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Sample ACT BSSS Year 12 Essential English A-M questions

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ACT BSSS Year 12 Essential English A-M Practical comprehension hard text

1. A ACT Year 12 Essential English A-M public information text about a lakeside public art debate used for Essential English A-M lists a meeting time, contact email and feedback deadline. What should a reader identify first?

Choices

The action required and the deadline for doing it
Only the colour of the heading
The author's childhood memories
A hidden poetic symbol

Explanation:

Practical comprehension focuses on what the reader needs to do and when.

ACT BSSS Year 12 Essential English A-M Purpose and audience hard text

2. A notice about civic identity in Essential English A-M uses bullet points, a map reference and plain language for ACT residents. What is its main purpose?

Choices

To help readers understand and act on the information
To confuse readers with abstract language
To analyse a novel in detail
To avoid giving any useful information

Explanation:

The clear format and direct information are designed for practical use by the audience.

ACT BSSS Year 12 Essential English A-M Community text hard text

3. Which detail from a ACT Year 12 Essential English A-M community text about a lakeside public art debate used for Essential English A-M best supports the claim that the issue is local?

Choices

the empty sculpture plinth in the Essential English A-M sample is named as a place or object the audience already recognises.
The writer uses a long abstract sentence.
The text avoids all specific places.
The heading contains no information.

Explanation:

A concrete local reference connects the issue to the audience's immediate context.

ACT BSSS Year 12 Essential English A-M Evaluating information hard text

4. A fact sheet on civic identity in Essential English A-M includes one outdated statistic and one current source from a relevant authority. What should a careful reader do?

Choices

Use the current source and question the outdated statistic.
Accept the outdated statistic because it appears first.
Ignore all sources in the fact sheet.
Choose evidence based only on font size.

Explanation:

Reliable practical reading involves checking currency and authority before accepting evidence.

ACT BSSS Year 12 Essential English A-M Tone and clarity hard text

5. A sentence for ACT residents says, 'Residents are requested to vacate the vicinity of the empty sculpture plinth in the Essential English A-M sample forthwith.' Which revision is clearest?

Choices

Please move away from the empty sculpture plinth in the Essential English A-M sample now.
Residents are hereby enjoined to undertake movement from the empty sculpture plinth in the Essential English A-M sample.
There is a thing and people should maybe do something.
The vicinity contains multiple contextual realities.

Explanation:

The revision keeps the instruction direct and removes unnecessarily formal wording.

ACT BSSS Year 12 Essential English A-M Functional writing hard text

6. A student must write a short email asking about a ACT Year 12 Essential English A-M event linked to civic identity in Essential English A-M. Which opening is most appropriate?

Choices

Hello, I am writing to ask for the date and location of the information session about civic identity in Essential English A-M.
Hey, what is all this stuff even about?
This email will discuss every possible topic.
I refuse to say what information I need.

Explanation:

The opening is polite, direct and specific about the information needed.

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