AP English Language and Comp 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.

Be sure to review the Chief Reader Report (2019 versions available later this fall). In this invaluable resource, the chief reader of the AP Exam compiles feedback from members of the AP Reading leadership to describe how students performed on the FRQs, summarize typical student errors, and address specific concepts and content with which students have struggled the most that year.

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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