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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 reading and vocabulary, 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 short text says, “Rain filled the stream. The water moved quickly over the rocks.” What caused the water to move quickly?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Rain filled the stream..

  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 text gives rain as the event before the water moved quickly.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

The text gives rain as the event before the water moved quickly.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What does “reliable” mean in “The reliable bus arrives on time each morning”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Dependable.

  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: A reliable bus can be depended on to arrive as expected.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

A reliable bus can be depended on to arrive as expected.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

A paragraph describes a student sorting books by subject and placing labels on shelves. What is the main idea?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is The student is organizing the library..

  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: Sorting and labeling books are actions used to organize a library.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

Sorting and labeling books are actions used to organize a library.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which detail supports the idea that a garden is healthy?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is The leaves are green and the plants are growing..

  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: Green leaves and growth are direct signs of healthy plants.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

Green leaves and growth are direct signs of healthy plants.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What does “before” tell in the sentence “Wash your hands before eating”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is When to wash your hands.

  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: Before gives the time relationship between washing and eating.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

Before gives the time relationship between washing and eating.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

A notice says, “The museum closes at 5 p.m. Please arrive by 4:30 p.m.” What should visitors do?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Arrive before 4:30 p.m..

  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 notice asks visitors to arrive by 4:30 before closing time.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

The notice asks visitors to arrive by 4:30 before closing time.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

A text says, “The owl is nocturnal. It searches for food at night.” What does nocturnal mean?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Active at night.

  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 second sentence explains nocturnal by describing nighttime activity.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

The second sentence explains nocturnal by describing nighttime activity.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

A chart shows 12 students chose apples and 8 chose oranges. Which fruit was more popular?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Apples.

  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: Twelve is greater than eight, so apples were more popular.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

Twelve is greater than eight, so apples were more popular.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

A story says, “Nora checked the dark sky and brought an umbrella.” What can the reader infer?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Nora expected rain..

  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 dark sky and umbrella suggest that Nora expected rain.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

The dark sky and umbrella suggest that Nora expected rain.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word best completes the sentence? “The experiment was successful ___ the students followed each step.”

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is because.

  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: Because introduces the reason the experiment was successful.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

Because introduces the reason the experiment was successful.

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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.