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ACT English and Reading Practice Tests

These Grade 12 English practice tests develop ACT English and Reading skills through original questions on conventions, rhetoric, main ideas, detail, inference, vocabulary, structure, and evidence.

Skills covered

  • Applying sentence boundaries, agreement, pronouns, modifiers, verb forms, punctuation, parallelism, transitions, and concision
  • Analyzing purpose, organization, audience, tone, paragraph development, evidence, and rhetorical choices
  • Identifying central ideas, supporting details, inferences, relationships, vocabulary in context, and passage structure
  • Interpreting literary, humanities, social science, and natural science passages with precise textual support
  • Evaluating data, experimental design, limitations, comparisons, conclusions, and revisions for clarity

How to use these practice tests

For English questions, read the surrounding sentences and check grammar, meaning, and organization. For Reading questions, return to the passage and choose the answer most directly supported by its details and structure.

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Grade 12 ACT English and Reading Practice Tests

Practice Grade 12 English ACT English and Reading questions about conventions, rhetoric, main ideas, detail, inference, vocabulary, structure, and evidence.

Choose the best answer. Use the complete sentence or passage context, apply English conventions, and select the most supported reading or revision.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

Choose the option that completes the sentence correctly: The collection of essays ___ a wide range of regional voices.

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is presents.

  1. Identify the ACT skill: Determine whether the question tests English conventions, rhetorical organization, main idea, detail, inference, vocabulary, or passage structure.
  2. Use the context: The singular subject collection takes the singular verb presents.
  3. Check the choice: The correct answer is presents.

The singular subject collection takes the singular verb presents.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Choose the option that completes the sentence correctly: The two researchers compared ___ findings before writing the report.

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is their.

  1. Identify the ACT skill: Determine whether the question tests English conventions, rhetorical organization, main idea, detail, inference, vocabulary, or passage structure.
  2. Use the context: Their is the possessive pronoun referring to the two researchers.
  3. Check the choice: The correct answer is their.

Their is the possessive pronoun referring to the two researchers.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Choose the option with correct punctuation: The theater closed for renovations ___ it reopened with improved lighting and seating.

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is , but.

  1. Identify the ACT skill: Determine whether the question tests English conventions, rhetorical organization, main idea, detail, inference, vocabulary, or passage structure.
  2. Use the context: A comma and coordinating conjunction correctly join the two independent clauses.
  3. Check the choice: The correct answer is , but.

A comma and coordinating conjunction correctly join the two independent clauses.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Choose the option with correct punctuation: The archive contains three valuable groups of materials ___ letters, photographs, and field notebooks.

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is :.

  1. Identify the ACT skill: Determine whether the question tests English conventions, rhetorical organization, main idea, detail, inference, vocabulary, or passage structure.
  2. Use the context: A colon correctly introduces the list after the complete clause.
  3. Check the choice: The correct answer is :.

A colon correctly introduces the list after the complete clause.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Choose the option that completes the sentence correctly: By the time the lecture began, the students ___ the assigned chapter.

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is had read.

  1. Identify the ACT skill: Determine whether the question tests English conventions, rhetorical organization, main idea, detail, inference, vocabulary, or passage structure.
  2. Use the context: The past perfect had read shows that the reading occurred before the later past event.
  3. Check the choice: The correct answer is had read.

The past perfect had read shows that the reading occurred before the later past event.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Choose the option that completes the sentence correctly: After reviewing the evidence, ___ decided to revise the proposal.

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is the committee.

  1. Identify the ACT skill: Determine whether the question tests English conventions, rhetorical organization, main idea, detail, inference, vocabulary, or passage structure.
  2. Use the context: The introductory phrase needs a logical subject that reviewed the evidence and performed the action: the committee.
  3. Check the choice: The correct answer is the committee.

The introductory phrase needs a logical subject that reviewed the evidence and performed the action: the committee.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

A paragraph explains that a public garden provides food, shade, and gathering space. Which transition best introduces the final benefit?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is In addition,.

  1. Identify the ACT skill: Determine whether the question tests English conventions, rhetorical organization, main idea, detail, inference, vocabulary, or passage structure.
  2. Use the context: In addition signals that the final benefit is another supporting point in the same direction.
  3. Check the choice: The correct answer is In addition,.

In addition signals that the final benefit is another supporting point in the same direction.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Choose the most concise option: “The reason is because the route was changed due to the fact that the bridge was closed.”

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is The route changed because the bridge was closed..

  1. Identify the ACT skill: Determine whether the question tests English conventions, rhetorical organization, main idea, detail, inference, vocabulary, or passage structure.
  2. Use the context: The selected sentence removes redundant phrases while preserving the cause-and-effect relationship.
  3. Check the choice: The correct answer is The route changed because the bridge was closed..

The selected sentence removes redundant phrases while preserving the cause-and-effect relationship.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Choose the option that maintains parallel structure: The program teaches students to research sources, evaluate evidence, and ___.

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is communicate conclusions.

  1. Identify the ACT skill: Determine whether the question tests English conventions, rhetorical organization, main idea, detail, inference, vocabulary, or passage structure.
  2. Use the context: The three items use parallel verb forms: research, evaluate, and communicate.
  3. Check the choice: The correct answer is communicate conclusions.

The three items use parallel verb forms: research, evaluate, and communicate.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

A writer wants to move a sentence about results before a sentence about the experiment’s method. Which order is most logical?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Describe the question, explain the method, present the results, then interpret their significance.

  1. Identify the ACT skill: Determine whether the question tests English conventions, rhetorical organization, main idea, detail, inference, vocabulary, or passage structure.
  2. Use the context: Readers generally need the research question and method before they can understand and evaluate the results.
  3. Check the choice: The correct answer is Describe the question, explain the method, present the results, then interpret their significance.

Readers generally need the research question and method before they can understand and evaluate the results.

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