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California ELPAC · English Language Proficiency · Grades K–12

California ELPAC English Language Proficiency Practice Test

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

ELPAC practice sets

This California ELPAC English Language Proficiency Practice Test page provides five short practice sets with 10 original questions each. The sets offer supplemental English language practice for Grades K–12 across listening, speaking, reading, writing, and academic language.

English language skills covered

  • Listening for directions, causes, sequences, details, reasons, locations, science vocabulary, contrast, answers, and time
  • Speaking for help, picture descriptions, opinions, evidence, comparisons, sequence words, clarification, presentations, and interaction
  • Reading inference, vocabulary, antonyms, main idea, facts, cause, headings, context clues, and character evidence
  • Writing grammar, verb tense, capitalization, punctuation, transitions, supporting details, sentence combining, agreement, commas, and revision
  • Academic comparisons, causes, graphs, outcomes, claims, evidence, contrast, text comparison, academic language, and vocabulary strategies

How to use this page

Complete one 10-question set at a time. Read or listen carefully, identify the meaning and evidence, and review every explanation before moving to the next set.

This is supplemental State Test Practice, State Assessment Practice, and Standardized Test Practice. It does not replace current California Department of Education guidance, official ELPAC materials, language supports, or testing policies.

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

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California ELPAC Practice Questions

A 10-question California ELPAC practice set on academic language and text evidence, with answers and explanations.

Read each English language task carefully, choose one answer, and review the explanation after responding.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

A science text says, "Plants use sunlight to make food." Which phrase names the process?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Make food using sunlight..

  1. Understand the message: Identify the important speaker, action, detail, or purpose in the language task.
  2. Use the evidence: The phrase describes the plant process stated in the text.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer that best matches the meaning and language used in the task.

The phrase describes the plant process stated in the text.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word shows a comparison in the sentence "The second experiment was more successful than the first"?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is More successful than.

  1. Understand the message: Identify the important speaker, action, detail, or purpose in the language task.
  2. Use the evidence: More successful than compares the two experiments.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer that best matches the meaning and language used in the task.

More successful than compares the two experiments.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

A text says, "The ice melted because the temperature rose." What caused the ice to melt?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is The temperature rose..

  1. Understand the message: Identify the important speaker, action, detail, or purpose in the language task.
  2. Use the evidence: The sentence directly connects rising temperature with melting.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer that best matches the meaning and language used in the task.

The sentence directly connects rising temperature with melting.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which statement is best supported by a graph showing rainfall increased from April to May?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is There was more rainfall in May than in April..

  1. Understand the message: Identify the important speaker, action, detail, or purpose in the language task.
  2. Use the evidence: The graph’s upward value supports the comparison between the two months.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer that best matches the meaning and language used in the task.

The graph’s upward value supports the comparison between the two months.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What does "as a result" usually introduce?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is An effect or outcome..

  1. Understand the message: Identify the important speaker, action, detail, or purpose in the language task.
  2. Use the evidence: As a result signals what happened because of an earlier event.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer that best matches the meaning and language used in the task.

As a result signals what happened because of an earlier event.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which evidence supports the claim that exercise strengthens the body?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A source reports that regular movement strengthens muscles..

  1. Understand the message: Identify the important speaker, action, detail, or purpose in the language task.
  2. Use the evidence: The source gives information directly connected to the claim.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer that best matches the meaning and language used in the task.

The source gives information directly connected to the claim.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Why does an author use the word "however"?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is To signal a contrast..

  1. Understand the message: Identify the important speaker, action, detail, or purpose in the language task.
  2. Use the evidence: However introduces an idea that contrasts with the previous idea.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer that best matches the meaning and language used in the task.

However introduces an idea that contrasts with the previous idea.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

A student reads two texts about recycling. One describes paper recycling and the other describes plastic recycling. What can the student compare?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is The materials and methods described in each text..

  1. Understand the message: Identify the important speaker, action, detail, or purpose in the language task.
  2. Use the evidence: The texts provide information about different materials and processes.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer that best matches the meaning and language used in the task.

The texts provide information about different materials and processes.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence uses academic language to describe evidence?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The results show that the plant grew taller with more light..

  1. Understand the message: Identify the important speaker, action, detail, or purpose in the language task.
  2. Use the evidence: The sentence names the results and the relationship shown by the evidence.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer that best matches the meaning and language used in the task.

The sentence names the results and the relationship shown by the evidence.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What should a student do when a text includes an unfamiliar academic word?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Use nearby details, word parts, and the topic to infer its meaning..

  1. Understand the message: Identify the important speaker, action, detail, or purpose in the language task.
  2. Use the evidence: Context, word parts, and topic clues can support vocabulary meaning.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer that best matches the meaning and language used in the task.

Context, word parts, and topic clues can support vocabulary meaning.

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Frequently asked questions about California ELPAC Practice Test

Which English language skills are covered?

The page covers supplemental listening, speaking, reading, writing, and academic language practice 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 ELPAC questions?

No. These are original supplemental practice questions. Check the latest California Department of Education information for official materials, language supports, standards, and policies.