ACT Reading Practice Exam

ACT Reading Practice Exam

The ACT (American College Testing) Reading is a part of exam which is conducted by ACT Inc., to assess your skills in reading, understanding and analyzing written passages in a specific time. The ACT exam is needed for admission to college-level courses in the United States. The ACT reading includes passages from prose fiction, humanities, social science, and natural science,

Certification in ACT Reading helps you prepare for the ACT reading exam.

Why is ACT Reading certification important?

• Prepares and practices your skills and knowledge to clear the ACT Reading exam
• Shows your skills in reading and understanding passages and written text.
• Boosts your credibility as ACT reading tutor.
• Offers you an advantage in competitive ACT reading tutoring.

Who should take the ACT Reading Exam?

• ACT reading tutors preparing students for the ACT exam.
• English teachers specializing in reading comprehension.
• Test prep instructors for standardized tests.
• College admissions counselors focusing on academic readiness.
• Curriculum developers for ACT preparation materials.
• Educational consultants supporting students’ ACT success.
• Private reading coaches helping students improve comprehension.
• Literary analysis professionals aiding in test readiness.

Skills Evaluated

Candidates taking the certification exam on the ACT Reading is evaluated for the following skills:

• Reading comprehension
• Identify main ideas
• Author’s tone and perspective.
• Relationships between ideas in texts.
• Compare different viewpoints in passages.

ACT Reading Certification Course Outline
The course outline for ACT Reading certification is as below -

Domain 1 - Prose Fiction

• Identify themes
• Analyze character development
• Conflicts
• Structure of a narrative

Domain 2 - Humanities

• Opinions
• Arguments
• Tone and perspective
• Drawing inferences from non-fictional texts

Domain 3 - Social Science

• Extracting main ideas and details from expository texts
• Understanding historical or factual contexts
• Analyzing cause-effect relationships

Domain 4 - Natural Science

• Interpreting scientific passages and data
• Distinguishing between hypotheses and conclusions
• Understanding specialized vocabulary and its context

Domain 5 - General Reading Skills

• Skimming and scanning for details
• Logical reasoning and deduction
• Identifying relationships between paragraphs

Domain 6 - ACT-Specific Strategies

• Managing time during timed tests
• Eliminating incorrect answer choices
• Approaching paired passages effectively