Practice this topic
The bank includes 75 questions on inference: 0 easy, 35 medium, 40 hard.
Why this question type matters on the PreACT 9
The PreACT 9 Reading section has 33 questions in 40 minutes. The mix is roughly even across question types, so inference questions appear on every test. Strong students do not over-study any one type; they make sure no type is a glaring weakness.
Inference questions trip up students who answer based on common sense rather than the passage. The correct answer is always supported by specific lines.
Other topics
Conventions of Standard EnglishProduction of WritingKnowledge of LanguageNumber & QuantityPre-AlgebraAlgebraFunctionsGeometryStatistics & ProbabilityModeling & Word ProblemsMain IdeaDetailVocabulary in ContextAuthor's PurposeEvidencePaired PassagesInterpretation of DataScientific InvestigationEvaluation of Models
Topics are aligned to 8th-grade Common Core standards. The actual CPS HSAT covers slightly more than these buckets but the core mix is the same.