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Arkansas ELPA21 · Grades K–12 · English Language Proficiency

Arkansas ELPA21 English Language Proficiency Practice Test: Grades K–12

Build Arkansas ELPA21 readiness with five focused 10-question practice sets covering listening, speaking, reading, writing, academic language, and evidence.

Arkansas ELPA21 Grades K–12 practice sets

This Arkansas ELPA21 English Language Proficiency Practice Test page provides five short practice sets with 10 original multiple-choice questions each. The sets support supplemental practice in listening, speaking, reading, writing, academic vocabulary, language functions, and evidence.

Language skills covered

  • Following directions, sequence, cause and effect, location, details, uncertainty, and listening for main ideas
  • Clarification, polite requests, agreement, active listening, opinions, presentations, support, comparison, and respectful disagreement
  • Academic vocabulary, main ideas, transitions, tables, inference, facts and opinions, headings, evidence, text structure, and summaries
  • Complete sentences, verb forms, capitalization, prepositions, punctuation, specific details, plural nouns, transitions, reasons, and conclusions
  • Claims, evidence, cause and condition, visual information, comparisons, explanations, and academic language in context

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 ELPA21 guidance, official language proficiency materials, accessibility supports, accommodations, or testing schedules.

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

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Arkansas ELPA21 Grades K–12 Practice Questions

A 10-question Arkansas ELPA21 English language proficiency practice set on academic language and evidence, 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 the word compare mean in this direction: “Compare the two maps.”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

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

  1. Understand the language task: Read the prompt, identify the topic and language function, and notice the words or details that carry meaning.
  2. Use the language evidence: Compare means to examine two or more things for similarities and differences.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the audience, purpose, and context.

Compare means to examine two or more things for similarities and differences.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What does evidence mean in an argument?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Information that supports a claim.

  1. Understand the language task: Read the prompt, identify the topic and language function, and notice the words or details that carry meaning.
  2. Use the language evidence: Evidence is information, data, or examples used to support a claim.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the audience, purpose, and context.

Evidence is information, data, or examples used to support a claim.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

A student claims that shade makes the playground cooler. Which evidence best supports the claim?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A thermometer shows a lower temperature under the tree than in the sunny area..

  1. Understand the language task: Read the prompt, identify the topic and language function, and notice the words or details that carry meaning.
  2. Use the language evidence: The temperature comparison directly connects shade with a cooler measurement.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the audience, purpose, and context.

The temperature comparison directly connects shade with a cooler measurement.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word best completes the explanation? “The road was closed; ___, the bus used a different route.”

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is therefore.

  1. Understand the language task: Read the prompt, identify the topic and language function, and notice the words or details that carry meaning.
  2. Use the language evidence: Therefore shows that the different route was a result of the road closure.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the audience, purpose, and context.

Therefore shows that the different route was a result of the road closure.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What does the word increase mean in a graph description?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Become greater or go up.

  1. Understand the language task: Read the prompt, identify the topic and language function, and notice the words or details that carry meaning.
  2. Use the language evidence: Increase means that a value becomes greater.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the audience, purpose, and context.

Increase means that a value becomes greater.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

A paragraph says, “The seed did not sprout until it received water.” What relationship does this show?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Water was a condition needed for the seed to sprout..

  1. Understand the language task: Read the prompt, identify the topic and language function, and notice the words or details that carry meaning.
  2. Use the language evidence: The wording connects receiving water with the later sprouting of the seed.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the audience, purpose, and context.

The wording connects receiving water with the later sprouting of the seed.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence uses the word similar correctly?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is The two graphs are similar because both show the same upward trend..

  1. Understand the language task: Read the prompt, identify the topic and language function, and notice the words or details that carry meaning.
  2. Use the language evidence: Similar means alike in an important way, and both graphs show the same trend.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the audience, purpose, and context.

Similar means alike in an important way, and both graphs show the same trend.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

A student uses a chart to support a presentation. Why is the chart useful?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is It organizes information so the audience can see a pattern..

  1. Understand the language task: Read the prompt, identify the topic and language function, and notice the words or details that carry meaning.
  2. Use the language evidence: A chart can organize data and make relationships or patterns easier to notice.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the audience, purpose, and context.

A chart can organize data and make relationships or patterns easier to notice.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence states a claim rather than a detail?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The school should add more shade because students need a cooler place to wait..

  1. Understand the language task: Read the prompt, identify the topic and language function, and notice the words or details that carry meaning.
  2. Use the language evidence: The sentence makes a recommendation and gives a reason, so it is a claim.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the audience, purpose, and context.

The sentence makes a recommendation and gives a reason, so it is a claim.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which response best explains a result using evidence?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The plant grew more in the light because the light group increased from 4 to 9 centimeters..

  1. Understand the language task: Read the prompt, identify the topic and language function, and notice the words or details that carry meaning.
  2. Use the language evidence: The response names the evidence and connects it to the explanation of the result.
  3. Check the response: Choose the response that is clear, relevant, and appropriate for the audience, purpose, and context.

The response names the evidence and connects it to the explanation of the result.

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Frequently asked questions about Arkansas ELPA21 Practice Test

Which language skills are covered?

The page covers listening, speaking, reading, writing, academic vocabulary, language functions, claims, evidence, and explanations for Grades K–12.

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 ELPA21 questions?

No. These are original supplemental practice questions. Check the latest Arkansas Department of Education information for official ELPA21 materials, accessibility supports, accommodations, and policies.