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3 Practice Tests by Philip Townsend--Please keep a record of the score you get the first time you take the test and submit your answers. You may correct the answers you got wrong, but your original score will be a good indication of how you may expect to perform on a real exam.

• CUNY Practice Test: Howard Davis--Answer Key follows the exam
• CUNY Practice Test: Raisin in the Sun--Answer Key follows the exam
• CUNY Practice Test: Maine--Answer Key follows the exam

• Test-Taking Strategies from Queensborough CC--This site contains information about the ACT tests, including links to Practice Tests in Reading and Writing

• Advanced Reading Comprehension: Geography

• Advanced Reading Comprehension: Charles Lindbergh

• Advanced Reading Comprehension: Metal File

• Advanced Reading Comprehension: Vestmannaeyjar

• Practice Reading with Descriptions of Six Major Types of Questions

• Basic Reading Comprehension

• ACT Reading Practice from Brooklyn College--This file is also available in PDF format at: http://www.act.org/compass/sample/pdf/reading.pdf

• Timed Reading Test

• Peterson's Sample ACT Reading Passages--There are a total of 10 questions on the passage given. Be sure to click on the link at the bottom of each page to get to the next question. The passage is repeated for every question.

• Vocabulary in Context--ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE, CLICK ON THE LINKS TO FOUR EXERCISES

• 20 Practice Reading Tests-from the Houghton Mifflin College web site

• Texas Higher Education Assessment Practice Test--After you finish the test, click on the link at the bottom of the page for the Answer Key.

• Florida Assessment Test Site Practice Tests with Answer Key

• Sample Practice Reading Test from Kaplan

• Learn-A-Test through the KCC library--Scroll down to "College Entrance Exams;" then click on "ACT Practice Tests" NOTE: This site must be used from a computer on the KCC campus only. Or you may go to the New York Public Library or the Brooklyn Public Library websites. If you log on from a computer in the Public Library system, you must have a library card bar code number to access the site.

• 10 Sample Reading Tests from the SAT web site

• Reading Vocabulary Review

• Vocabulary Resources to Enhance Your Word Skills

• Types of Questions on the Exam and Strategies for Answering Them Correctly

• List of Prefixes and Suffixes for Vocabulary Building
  
  
• English Language Roots
  
  
• Commonly Used Test Vocabulary

• Building a College Level Vocabulary: How to Remember New Words--from The University of Alabama Center for Teaching and Learning

• Resources on Vocabulary Development

• 5000 Vocabulary Words--Scroll down the page to find an A to Z list of words. This file is also available in PDF format for printing at: http://www.freevocabulary.com/vocabulary.pdf and 3 samples are available in audio format at:
  • http://www.freevocabulary.com/ActionableAdversity.rm
  • http://www.freevocabulary.com/ExtricateFerocity.rm
  • http://www.freevocabulary.com/NondescriptOblivion.rm

• Dr. Kasper's English 04 site--This site contains links to additional readings. The comprehension questions for these readings require you to type an answer into the form provided onscreen. After you finish, click the button that says, "Submit" and you will be taken to a page that has the correct answers. PLEASE REMEMBER TO WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON A SHEET OF PAPER BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THEM ONCE YOU SUBMIT YOUR FORM
• Practice Tests--This page contains links to ACT reading and writing practice tests.
• Resources for Developing Reading Skills--This site contains links to online dictionaries
• Resources to help you practice for the ACT Tests in Reading and Writing
• Resources for Developing Writing Skills
• Additional material for reading--This site contains links to other sites that have many texts on various subject areas. You can use these texts for additional reading practice and vocabulary building.