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ACCUPLACER ESL Language Use Test

Provider
College Board
Format
Computer-adaptive multiple-choice questions, presented discretely in fill-in-the-blank and sentence-combining formats. Institution-approved linear COMPANION forms are accommodated deliveries of this same examination; each has 35 questions and uses the same ESL score scale.
Exam questions
Total questions: 20.
Time limit
Untimed
Passing score
No national pass/fail score; each institution establishes its own course placement scores.
Exam fee
Determined by the administering institution; no uniform candidate fee is asserted.
Examination outline

The authority publishes percentage ranges for each content area. The practice percentages below use the midpoint of each range, normalized to 100%; they are not exact percentages published by the authority. Practice question counts may differ slightly because of rounding.

  • Nouns, pronouns, pronoun case structure — Official range: 10–15% (Practice allocation: 13.16%)
  • Sentence structure — Official range: 20–25% (Practice allocation: 23.68%)
  • Subject-verb agreement — Official range: 10–10% (Practice allocation: 10.53%)
  • Adjectives/adverbs — Official range: 10–15% (Practice allocation: 13.16%)
  • Verbs — Official range: 20–20% (Practice allocation: 21.05%)
  • Subordination/coordination — Official range: 15–20% (Practice allocation: 18.42%)
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