best described as:
A. indignation
B. eagerness
C. impartiality
D. fear - Answer - From negative to positive:
indignation
fear
impartiality
eagerness
4. In trying to understand the author's point of view, you may be asked about how the passage is
organized. - Answer - Which of the following best describes the organization of the author's discussion
on this topic?
A. He provides an example.
The best way to practice for the Reading Test is? - Answer - READING. The more you read, the better
your reading skills.
All the information you need to answer the questions is contained within the passages. - Answer -
Knowing the types of questions asked in the Reading Section will help you know where to search for the
answers.
How many passages are there? - Answer - Four. Prose fiction and three nonfiction passages.
How many questions per passage? - Answer - Ten
Flyover - Answer - A quick look at the passage BEFORE reading the questions paying attention to the
first and last sentences in each paragraph.
I. Prose Fiction
There are 5 types of questions: - Answer - 1. Specific Detail
2. Inference
3. Character Generalization
4. Point of View
5. Cause-Effect
1. Specific Details and Facts - Answer - The most straightforward questions you'll encounter. Simply
find the details within the passage. Expect 3 or 4 specific detail questions about the PF passage.
1. Specific Details - Answer - Many questions have key words in the question or choices that will enable
you to find the correct section of the passage to support your answer.
, 1. Specific Details - Answer - Read each choice carefully and don't fall for a choice that has the exact
some wording as the passage but used in the wrong context.
2. Inference - Answer - These questions ask for implied information. You must use information in the
passage to figure out something else. Look for verbs like: suggest, infer, imply and indicate.
2. Inference - Answer - Anything directly stated by the author is not an inference.
3. Character generalization - Answer - Found only in PF. These questions ask you to reduce a lot of
information about a character into one statement.
4. Point of View - Answer - Will generally ask you to describe the narrator's point of view. Look for
adjectives that describe emotion: brilliant, excited, delightful, gloomy, disappointing.
4. Point of View - Answer - It may be helpful to arrange all the answer choices from most negative to
most positive.
4. Point of View Question: The author's attitude on this topic is best described as:
A. indignation
B. eagerness
C. impartiality
D. fear - Answer - From negative to positive:
indignation
fear
impartiality
eagerness
4. In trying to understand the author's point of view, you may be asked about how the passage is
organized. - Answer - Which of the following best describes the organization of the author's discussion
on this topic?
A. He provides an example.
