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Test for Admission to Catholic High Schools Study Guide and Practice Tests

Getting Started
How this study guide is organized 6
The TACHS Study Plan 7
Making a Study Schedule 7

Reading
Reading Self-Assessment 13
Reading Part I - Vocabulary 15
Answer Key 17
How to Improve your Vocabulary 18
Reading Part II - Reading Comprehension 22
Answer Key 28
Help with Reading Comprehension 31
Main Idea and Supporting Details 33
Drawing Inferences And Conclusions 36
Point Of View And Purpose 38

Language
Language Self-Assessment 42
Answer Key 54
English Grammar and Punctuation Tutorials 57
Capitalization 57
Punctuation Tutorials 59
English Grammar Multiple Choice - Verb Tense 64
Common English Usage Mistakes - A Quick Review 77
Subject Verb Agreement 83

Mathematics
Math Self-Assessment 91
Answer Key 97
How to Solve Word Problems 101
Types of Word Problems 103
Fraction Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts 109
Decimal Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts 112
Percent Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts 113
How to Answer Basic Math Multiple Choice 114
Cartesian & Coordinate Plane and Grid 118
Pythagorean Geometry 122
Scale drawings 124
Quadrilaterals 125

Ability
Ability Self-Assessment 129
Answer Key 134

Practice Test Questions Set 1
Answer Key 179

Practice Test Questions Set 2
Answer Key 232

Conclusion