TEAS 7 Reading Practice

What this section actually tests

Reading is the first section on exam day and the longest by question count: 45 questions in 55 minutes, 6 of which are unscored pilot items mixed in without any marking. The scored questions fall into three areas. Key Ideas and Details asks you to state what a passage says - its central point, the details that support it, and what can reasonably be inferred from it. Craft and Structure asks how the passage is built: why the author chose a particular approach, how the paragraphs are organised, and what tone the wording creates. Integration of Knowledge and Ideas asks you to weigh the text as evidence, deciding which statement a passage actually supports and which conclusion goes beyond what it says.

Question types you will meet

• Main idea and central point - identify the passage's overall claim rather than one supporting fact.
• Supporting detail - locate the specific sentence or figure that backs a stated point.
• Inference - draw a conclusion the text implies without stating it outright.
• Author's purpose - explain why the writer chose a given approach or included a given example.
• Organisation - describe how ideas are sequenced or grouped across paragraphs.
• Tone - read the attitude the wording conveys.
• Evidence and reasoning - judge which option a passage's own details justify.

Where marks are lost

• Choosing a true statement rather than the requested answer. An option can be factually correct and still not answer the stem.
• Treating an inference as a guess. A valid inference must be anchored in something the passage states; outside knowledge is not evidence.
• Reading the answer choices before the passage, which primes you to hunt for keywords instead of meaning.
• Rereading every passage from the top. The 55 minutes cover 45 questions, so the second read has to be targeted.

How to use these ten tests

Work one test at a time and answer all 30 questions before checking. Every question carries a written explanation, so when you finish, read the explanation for each item you missed and name the skill it tested - detail, purpose, inference and so on. Retake the tests freely: on a second pass you are not memorising answers but confirming that the reasoning behind each choice now feels routine. Track which question type you miss most often, then revisit it in a fresh test rather than repeating the same one.