Reading Tips

  • Start with https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act/test-preparation/description-of-reading-test.html to see the content covered on the test.

  • You don't have to work in order. Start with your favorite type of passage: prose fiction, social science, humanities, and natural science. Save your least favorite type for last.

  • Practice reading the entire passage and then answering questions. Practice reading the questions and then skimming for the answer. See which method works best for you.

  • Practice pacing. It is easy to run out of time on this test.


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