ACT Practice Test PDF Explanations

Congratulations on completing Magoosh's full-length ACT practice test!

Before moving on to the explanations, be sure to use the answer key at the end of the ACT Practice Test PDF to check all your answers and score your test.

Ready? Let's review the questions that you missed (and maybe even clarify some of the ones you got right). This page contains text and video explanations for just about every question in the Magoosh ACT Practice Test PDF. All you have to do is select the question number from the list below to watch the explanation video for that question.

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English Test

• Passage I: The Lancashire Witches
• 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15*
• Passage II: Writing a Personal Essay
• 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30
• Passage III: The Origins of Coca-Cola
• 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 / 37 / 38 / 39 / 40 / 41 / 42 / 43 / 44 / 45
• Passage IV: A Trip Around the World
• 46 / 47 / 48 / 49 / 50 / 51 / 52 / 53 / 54 / 55 / 56 / 57 / 58 / 59 / 60
• Passage V: Japanese Comics
• 61 / 62 / 63 / 64 / 65 / 66 / 67 / 68 / 69 / 70 / 71 / 72 / 73 / 74 / 75

*We wrote this question especially for the Practice Test PDF and don't have a video explanation for it yet. Check out the text explanation here!

Mathematics Test

• Questions #1-20
• 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6* / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20
• Questions #21-40
• 21 / 22 / 23* / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27* / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 / 37 / 38 / 39 / 40
• Questions #41-60
• 41 / 42 / 43 / 44 / 45 / 46 / 47 / 48 / 49 / 50 / 51 / 52 / 53 / 54 / 55* / 56 / 57 / 58 / 59 / 60

*We wrote this question especially for the Practice Test PDF and don't have a video explanation for it yet. Check out the text explanation here!

Reading Test

• Passage I
• 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
• Passage II
• 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20
• Passage III
• 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30
• Passage IV
31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 / 37 / 38 / 39 / 40

Science Test

• Passage I
• 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
• Passage II
7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11
• Passage III
• 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16
• Passage IV
• 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21
• Passage V
• 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27
• Passage VI
• 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 34
• Passage VII
• 35 / 36 / 37 / 38 / 39 / 40

Writing Test

Magoosh doesn't currently provide a grading service for ACT practice tests. But, if you plan to take the ACT with Writing, it’s important to evaluate your practice essay to see how you can improve.

As with any timed writing you’d do in school, there’s no one perfect way to respond to an essay prompt. So, how do you grade your ACT Writing test?

First, review the official Writing Test Scoring Rubric from act.org. Then, try to be objective as you grade your own essay. You can also ask a friend, parent, or teacher to grade it for you and give you a second opinion. Just understanding the ACT’s essay scoring rubric can help you tailor your writing process toward the standards that the ACT most values when grading the Writing test.

Want to learn more about ACT essay scoring? Watch this lesson video from Magoosh ACT Prep: ACT Writing: Scoring

Please feel free to email help@magoosh.com if you have any questions about this practice test or Magoosh!