AP® English Language and Composition Past Exam Tests / Questions
AP English Language and Composition covers rhetorical analysis, argumentation, and synthesis. Free past exam tests help students refine their writing and analytical skills for the AP exam.
2024: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions – Set 1 Free-Response Questions – Set 2 |
2023: Free-Response Questions
2022: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions |
2021: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Scoring Distribution |
2020: Free-Response Questions
2019: Rescored Free-Response Questions
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Questions originally from the 2019 exam | Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 | Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 | Scoring Guidelines |
2019: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Scoring Distribution |
2018: Rescored Free-Response Questions
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Questions originally from the 2018 exam | Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 | Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 | Scoring Guidelines |
2018: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Scoring Distributions |
2017: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Scoring Distributions |
2016: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions |
2015: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions |
2014: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions |
2013: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions |
2012: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions |
2011: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions |
2011: Form B
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines |
2010: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions |
2010: Form B
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines |
2009: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions |
2009: Form B
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines |
2008: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions |
2008: Form B
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines |
2007: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions |
2007: Form B
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines |
2006: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions |
2006: Form B
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines |
2005: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions | Sample Responses |
2005: Form B
2004: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions |
2004: Form B
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary |
2003: Free-Response Questions
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions |
2003: Form B
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Free-Response Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary |
2002: Free-Response Questions
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All Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Grade Distributions |
2002: Form B
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All Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary |
2001: Free-Response Questions
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All Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A |
2000: Free-Response Questions
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All Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary |
1999: Free-Response Questions
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All Questions | Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 | Scoring Guidelines |
1998 Free-Response Questions
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All Questions | Scoring Guidelines |