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  1. Read these sentences from paragraph 2. For example, many animals hoard food so that they will not run out later, but scientists who study…2026 Practice Test A English, question 9
  2. Read this sentence from paragraph 13. Close on their left bore down the flank of the herd, and on their right, under their very…2026 Practice Test A English, question 32
  3. Which sentence from the excerpt best reveals the mood on the drive before the lightning struck?2026 Practice Test A English, question 35
  4. The words “feat,” “humanly impossible,” and “impenetrable barrier” in paragraph 1 affect the tone of the paragraph because they2026 Practice Test B English, question 8
  5. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. The professor, who was sitting at his desk before a pile of letters and replies submitted for approval…2026 Practice Test B English, question 15
  6. The main purpose of the comparison in lines 23–24 of the poem is to show2026 Practice Test B English, question 24
  7. 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
  8. Read this sentence from paragraph 6. Burning land to make it healthy may seem counterintuitive, but strategic controlled fires have helped the prairie sustain…2026 Practice Test B English, question 33
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. What impact do the phrases “all but / invisible” and “even less obvious” in lines 16–18 have on the meaning of the poem?2026 Practice Test C English, question 30
  13. What impact do the words “swish,” “chitter,” and “cry” in lines 12–13 have in the poem?2026 Practice Test C English, question 31
  14. Read this sentence from paragraph 4. After collecting and analyzing the DNA in 800 samples of gray fur and wolf waste, researchers could produce…2026 Practice Test D English, question 17
  15. The comparison in lines 8–9 of the poem is used to convey2026 Practice Test D English, question 21
  16. 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
  17. The fireworks in the poem represent the speaker’s2026 Practice Test D English, question 26
  18. 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
  19. The words “cold” and “dark” affect the tone in paragraph 10 by2025 Practice Test A English, question 20
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. The phrase “just as an artist arranges the paints upon his palette” in paragraph 2 suggests that2024 Test A English, question 12
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. Read this sentence from paragraph 4. During her first channel-crossing attempt she had worn a standard one-piece swimsuit that, after the lengthy hours of…2024 Test A English, question 27
  26. In paragraph 3, the phrase “the butterflies of the sea” conveys the idea that2024 Test A English, question 43
  27. 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
  28. In paragraph 20, the phrases “trophies of their hunt” and “paraded around” affect the paragraph by2024 Test B English, question 28
  29. Read this sentence from paragraph 7. The desperate Morse gave the go-ahead, and the line was completed in time for the dramatic and spectacularly…2024 Test B English, question 36
  30. 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
  31. What is the effect of comparing groups of bristlecone pines to “a city within a cemetery” (paragraph 2)?2024 Test B English, question 50
  32. The phrases “clings to life” and “stripped of bark” in paragraph 6 are used to highlight2024 Test B English, question 54
  33. Read this sentence from paragraph 2. Two alumnae of its culinary program… were even recognized as semi-finalists for prestigious James Beard awards. The words…2023 Test B English, question 10
  34. Read this sentence from paragraph 5. This flight lasted only 12 seconds, but it was nevertheless the first in the history of the world…2023 Test B English, question 33
  35. 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
  36. In paragraph 4, the word “insurmountable” is used to highlight2018 Test A English, question 20
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. The comparison to sewing in lines 33–35 helps show that the structure2018 Test A English, question 46
  41. Which of the following is implied by the phrase “the global nature of weather” (paragraph 5)?2018 Test A English, question 56
  42. In paragraph 2, how does the phrase “when all three had taken the trouble to tell her” affect the tone in the first part…2018 Test B English, question 16
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. Read this sentence from paragraph 7. The desperate Morse gave the go-ahead, and the line was completed in time for the dramatic and spectacularly…2018 Test B English, question 50