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Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs Practice Test

Build Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs readiness with five focused 10-question practice sets covering listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar, academic language, and evidence.

Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice sets

This Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs Practice Test page provides five short practice sets with 10 original multiple-choice questions each. The sets use classroom, school, science, and community contexts to review language meaning and academic communication.

Language skills covered

  • Listening and everyday language: directions, schedules, requests, sequences, main topics, context clues, observations, and cause and effect
  • Reading and vocabulary: main ideas, details, notices, charts, inferences, academic words, comparisons, and conjunctions
  • Grammar and sentence meaning: agreement, tense, prepositions, sentence clarity, comparative adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, and questions
  • Academic language and evidence: vocabulary, claims, comparisons, transitions, evidence, graphs, research questions, register, and conclusions
  • Integrated review: reading, grammar, notices, data, sequence, sentence combining, reasons, evidence, graphs, and language conclusions

How to use this page

Read each prompt carefully and imagine the listening context when one is described. Identify the key language clue, choose the best-supported answer, and review the explanation after each response.

This is supplemental State Test Practice, State Assessment Practice, and Standardized Test Practice. It does not replace current WIDA, Delaware Department of Education, official ACCESS for ELLs materials, accommodations, or testing policies.

For the Delaware assessment hub, visit Delaware State Assessments.

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Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs Practice Questions

A 10-question Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice set on listening and everyday language, with answers and explanations.

Read each language task carefully, imagine the listening context when provided, choose one answer, and review the explanation after responding.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

A teacher says, “Please place your homework in the blue tray before you leave.” What should the student do?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Put homework in the blue tray..

  1. Read or listen for meaning: Identify the speaker purpose, main idea, key detail, word meaning, sentence relationship, or academic clue.
  2. Use the language clue: The instruction names the action and the location for the homework.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

The instruction names the action and the location for the homework.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

A student hears, “The meeting moved from Tuesday to Thursday.” When is the meeting now?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Thursday.

  1. Read or listen for meaning: Identify the speaker purpose, main idea, key detail, word meaning, sentence relationship, or academic clue.
  2. Use the language clue: Moved from Tuesday to Thursday means the new day is Thursday.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

Moved from Tuesday to Thursday means the new day is Thursday.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

A coach says, “Run slowly at first, then speed up near the finish.” What is the coach asking the runner to do?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Change speed during the run..

  1. Read or listen for meaning: Identify the speaker purpose, main idea, key detail, word meaning, sentence relationship, or academic clue.
  2. Use the language clue: The instruction has two steps: start slowly and speed up later.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

The instruction has two steps: start slowly and speed up later.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

A classmate says, “I forgot my pencil. Could I borrow one?” What is the classmate doing?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Making a polite request.

  1. Read or listen for meaning: Identify the speaker purpose, main idea, key detail, word meaning, sentence relationship, or academic clue.
  2. Use the language clue: Could I borrow one is a polite request for help.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

Could I borrow one is a polite request for help.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

A speaker says, “The hallway is crowded, so use the side entrance.” Why should people use the side entrance?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The hallway is crowded..

  1. Read or listen for meaning: Identify the speaker purpose, main idea, key detail, word meaning, sentence relationship, or academic clue.
  2. Use the language clue: So introduces the reason for using the side entrance.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

So introduces the reason for using the side entrance.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

A student hears, “First measure the water. Next, pour it into the cup.” What should happen first?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Measure the water..

  1. Read or listen for meaning: Identify the speaker purpose, main idea, key detail, word meaning, sentence relationship, or academic clue.
  2. Use the language clue: First identifies measuring as the first step.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

First identifies measuring as the first step.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

A librarian says, “This book is about animals that live in deserts.” What is the book mainly about?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Desert animals.

  1. Read or listen for meaning: Identify the speaker purpose, main idea, key detail, word meaning, sentence relationship, or academic clue.
  2. Use the language clue: The statement names desert animals as the topic.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

The statement names desert animals as the topic.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

A student says, “I am not sure what this word means.” Which response is most helpful?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Let us look at the sentence around the word..

  1. Read or listen for meaning: Identify the speaker purpose, main idea, key detail, word meaning, sentence relationship, or academic clue.
  2. Use the language clue: Looking at context can help determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

Looking at context can help determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

A speaker says, “The plants grew taller after we moved them near the window.” What changed?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The amount of light near the plants.

  1. Read or listen for meaning: Identify the speaker purpose, main idea, key detail, word meaning, sentence relationship, or academic clue.
  2. Use the language clue: The sentence connects moving near the window with the growth change.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

The sentence connects moving near the window with the growth change.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

A teacher says, “Although the test was difficult, the class kept working.” What happened?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The class kept working despite the difficulty..

  1. Read or listen for meaning: Identify the speaker purpose, main idea, key detail, word meaning, sentence relationship, or academic clue.
  2. Use the language clue: Although introduces a contrast between difficulty and continued effort.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

Although introduces a contrast between difficulty and continued effort.

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Frequently asked questions about Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs Practice

Which grades are covered?

This page provides supplemental language practice across the WIDA ACCESS for ELLs grade range listed 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 WIDA ACCESS questions?

No. These are original supplemental practice questions. Check the latest WIDA and Delaware Department of Education information for current materials, accommodations, and policies.