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Pre-2016 SAT prep often means hunting for scanned tests. Upload your own material and get multiple-choice, true/false and short-answer questions with explanations.

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Why old-format practice works from your own material

Students searching for a printable pre-2016 test usually want the real question style: analogies, sentence completions, quantitative comparisons and the guessing penalty. DeckOwl does not hand out a file of someone else's exam, but it can build old-format SAT practice tests from your own prep books, released material or class notes.

Analogies, sentence completions and quantitative comparisons written from your own material
Explanations that show why each wrong choice fails
Short-answer questions for checking recall without multiple-choice cues
Flashcards with spaced repetition for words and formulas you keep missing

Example old-format SAT practice questions

Hoof : horse :: feather : ___ (a) bird (b) nest (c) sky (d) cloud(a) bird. Each pair is part to whole, since a hoof belongs to a horse and a feather belongs to a bird.

Her ______ manner made her hard to read, since she rarely showed what she felt. (a) reticent (b) jubilant (c) frantic (d) candid(a) reticent. Reticent means reserved, which fits someone who hides her feelings.

If x = 3, which is greater? Column A: x squared. Column B: 2x.Column A. 3 squared is 9 and 2 times 3 is 6, so A is greater.

On the old SAT, why could random guessing lower your score?Wrong answers cost a fraction of a point, so a blind guess only helps when you can eliminate at least some choices.

Laconic most nearly means (a) talkative (b) brief in speech (c) angry (d) fearful(b) brief in speech. Laconic means using few words, so it describes terse, sparse speech.

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Questions in the old SAT style

Get analogies, sentence completions and quantitative comparisons, the question types from pre-2016 exams, built from your own prep material.

Explanations for every answer

Each multiple-choice, true/false and short-answer question includes an explanation, so you learn why the wrong choices fail.

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How it works

Upload your material

Add a PDF, DOCX, PPTX, text notes or photos of pages.

Choose question types

Pick multiple-choice, true/false or short-answer questions for your practice set.

Drill and review

Work through the questions, then read each explanation before moving on.

Upload PDFs, DOCX files, PPTX slides, plain text, or photos of pages, and the generator writes multiple-choice, true/false or short-answer questions with explanations. Drill them under a timer in the old question style, then review each explanation to see why the tempting wrong choices were wrong.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I practice old-format SAT analogies effectively?

State the relationship in a full sentence first, such as 'a hoof is part of a horse,' then test that same relationship against each answer choice. Rejecting choices that share the wrong relationship is the fastest drill.

Does the guessing penalty change how I should answer?

Yes. On the old test, wrong answers cost a fraction of a point, so guess only after eliminating choices you can rule out.

Can I export the questions?

PDF and DOCX export are included in Plus, and QTI 2.1 and Moodle XML export are on Pro.

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