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Arkansas Alternate English Language Proficiency Practice Test

Build Arkansas alternate English language proficiency readiness with five focused 10-question practice sets covering listening, speaking, functional reading, writing, academic language, and evidence.

Arkansas alternate English language practice sets

This Arkansas Alternate English Language Proficiency Practice Test page provides five short practice sets with 10 original multiple-choice questions each. The sets support accessible supplemental practice in listening, speaking, functional reading, writing, academic vocabulary, classroom communication, and evidence.

Language skills covered

  • Following directions, sequence, location, safety reasons, choices, contrasts, and listening for plans
  • Polite requests, clarification, confirmation, respectful disagreement, description, presentation openings, attention, opinions, and conversation endings
  • Signs, schedules, cause and effect, opposites, charts, sequence, inference, facts, headings, and main ideas
  • Complete sentences, verb agreement, capitalization, punctuation, prepositions, details, plural nouns, transitions, reasons, and conclusions
  • Academic vocabulary, claims, evidence, comparisons, observation, graphs, diagrams, results, and classroom task language

How to use this page

Complete one 10-question set at a time. Read or listen to the prompt, use visual or language supports when available, and review the explanation for every missed or uncertain answer.

This is supplemental State Test Practice, State Assessment Practice, and Standardized Test Practice. It does not replace current Arkansas Department of Education guidance, official alternate language proficiency materials, accessibility supports, accommodations, or testing schedules.

For the broader Arkansas assessment hub, visit Arkansas State Assessments.

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Arkansas Alternate English Language Proficiency Practice Questions

A 10-question Arkansas alternate English language proficiency practice set on academic language and classroom tasks, with answers and explanations.

Read or listen to each prompt, choose one answer, and review the explanation after responding.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

What does describe mean in the direction “Describe the picture”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Tell what the picture shows..

  1. Understand the communication task: Identify the speaker, purpose, important words, and action or idea requested by the prompt.
  2. Use the language evidence: Describe means to give information about what something looks like or contains.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the situation.

Describe means to give information about what something looks like or contains.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What does identify mean in the question “Identify the largest shape”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Name or point to the largest shape..

  1. Understand the communication task: Identify the speaker, purpose, important words, and action or idea requested by the prompt.
  2. Use the language evidence: Identify means to name, select, or point out the requested item.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the situation.

Identify means to name, select, or point out the requested item.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

A student claims that plants need water. Which evidence best supports the claim?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A plant without water wilted while a watered plant stayed upright..

  1. Understand the communication task: Identify the speaker, purpose, important words, and action or idea requested by the prompt.
  2. Use the language evidence: The comparison between watered and unwatered plants directly supports the claim.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the situation.

The comparison between watered and unwatered plants directly supports the claim.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word best completes the sentence? “The two results are ___ because both groups improved.”

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is similar.

  1. Understand the communication task: Identify the speaker, purpose, important words, and action or idea requested by the prompt.
  2. Use the language evidence: Similar means alike, and both results show improvement.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the situation.

Similar means alike, and both results show improvement.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What does observe mean during a science activity?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Use your senses or tools to notice and record information..

  1. Understand the communication task: Identify the speaker, purpose, important words, and action or idea requested by the prompt.
  2. Use the language evidence: To observe is to notice carefully and often record what is seen, heard, or measured.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the situation.

To observe is to notice carefully and often record what is seen, heard, or measured.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

A graph shows that the number of seedlings increased each week. What does increased mean?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The number became greater..

  1. Understand the communication task: Identify the speaker, purpose, important words, and action or idea requested by the prompt.
  2. Use the language evidence: Increased means that a quantity became larger or greater.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the situation.

Increased means that a quantity became larger or greater.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence explains a result using evidence?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is The ramp made the car travel farther because the measured distance increased from 2 to 5 meters..

  1. Understand the communication task: Identify the speaker, purpose, important words, and action or idea requested by the prompt.
  2. Use the language evidence: The sentence states the result and includes a measured comparison as evidence.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the situation.

The sentence states the result and includes a measured comparison as evidence.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Why might a student use a diagram during a presentation?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is A diagram can show parts or relationships clearly..

  1. Understand the communication task: Identify the speaker, purpose, important words, and action or idea requested by the prompt.
  2. Use the language evidence: Diagrams organize visual information and can make relationships easier to understand.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the situation.

Diagrams organize visual information and can make relationships easier to understand.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence is a claim that could be supported with evidence?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The school should add a shaded waiting area for students..

  1. Understand the communication task: Identify the speaker, purpose, important words, and action or idea requested by the prompt.
  2. Use the language evidence: The sentence recommends an action, so it is a claim that needs support.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the situation.

The sentence recommends an action, so it is a claim that needs support.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

A teacher asks students to compare two objects. What should students do?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Tell how the objects are alike or different..

  1. Understand the communication task: Identify the speaker, purpose, important words, and action or idea requested by the prompt.
  2. Use the language evidence: Compare means to examine similarities and differences between objects.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the situation.

Compare means to examine similarities and differences between objects.

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Frequently asked questions about Arkansas Alternate English Practice Test

Which language skills are covered?

The page covers listening, speaking, functional reading, writing, academic vocabulary, classroom communication, claims, evidence, and explanations.

How many questions are included?

There are five practice sets with 10 questions each, for 50 questions in total. Each set can be completed separately.

Are these official alternate assessment questions?

No. These are original supplemental practice questions. Check the latest Arkansas Department of Education information for official materials, accessibility supports, accommodations, and policies.