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  1. Which quotations from the poem support the theme that nature’s unspoiled beauty is splendid, and which quotations support the theme that human creations detract…2026 Practice Test A English, question 7
  2. Read these sentences from paragraph 7. Bannister said, “I felt that the moment of a lifetime had come. There was no pain, only a…2026 Practice Test B English, question 9
  3. The professor’s observations in paragraphs 15–17 create tension in the excerpt by causing the narrator to feel2026 Practice Test B English, question 17
  4. How does paragraph 34 help develop the plot of the excerpt?2026 Practice Test B English, question 20
  5. The main purpose of the comparison in lines 23–24 of the poem is to show2026 Practice Test B English, question 24
  6. Read lines 27–28 from the poem. And there, in the explosion, in the darkness, briefly incandescent, they appear: The imagery in the lines reveals…2026 Practice Test B English, question 25
  7. Read lines 30–32 from the poem. Their names sound like dinosaurs or maybe bands playing terrible music in someone’s garage. The speaker refers to…2026 Practice Test B English, question 26
  8. Read lines 39–44 from the poem. They spin, and it is only down there in the darkness—in the vast garage where physicists jot down…2026 Practice Test B English, question 28
  9. Which lines support the idea that a change in the weather will lessen the speaker’s appreciation for the city?2026 Practice Test B English, question 37
  10. Read lines 7–9 from the poem. For now it is the early edge of fall, leaves green still while the air narrows, is slightly…2026 Practice Test B English, question 39
  11. Which idea does the comparison of the brownstone houses to “a pop-up picture book I could have had as a child, / but didn’t”…2026 Practice Test B English, question 40
  12. Read these lines from the poem. I can already see how this will end. (line 1) How Brooklyn makes me nostalgic for the moment…2026 Practice Test B English, question 41
  13. Read lines 6–7 from the poem. The birds took their hops and zigzags a little more anxious; a home is a home; worms are…2026 Practice Test C English, question 20
  14. Read lines 12–14 from the poem. And it was the leaves with a strong soft wind over them that talked most of all and…2026 Practice Test C English, question 21
  15. Throughout the poem, the poet conveys the speaker’s point of view by2026 Practice Test C English, question 24
  16. Which lines reveal how the setting affects the speaker and the men from the museum?2026 Practice Test C English, question 27
  17. Which two sentences in paragraphs 5–9 best support the idea that the astronauts working in space enjoyed participating in the food-growing experiment? Select the…2026 Practice Test C English, question 38
  18. The comparison in lines 8–9 of the poem is used to convey2026 Practice Test D English, question 21
  19. Read lines 22–23 from the poem. the sky at night written upon with those jewels. What does the word choice in these lines convey…2026 Practice Test D English, question 22
  20. Read lines 41–42 from the poem. I kept waiting for those childhood bursts, watching as they escorted us home. How does this memory affect…2026 Practice Test D English, question 25
  21. The fireworks in the poem represent the speaker’s2026 Practice Test D English, question 26
  22. Read this sentence from paragraph 9. I tried to, and then I just sat still and looked straight at it. How does the phrase…2025 Practice Test A English, question 19
  23. The words “cold” and “dark” affect the tone in paragraph 10 by2025 Practice Test A English, question 20
  24. Which two phrases from paragraph 3 most affect the tone of the excerpt? Move the two correct answers to the box. Phrases That Most…2025 Practice Test B English, question 3
  25. Determine whether each sentence from the excerpt presents a claim or presents evidence to support a claim. Select all the correct answers.2025 Practice Test B English, question 8
  26. The details in lines 9–12 convey a central idea of the poem by2025 Practice Test B English, question 44
  27. In paragraph 1, the phrases “cool morning breezes swept freely” and “wafting the perfume of sweet grasses” affect the tone of the excerpt by…2024 Test A English, question 10
  28. The phrase “just as an artist arranges the paints upon his palette” in paragraph 2 suggests that2024 Test A English, question 12
  29. The details in lines 10–17 about the cat convey a central idea of the poem by2024 Test A English, question 21
  30. The phrases “luminous possibility” and “all that would keep her / away from home” (lines 17–19) affect the poem by2024 Test A English, question 22
  31. Read lines 11–13 from the poem. toward the voice, then back to the constellation of fireflies flickering near her head Which idea from the…2024 Test A English, question 23
  32. Which statement describes how the author’s use of a problem-and-solution structure in paragraph 5 contributes to the development of ideas in the passage?2024 Test A English, question 28
  33. Which sentence from the passage best conveys the author’s perspective regarding the impact of Ederle’s accomplishment?2024 Test A English, question 31
  34. The details in paragraph 1 convey a central idea of the passage by noting that2024 Test A English, question 35
  35. Which evidence from the passage best supports the claim that “print definitely isn’t dead” (paragraph 1)?2024 Test A English, question 36
  36. In paragraph 3, the phrase “the butterflies of the sea” conveys the idea that2024 Test A English, question 43
  37. Read these sentences from paragraph 8. So, I was looking at it and not looking at it while my heart spangled my vision. I…2024 Test A English, question 49
  38. In paragraph 20, the phrases “trophies of their hunt” and “paraded around” affect the paragraph by2024 Test B English, question 28
  39. How does the poet develop the speaker’s point of view in the second stanza (lines 8–14)?2024 Test B English, question 45
  40. How do the details in the third stanza (lines 15–26) most contribute to the development of a theme of the poem?2024 Test B English, question 48
  41. Read lines 23–26 from the poem. The mountains swing along The south horizon of the sky; Welcoming with wide floors of blue-green ice The…2024 Test B English, question 49
  42. What is the effect of comparing groups of bristlecone pines to “a city within a cemetery” (paragraph 2)?2024 Test B English, question 50
  43. The phrases “clings to life” and “stripped of bark” in paragraph 6 are used to highlight2024 Test B English, question 54
  44. How does the similar construction of line 1 and line 8 contribute to the meaning of the poem?2023 Test B English, question 36
  45. The use of the words “siblings” and “my sisters and brothers” in lines 31–32 conveys the idea that the2023 Test B English, question 38
  46. How do lines 23–28 contribute to a central idea of the poem?2022 Test A English, question 48
  47. Read this sentence from paragraph 1. The scene is like a twisted… movie, with doomed gadgets riding an unrelenting conveyor belt into a machine…2022 Test B English, question 11
  48. The phrases “166,000 floating solar panels are strung together atop the rippling surface of a lake” and “an immense blanket of renewable energy” in…2022 Test B English, question 25
  49. Read lines 25–26 from the poem. until everything we think we know bangs against everything else we know. The lines help develop a central…2022 Test B English, question 43
  50. The last stanza (lines 33–44) concludes the poem by emphasizing which central idea?2022 Test B English, question 47
  51. What impact does the phrase “Everything is a constant celebration” (line 33) have in the poem?2021 Test A English, question 37
  52. The phrase “evolutionary DNA tapestry” in paragraph 3 conveys the idea that the platypus2021 Test A English, question 50
  53. The phrase “a new mindset had taken root” in paragraph 8 conveys the idea that2021 Test B English, question 37
  54. The description at the end of paragraph 2 of the ant repeating his actions conveys the idea that2020 Test B English, question 20
  55. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. Evidently the friend remarks that a last year’s grasshopper leg is a very noble acquisition, and inquires where…2020 Test B English, question 24
  56. How does the similar construction of the sentence in line 1 and the sentence in line 8 contribute to the meaning of the poem?2020 Test B English, question 34
  57. The phrase “a new mindset had taken root” in paragraph 8 conveys the idea that2019 Test A English, question 14
  58. How does paragraph 34 help develop the plot of the excerpt?2019 Test A English, question 46
  59. Which lines reveal how the setting affects the speaker and the men from the museum?2019 Test B English, question 45
  60. Which statement describes how the author’s use of problem-and-solution in paragraph 5 contributes to the development of ideas in the passage?2018 Test A English, question 21
  61. Which sentence from the passage best conveys the author’s perspective regarding the impact of Ederle’s accomplishment?2018 Test A English, question 24
  62. The phrase “those wonderful Swiss and African ones which vote, keep drilled armies,… and dispute about religion” in paragraph 1 shows that the author2018 Test A English, question 26
  63. In paragraph 2, how do the words “grabs,” “yanks,” and “tearing away” contribute to the meaning of the excerpt?2018 Test A English, question 28
  64. Read this text from paragraph 2. He… comes to a weed; it never occurs to him to go around it. No; he must climb…2018 Test A English, question 29
  65. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. The two perspiring ants inspect it thoughtfully and decide that dried grasshopper legs are a poor sort of…2018 Test A English, question 34
  66. How does the similar construction of the sentence in line 1 and the sentence in line 8 contribute to the meaning of the poem?2018 Test A English, question 42
  67. Read lines 2–4 and lines 12–14 from the poem. I am what every athlete wants: to remain at the apex of the leap, up…2018 Test A English, question 43
  68. Read line 7 from the first stanza. Swallows and ospreys nest in my trusses. How does the line contribute to the development of ideas…2018 Test A English, question 44
  69. Read lines 18–20 from the poem. You are some tears dribbling from a mountain’s eye, running down the pavements of small towns, into the…2018 Test A English, question 45
  70. The comparison to sewing in lines 33–35 helps show that the structure2018 Test A English, question 46
  71. The last stanza (lines 36–42) conveys a central idea of the poem by2018 Test A English, question 47
  72. Read this sentence from paragraph 4. She strained her eyes into the darkness, and tried to make out things from the two or three…2018 Test B English, question 19
  73. Read paragraph 9 from the excerpt. A moment of useless screaming, running, trying to attract some one’s attention, a sickening sense of terror and…2018 Test B English, question 20
  74. Read paragraph 10 from the excerpt. Margaret stood dazed, reaching out helpless hands, then dropped them at her sides and gazed after the fast-retreating…2018 Test B English, question 22
  75. How do the details in paragraphs 12–13 about the setting help support the theme of the excerpt?2018 Test B English, question 24
  76. The central idea that the Falls communicate a feeling of “unintelligible disaster” (paragraph 1) is conveyed in paragraph 2 through a description of2018 Test B English, question 25
  77. Read this sentence from paragraph 2. They are extraordinarily level, one long curtain of lacework and woven foam. What is the effect of comparing…2018 Test B English, question 26
  78. Read this sentence from paragraph 4. There one can sit and let great cloudy thoughts of destiny and the passage of empires drift through…2018 Test B English, question 29
  79. The description in the first stanza (lines 1–7) helps establish a central idea of the poem by2018 Test B English, question 38
  80. Read line 1 and line 15 from the poem. Higher and still more high, Vaster and still more vast, The parallel structure of the…2018 Test B English, question 39
  81. Read line 5 from the poem. Pillars of the sky at rest The line helps develop the theme of the poem by suggesting that…2018 Test B English, question 40
  82. How does the poet develop the speaker’s point of view in the second stanza (lines 8–14)?2018 Test B English, question 42
  83. How do the details in the third stanza (lines 15–26) contribute to the development of the theme of the poem?2018 Test B English, question 45
  84. Read lines 23–26 from the poem. The mountains swing along The south horizon of the sky; Welcoming with wide floors of blue-green ice The…2018 Test B English, question 47