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ACT practice tests and lessons

Build your ACT study plan around a clear baseline, guided practice and useful feedback. Work through the subjects below, review your mistakes and return to a timed test when you are ready.

  • 25 practice tests
  • 132 guided lessons
  • 2 tests included in Free

What to expect in ACT practice

Original challenge practice with advanced and stretch problems, worked explanations, and no shared questions between forms. Difficulty labels are editorial, not psychometrically calibrated. Fixed forms; raw accuracy only, not an official score prediction. ACT timing: English 50 questions / 35 minutes, Math 45 / 50, Reading 36 / 40, and optional Science 40 / 40. A 15-minute break follows Math. Writing is not included. Final editorial review edition 3; corrected wording and explanations. Previous editions remain available only to their saved attempts.

Start with the default section countdowns for this practice format. Custom pacing lets you shorten or extend section times when working on speed, and your report identifies adjusted timing. Check the exam administrator’s current guidance for official test-day requirements.

Official ACT resources

ACT subjects and lesson topics

Lessons combine a worked example, guided exploration and checked exercises. Required steps must be completed before a lesson counts toward your progress. These are available study topics, not a guarantee of official exam coverage or a score increase.

Math

  • Circle area

    Use the radius to measure the space inside a circle.

  • Circle circumference

    Measure the distance around a circle, using its radius or diameter.

  • Square area

    Multiply a square’s side length by itself to find its area.

  • Rectangle area

    Cover a rectangle with rows and columns of unit squares.

  • Triangle area

    A triangle covers half the area of a rectangle with the same base and height.

Explore 61 more lessons in this subject in the student workspace.

English

  • Plurals and possessive nouns

    Decide whether a noun means more than one, ownership, or both.

  • Contractions and possessive pronouns

    Expand contractions before deciding whether an apostrophe belongs.

  • Complete sentences and fragments

    Find a main clause that expresses a complete thought.

  • Comma splices and run-ons

    Check both sides of a sentence boundary before choosing punctuation.

  • Coordinating conjunctions

    Use FANBOYS to connect equal grammatical units and express a relationship.

Explore 55 more lessons in this subject in the student workspace.

Reading

  • ACT Craft and Structure

    Trace the narrator’s perspective, imagery, word choice, and structural choices across the whole passage.

  • ACT Key Ideas and Details

    Distinguish the main claim from supporting details and follow chronology, comparisons, and cause-effect limits.

  • ACT Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

    State each text’s claim, evidence, and limitations separately before comparing them.

Science

  • ACT Interpretation of Data

    Read table headings, axes, units, and controlled conditions before identifying a trend or comparing values.

  • ACT Scientific Investigation

    Identify the question, manipulated variable, measured outcome, controls, and repetition in an investigation.

  • ACT Evaluation of Models, Inferences, and Experimental Results

    Write each model’s prediction before comparing it with observations or competing explanations.

Turn your results into your next study session

  1. Complete a practice test. Set aside the time required by the selected form and submit your answers so the result can be saved.
  2. Review the missed questions. Read the correct choices and explanations. Written responses use the provided review guidance where applicable.
  3. Practice the underlying skill. Choose a lesson from the subjects above. Use available targeted practice and your mistake notebook according to your access.
  4. Plan the next attempt. Your calendar records completed activities, and PDF reports help you review progress over time.

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