Free AP English Language practice questions
These free questions are grouped by topic, and each one comes with its answer and a full explanation.
Reading
- Q1 · StyleThe extended courtroom metaphor in paragraphs 2 and 3 primarily allows Cooper to
- Q2 · Rhetorical situationCooper's concession in paragraph 3 that outsiders may not act in bad faith chiefly serves to
- Q3 · Reasoning and organizationThe final sentence of paragraph 4 most directly develops the passage's argument by
- Q4 · Reasoning and organizationThe first paragraph's contrast between devices that accelerate movement and the apparently inactive bench chiefly…
- Q5 · Claims and evidenceThe examples in paragraph 2 are most important to the line of reasoning because they
- Q6 · Reasoning and organizationIn the context of the passage, the final sentence, "The bench does not solve those differences. It gives them room,"…
Writing
- Q7 · Claims and evidenceThe writer wants to add a sentence after Sentence 2 that best develops the paragraph's claim without merely repeating…
- Q8 · StyleWhich revision to Sentence 3 most clearly expresses both the writer's recommendation and the constraint that the next…
- Q9 · Reasoning and organizationThe writer is considering adding the following sentence: "A transit map, for example, can show not only where a bus…
- Q10 · Claims and evidenceThe writer wants Sentence 2 to emphasize why qualified language can strengthen a scientific record. Which revision…
- Q11 · Reasoning and organizationWhich sentence, if added after Sentence 3, would best connect the third paragraph to the draft's broader claim?
- Q12 · StyleThe writer wants Sentence 4 to serve as a conclusion that is precise and appropriately qualified. Which version best…