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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 academic language and evidence, 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 science text says, “Plants absorb water through their roots.” What does absorb mean?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Take in.

  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: Absorb means to take in, such as roots taking in water.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

Absorb means to take in, such as roots taking in water.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence gives evidence for the claim that exercise can strengthen the body?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The study group had stronger muscles after regular training..

  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 study result directly connects training with muscle strength.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

The study result directly connects training with muscle strength.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

A passage compares two ways to save energy and lists one benefit of each. What is the purpose of the comparison?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is To show similarities or differences between the methods.

  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: Comparing methods helps readers understand how they relate and differ.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

Comparing methods helps readers understand how they relate and differ.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word best connects these ideas? “The path was steep. ___, the hikers reached the top.”

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Nevertheless.

  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: Nevertheless shows that the hikers succeeded despite the steep path.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

Nevertheless shows that the hikers succeeded despite the steep path.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

A paragraph states that wetlands store water and provide animal habitat. Which detail best supports the paragraph?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Frogs and birds live among wetland 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: Animals living among wetland plants supports the habitat claim.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

Animals living among wetland plants supports the habitat claim.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

What does “increase” mean in “The number of seedlings will increase after spring rains”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Become greater.

  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: Increase means become greater or larger in number.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

Increase means become greater or larger in number.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence is most appropriate for a science report?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is The results indicate that warmer water caused faster melting..

  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 first sentence uses precise academic language and states a relationship.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

The first sentence uses precise academic language and states a relationship.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

A graph shows that rainfall was highest in April and lowest in July. Which sentence accurately describes the graph?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Rainfall peaked in April and declined by July..

  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: Peak describes the highest point, and the graph shows a decline by July.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

Peak describes the highest point, and the graph shows a decline by July.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which question is focused enough for a short research task?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is How did adding shade affect temperature in one school courtyard?.

  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 first question identifies an action, a result, and one location.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

The first question identifies an action, a result, and one location.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which conclusion best follows a paragraph about using public buses to reduce traffic?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Using buses can reduce the number of cars when routes are convenient and reliable..

  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 first sentence restates the idea and adds an important condition.
  3. Check the response: Choose the answer best supported by this Delaware WIDA ACCESS for ELLs practice task.

The first sentence restates the idea and adds an important condition.

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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.