Reading Section of ELA Test

  • 15- 30 Multiple-choice questions
  • Takes up to 40 minutes
 
Example Multiple Choice Question
 
Intermediate QuestionAdvanced Question

A Job Posting
Our fun and growing practice is looking for a front desk clerk. We are looking for someone with a friendly personality who has worked in a dental office before. The job will include answering the phone and greeting patients. Please send your resume if you feel you are a good fit. We will be in touch.

This is an advertisement to hire someone to______.

  1. train a new dentist
  2. to be a friendly companion at work
  3. to work at the front desk
  4. to clean a dental office

An article on the Internet
There are still no signs of little green men, but NASA announced on Monday the discovery of proof of recent flowing liquid water on Mars. These findings boost the odds that there is life on the Red Planet.

A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience reveals that Earth’s next-door neighbor has multiple dribbles of salty water that were wet, or at least damp, as recently as last year. This is not the first discovery of water on Mars. Scientists confirmed in 2008 that the Red Planet has frozen water. Now instruments aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have found the strongest evidence yet that salt water in liquid form trickles down certain Martian slopes each summer, according to the researchers.

Mars is now the only planet in our solar system to show signs of water on its surface, other than our own. "Mars is not the arid, moisture-free planet that we thought of in the past," said Jim Green, director of planetary science for NASA. "Under certain circumstances, liquid water has been found on Mars."

According to this article _______ .

  1. growing life forms have been discovered in water dribbles on Mars
  2. Mars is the only nearby planet, besides our own, to have water
  3. Mars has an arid and moisture-free climate with no life
  4. there are large streams of water on Mars in the summer months

 

Writing Section of ELA Test

  • Two Questions
  • Takes up to 20 minutes

Example Writing Prompts

Intermediate Prompt (5 Minutes)Advanced Prompt (15 Minutes)
Describe your daily routine. Write about the activities you do from morning to night. Consider including times, meals, work or school, and how you usually feel during the day. Be sure to write at least 4-5 sentences.Write about a social issue in your country (for example, unemployment, environmental problems, or healthcare). Describe the issue, how it affects you and those in your community, explain why it is important, and suggest a possible solution. Be sure to write at least 2 paragraphs.