ESL ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● BICS.
Answer: -basic interpersonal communication skills
-2-3 years
●● CALP.
Answer: -cognitive academic linguistic proficiency
-5-7 years
●● Krashen- language is a function of....
Answer: comprehensible input + low affective filter
●● acquisition.
Answer: -subconscious process
-may involve a listening period of up to 2 years
-mimicry of sounds and words is usually a first step
●● learning.
Answer: -conscious process
-formal learning situation/ setting
,●● natural order of language development.
Answer: listening, speaking, reading, writing
●● balanced bilingual.
Answer: someone highly developed in two languages
●● dominant bilingual.
Answer: someone who is partially developed in only one language
●● double limited bilingual.
Answer: someone who is limited in two languages
●● auditory comprehensive style bilingual.
Answer: someone who has listening comprehension, but isn't able to
express themselves orally (passive)
●● conversational style bilingual.
Answer: someone who can speak, but cannot read or write
●● reading and writing style bilingual.
Answer: someone who can read/write, but can't speak
,●● additive process.
Answer: a person can consecutively develop two languages
●● subtractive process.
Answer: the absence of the maintenance of the first language when the
second language is added
●● language proficiency levels.
Answer: beginner, intermediate, advanced, advanced-high
●● beginner level behaviors.
Answer: Points to or provides other nonverbal
responses
Actively listens
Responds to commands
May be reluctant to speak
(Silent period) but if they do
speak, use one or two word
utterances (often high frequency
words or memorized words)
Understands more than can
, produce
Uses non-linguistic
representations to show
understanding
May demonstrate little or no
awareness of English print
conventions
Use primarily present tense
Begin to recognize
environmental print in English
●● intermediate level behaviors.
Answer: Understand routine directions
and short, simple conversations
on familiar topics
Identify and distinguish key
words
Seek clarification in English
when they do not understand
Express simple, original
messages and participate in
short conversations or with more
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● BICS.
Answer: -basic interpersonal communication skills
-2-3 years
●● CALP.
Answer: -cognitive academic linguistic proficiency
-5-7 years
●● Krashen- language is a function of....
Answer: comprehensible input + low affective filter
●● acquisition.
Answer: -subconscious process
-may involve a listening period of up to 2 years
-mimicry of sounds and words is usually a first step
●● learning.
Answer: -conscious process
-formal learning situation/ setting
,●● natural order of language development.
Answer: listening, speaking, reading, writing
●● balanced bilingual.
Answer: someone highly developed in two languages
●● dominant bilingual.
Answer: someone who is partially developed in only one language
●● double limited bilingual.
Answer: someone who is limited in two languages
●● auditory comprehensive style bilingual.
Answer: someone who has listening comprehension, but isn't able to
express themselves orally (passive)
●● conversational style bilingual.
Answer: someone who can speak, but cannot read or write
●● reading and writing style bilingual.
Answer: someone who can read/write, but can't speak
,●● additive process.
Answer: a person can consecutively develop two languages
●● subtractive process.
Answer: the absence of the maintenance of the first language when the
second language is added
●● language proficiency levels.
Answer: beginner, intermediate, advanced, advanced-high
●● beginner level behaviors.
Answer: Points to or provides other nonverbal
responses
Actively listens
Responds to commands
May be reluctant to speak
(Silent period) but if they do
speak, use one or two word
utterances (often high frequency
words or memorized words)
Understands more than can
, produce
Uses non-linguistic
representations to show
understanding
May demonstrate little or no
awareness of English print
conventions
Use primarily present tense
Begin to recognize
environmental print in English
●● intermediate level behaviors.
Answer: Understand routine directions
and short, simple conversations
on familiar topics
Identify and distinguish key
words
Seek clarification in English
when they do not understand
Express simple, original
messages and participate in
short conversations or with more
