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A+level
SAT & ACT Final Exam (Part 1) – Real
Questions + Answer Key
Time allowed: 3 hours
Materials
For this paper you must have: For Examiner’s Use
• a calculator. Section Mark
A
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. B
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. C
• Answer all questions.
TOTAL
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write
outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end
of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
• Do all rough work in this answer book. Cross through any
work you do not want to be marked.
Information
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 120.
EXAM/V/ST/V /E8
, Which of the following is a good way to keep track of paragraph topics for longer SAT reading passages? - ✔✔A. Mark
words in the paragraph that relate to its main topic, or jot down a one- or two-word topic synopsis in the margins by the
paragraph.
In a set of questions about two paired passages, about how many can you answer by just reading the first passage? -
✔✔C. About one-third of the questions in the set.
What is the most time-efficient way to handle paired passages? - ✔✔B. Read the first passage, answer the questions
pertaining to the first passage, and then read the second passage and answer the questions about the second passage
and the two passages together.
Which of the following transition words or phrases shows an opposite relationship between the ideas it links? -
✔✔Although.
Which of the following sentences demonstrates proper subject-verb agreement? - ✔✔C. Neither of the girls knows the
answer.
A comma may be used to link two independent clauses in the same sentence in which of the following circumstances? -
✔✔A. When the clauses are also linked by a conjunction.
Which of the following sentences displays a proper use of pronouns? - ✔✔D. Stan and I play basketball with him and
Stella every day.
If you saw an entire beginning descriptive phrase underlined in a sentence on the ACT English test, what would this likely
indicate? - ✔✔C. That the sentence contains a modification problem.
How should you handle sentences in ACT English usage passages that don't have underlined parts? - ✔✔C. You should
skim through them to save time.
Once you've chosen what you think is the correct answer for an ACT English usage question, what should you do next? -
✔✔D. Reread the sentence with your answer choice plugged into the underlined portion to make sure the answer
makes sense.
Which of the following SAT questions is most likely to test your knowledge of the rules of punctuation? - ✔✔B. Standard
English conventions questions.
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signatu re
I declare this is my own work.
A+level
SAT & ACT Final Exam (Part 1) – Real
Questions + Answer Key
Time allowed: 3 hours
Materials
For this paper you must have: For Examiner’s Use
• a calculator. Section Mark
A
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. B
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. C
• Answer all questions.
TOTAL
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write
outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end
of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
• Do all rough work in this answer book. Cross through any
work you do not want to be marked.
Information
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 120.
EXAM/V/ST/V /E8
, Which of the following is a good way to keep track of paragraph topics for longer SAT reading passages? - ✔✔A. Mark
words in the paragraph that relate to its main topic, or jot down a one- or two-word topic synopsis in the margins by the
paragraph.
In a set of questions about two paired passages, about how many can you answer by just reading the first passage? -
✔✔C. About one-third of the questions in the set.
What is the most time-efficient way to handle paired passages? - ✔✔B. Read the first passage, answer the questions
pertaining to the first passage, and then read the second passage and answer the questions about the second passage
and the two passages together.
Which of the following transition words or phrases shows an opposite relationship between the ideas it links? -
✔✔Although.
Which of the following sentences demonstrates proper subject-verb agreement? - ✔✔C. Neither of the girls knows the
answer.
A comma may be used to link two independent clauses in the same sentence in which of the following circumstances? -
✔✔A. When the clauses are also linked by a conjunction.
Which of the following sentences displays a proper use of pronouns? - ✔✔D. Stan and I play basketball with him and
Stella every day.
If you saw an entire beginning descriptive phrase underlined in a sentence on the ACT English test, what would this likely
indicate? - ✔✔C. That the sentence contains a modification problem.
How should you handle sentences in ACT English usage passages that don't have underlined parts? - ✔✔C. You should
skim through them to save time.
Once you've chosen what you think is the correct answer for an ACT English usage question, what should you do next? -
✔✔D. Reread the sentence with your answer choice plugged into the underlined portion to make sure the answer
makes sense.
Which of the following SAT questions is most likely to test your knowledge of the rules of punctuation? - ✔✔B. Standard
English conventions questions.
