AP English Language and Composition Past Exam Questions

Free-Response Questions

Download free-response questions from past exams along with scoring guidelines, sample responses from exam takers, and scoring distributions.

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2021: Free-Response Questions

2021: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Scoring Distribution

Note: The table below features a selection of free-response questions and related scoring information from the 2020 exam. You can find all of the 2020 FRQs and corresponding scoring information in AP Classroom.

2020 Exam: Free-Response Questions, Student Sample Responses, and Scoring Information
Prompts and Samples	Scoring Commentaries	Scoring Information
Prompt for Sample Packet 1 – Johnson Sample Packet 1 – Johnson	Scoring Commentaries Packet 1 – Johnson	Scoring Guidelines – Johnson
Prompt for Sample Packet 2 – Kennedy Sample Packet 2 – Kennedy	Scoring Commentaries Packet 2 – Kennedy	Scoring Guidelines – Kennedy
Prompt for Sample Packet 3 – Obama Sample Packet 3 – Obama	Scoring Commentaries Packet 3 – Obama	Scoring Guidelines – Obama
Scoring Distributions

2019: Free-Response Questions

2018: Re-Scored Free-Response Questions and Updated Scoring Information
	Samples	Commentaries	Scoring Guidelines
Questions originally from the 2018 exam	Question 1 Question 2 Question 3	Question 1 Question 2 Question 3	Scoring Guidelines

2019: Free-Response Questions

2019: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Scoring Distribution

2018: Free-Response Questions

2018: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Scoring Distributions

2017: Free-Response Questions

2017: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Scoring Distributions

2016: Free-Response Questions

2016: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Score Distributions

2015: Free-Response Questions

2015: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Score Distributions

2014: Free-Response Questions

2014: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Score Distributions

2013: Free-Response Questions

2013: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Score Distributions

2012: Free-Response Questions

2012: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Score Distributions

2011: Free-Response Questions

2011: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Score Distributions

2011: Form B

2011: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2010: Free-Response Questions

2010: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Score Distributions

2010: Form B

2010: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2009: Free-Response Questions

2009: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Grade Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Grade Distributions

2009: Form B

2009: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Grade Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2008: Free-Response Questions

2008: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Grade Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Grade Distributions

2008: Form B

2008: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Grade Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2007: Free-Response Questions

2007: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Grade Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Grade Distributions

2007: Form B

2007: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Grade Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2006: Free-Response Questions

2006: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Grade Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Grade Distributions

2006: Form B

2006: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Grade Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2005: Free-Response Questions

2005: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples	Grade Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses	Grade Distributions

2005: Form B

2005: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples	Grade Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary	Sample Responses

2004: Free-Response Questions

2004: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples	Grade Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Grade Distributions

2004: Form B

2004: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples	Grade Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2003: Free-Response Questions

2003: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples	Grade Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Grade Distributions

* Note: The third sample response has been replaced with the appropriate text (EE).

2003: Form B

2003: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples	Grade Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2002: Free-Response Questions

2002: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples	Grade Distributions
All Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3	Grade Distributions

2002: Form B

2002: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples
All Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2001: Free-Response Questions

2001: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
All Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2000: Free-Response Questions

2000: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
All Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

1999: Free-Response Questions

1999: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
All Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

AP English Language and Composition Past Exam Questions

Free-Response Questions

2018: Re-Scored Free-Response Questions and Updated Scoring Information

2019: Free-Response Questions