1. ACT Reading TEST
Inference

2. READING TEST FORMAT 40 questions in 35 minutes
4 passages: one science, one social sciences, one literature, one humanities
Questions are: fact based, inference, structure, or purpose.
You probably won’t be able to read all 4 and accurately answer all 40, so think about which passages & which question types to focus on.

3. One-third of the reading test is made up of inference based questions.

4. “reasonably inferred that” “suggests that” “most likely” “implied”
Key Phrases & Words
“reasonably inferred that”
“suggests that”
“most likely”
“implied”

5. “Cringed” “Prayed” “desperately” “volatile”
Look for emotionally loaded adjectives or verbs:
“Cringed”
“Prayed”
“desperately”
“volatile”

6. “grand” – used to describe a humble shack
Look for words that don’t match the situation:
“grand” – used to describe a humble shack
“ephemeral” – used to describe a long journey

7. PRACTICE Practice the following 4 problems.
The question is presented first, followed by the passage it refers to & then the answer.

8. Passage on next slide

10. ASNWER C

11. Passage on next slide

13. ANSWER F

14. Passage on next slide

16. ANSWER B

17. Passage on next slide

19. ANSWER F