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ACCUPLACER - English Test - Study Resources

The English section of the Accuplacer placement test consists of a Reading Comprehension section and a

Sentence Skill. Both sections of the ACCUPLACER English exam contain 20 questions for a total of 40

questions for the complete ACCUPLACER English placement test.

Table of Contents:

Reading Comprehension Study Resources

Sentence Skills Algebra Study Resources

Please Note: The resource links below are not part of or considered endorsed by PCC. Students may not see all topics listed below, or may encounter questions not listed below on the Accuplacer

placement test because of the adaptive nature of the test.

Reading Comprehension –

This ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension test has 20 questions.

Topic Domains – The ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension test has five topic domains. These five domains will constitute the subject matter reflected in the questions on the placement test.

What 5 topic domains will I encounter in the Reading Comprehension test?

1. Passage-Based Reading: Main Idea

2. Passage-Based Reading: Supporting Detail

3. Passage-Based Reading: Inference

4. Passage-Based Reading: Author's Purpose/Rhetorical Strategies

5. Passage-Based Reading: Sentence Relationships

Use these domain keywords to aid in your preparation for the test.

Students may use search engines (i.e. Google, Yahoo, etc.) to find study resources using the domain topic keywords above.

Study Resources Links – Click on the links below to access study resources:

The Official ACCUPLACER Study Guide

Topic Domain 1 – Passage-Based Reading: Main Idea -

How to Identify the Main Idea of a Paragraph

What is a Topic Sentence? What is a Thesis Sentence?

Main Idea Quiz

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Topic Domain 2 - Passage-Based Reading: Supporting Detail –

What is a Supporting Detail? How do identify a Supporting Detail?

Supporting Detail Exercise

Topic Domain 3 - Passage-Based Reading: Inference –

Inference- Meaning and Helpful Hints

Topic Domain 4 - Passage-Based Reading: Author's Purpose/Rhetorical Strategies –

What is the Author’s Purpose?

Topic Domain 4 - Passage-Based Reading: Author's Purpose/Rhetorical Strategies Continued -

Test Your Skills- Interactive Quiz

Author’s Purpose Worksheets

Topic Domain 5 - Passage-Based Reading: Sentence Relationships –

Relationships Between Sentences

Sentence Skills

This ACCUPLACER Sentence Skills test has 20 questions.

Topic Domains – The ACCUPLACER Sentence Skills test has five topic domains. These five domains will constitute the subject matter reflected in the questions on the placement test.

What 5 topic domains will I encounter in the Sentence Skills test?

1. Sentence Structure

2. Sentence Boundaries

3. Modifiers

4. Diction/Logic

5. Agreement

Use these domain keywords to aid in your preparation for the test.

Students may use search engines (i.e. Google, Yahoo, etc.) to find study resources using the domain topic keywords above.

Study Resources Links – Click on the links below to access study resources:

The Official ACCUPLACER Study Guide

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Topic Domain 1 – Sentence Structure

Simple, Compound, & Complex Sentences

Parallel Sentence Structure

Punctuation Guide

Index of Sentence Structure Concepts

Topic Domain 2 – Sentence Boundaries

Sentence Fragments

Run-on Sentences

Proper Comma, Period, & Semicolon Usage to Fix Run-on and Fused Sentences

Fragment and Run-on Sentence Quiz

Topic Domain 3 - Modifiers

What is a Modifier? What is a Misplaced Modifier?

Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Topic Domain 4 – Diction/Logic

Words & Word Usage – Commonly Confused Words

Double Negatives

Syntax Quiz

Topic Domain 5 - Agreement

Subject-Verb Agreement

Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz

Pronoun Agreement 101

Noun-Pronoun Agreement Quiz

Nouns and Adjectives