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OSAT English Practice Test

Unofficial questions for Oklahoma's OSAT English test, field 207, weighted like its three selected-response subareas.

A bilingual student presenting in English turns to Spanish to thank her grandparents in the audience, then goes back to English. What is this shift of language to suit the social setting called?

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Subarea I: Listening, speaking and viewing 11

  • A bilingual student presenting in English turns to Spanish to thank her grandparents in the audience, then goes back to English. What is this shift of language to suit the social setting called? Wikipedia, Code-switching, lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0001
  • A discussion leader asks "What makes you read the ending that way?" where she could have asked "Did you like the ending?" Which basic tool of active listening is she using? Wikipedia, Active listening, Techniques of active listening. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0002
  • A senior says "Good morning, Dr. Reyes" to the principal and "Hey, what's up" to a teammate a minute later. What is a variety of language used for a particular purpose or communicative situation called? Wikipedia, Register (sociolinguistics), lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0001
  • A speaker says one sentence twice, the second time with a rising pitch and a softer voice, and the audience hears a different meaning. Which component of communication changed? Wikipedia, Paralanguage, lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0001
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Subarea I: Listening, speaking and viewing, continued

  • A speaker urging a recycling plan stresses that the city council votes on it tonight. Which less well-known fourth appeal, to the timeliness of the message, is she using? Wikipedia, Modes of persuasion, lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0001
  • At its second meeting a literature circle starts to voice opinions, and conflict arises over who will lead and who will take notes. Which of Tuckman's stages is the group in? Wikipedia, Tuckman's stages of group development, Group development. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0002
  • By Krashen's input hypothesis, which spoken input helps an English learner in a discussion class make progress? Wikipedia, Input hypothesis, Overview. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0001
  • During small-group talk one student keeps stepping back as another moves closer; the two grew up with different norms for conversational distance. Which field studies this use of space? Wikipedia, Proxemics, lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0002
  • Oklahoma objective 12.1.S.2 has seniors follow agreed-upon rules in collaborative discussions. What does it ask them to do with the ideas of others? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Oklahoma State Department of Education, 2021). Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0002
  • Oklahoma's Standard 7, Multimodal Literacies, has students comprehend and communicate knowledge through five kinds of content. Which list names them? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Oklahoma State Department of Education, 2021). Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0001
  • Two debate partners each give up part of what they wanted so that the outline is done by Friday. Which conflict style, intermediate in both assertiveness and cooperativeness, is this? Wikipedia, Thomas–Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, Description. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0002

Subarea II: Critical reading and reading process 18

  • A class spends a whole period on one twelve-line passage, attending to single words, syntax and the order in which its sentences unfold ideas. Which reading strategy is this? Wikipedia, Close reading, lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0004
  • A newcomer reads "spill the beans" and pictures a kitchen accident. What kind of expression carries a meaning different from the literal meanings of its words? Wikipedia, Idiom, lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0003
  • A news report gives the basic facts in its first sentences and leaves the minor details for the end. What is this structure called? Wikipedia, Inverted pyramid (journalism), lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0004
  • A student labels a speech from a play "free verse" because it does not rhyme. Its lines keep a steady iambic pentameter. What is the accurate term? Academy of American Poets, Glossary of Poetic Terms, Blank verse. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0005
  • A travel writer says of a twenty-mile climb, "It was no small effort." Which device makes a point by stating a negative to affirm a positive? Wikipedia, Litotes, lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0004
  • A world literature unit opens with the story of a king of Uruk, first told in five Sumerian poems and later joined into one epic in Akkadian. Which work is it? Wikipedia, Epic of Gilgamesh, lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0006
  • After eight lines of complaint, a sonnet turns in its ninth line to an answer. What is this rhetorical shift called? Academy of American Poets, Glossary of Poetic Terms, Volta. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0005
  • An editorial argues: "The team switched to blue jerseys and then won three games, so the jerseys caused the wins." Which fallacy is this? Purdue OWL, Logical Fallacies. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0004
  • An English learner assumes that two look-alike words in her two languages come from a common origin, and they do not. What are such pairs called? Wikipedia, Cognate, False cognates. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0003
  • An obituary says a man "is no longer with us". Which term names the substitution of a more pleasant expression for an unpleasant one? Wikipedia, Euphemism, lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0003
  • An Old English poet calls the sea the "whale's road". What is this figuratively phrased compound, used in place of a single noun, called? Wikipedia, Kenning, lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0006
  • Asked about the cost of a new stadium, a columnist writes three paragraphs on how hard the players train. Which fallacy avoids the key issue in this way? Purdue OWL, Logical Fallacies. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0004
  • In a villanelle, two lines of the opening tercet return as refrains through the poem. Where do they finally stand together? Academy of American Poets, Glossary of Poetic Terms, Villanelle. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0005
  • In the middle of a scene a character makes a brief comment to the audience that, by convention, the others on stage do not hear. What is this device? Wikipedia, Aside, lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0005
  • "Mara counted the coins twice and wondered whether Mr. Okafor had noticed. Behind the counter he had noticed, and he was thinking of his own first job." What is the narrative point of view? Wikipedia, Narration, Point of view. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0005
  • One review calls a sixty-year-old lead actor "youthful" and another calls him "childish". Both words mean like a young person. Which term names the difference in the feeling each word carries? Wikipedia, Connotation, lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0003
  • The Outsiders, the 1967 young adult novel by S. E. Hinton set in Tulsa, turns on a conflict between two groups. What divides them? Wikipedia, The Outsiders (novel), lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0006
  • Which writer, born in Oklahoma City in 1913, is best known for the novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953? Wikipedia, Ralph Ellison, Early life. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0006

Subarea III: Critical writing and writing process 21

  • A draft reads: "The bell rang, the students left." Which edit corrects the comma splice? Purdue OWL, Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0007
  • A narrative essay retells a canoe trip hour by hour, and a peer reviewer writes "So what?" in the margin. The Purdue OWL tells narrative writers to make a point. What does it compare that point to? Purdue OWL, Narrative Essays. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0008
  • A paper breaks an issue down into its component parts, evaluates it and presents that breakdown to the audience. Which kind of paper is it? Purdue OWL, Tips and Examples for Writing Thesis Statements. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0009
  • A senior opens an op-ed on bus routes with a short scene of waiting at a dark stop at 6 a.m. Which Oklahoma objective for grade 12 does this choice serve? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Oklahoma State Department of Education, 2021). Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0008
  • A student changes "Reading aloud builds vocabulary" to "Reading aloud presumably builds vocabulary for many children." Which Toulmin element did she add? Purdue OWL, Toulmin Argument. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0010
  • A student puts a full paragraph from a source into her own words, in about the same detail, and adds no citation. Is that acceptable? Purdue OWL, Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0011
  • A student's story opens in the last minute of the championship game and supplies the season that led to it later, through dialogue. Which plot device is this? Wikipedia, In medias res, lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0008
  • A technical report opens with a brief summary that lets a reader quickly learn the purpose of the paper. What is that opening summary called? Wikipedia, Abstract (summary), lead. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0009
  • A writer finishing an essay wants to catch the run-on sentences and awkward transitions her eyes skip over. Which proofreading strategy does that? Purdue OWL, Proofreading: Where Do I Begin?. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0007
  • After a quotation a student writes (Harjo 42): the author's last name and a page number. Which citation method is this? Purdue OWL, MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0011
  • By the Purdue OWL's outline of the expository essay, what should the conclusion do with the thesis? Purdue OWL, Expository Essays. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0009
  • For a paper on school lunch, a student surveys 60 classmates and interviews the cafeteria manager. What kind of research is this? Purdue OWL, What is Primary Research and How do I get Started?. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0011
  • In MLA style, how is a prose quotation of more than four lines set? Purdue OWL, MLA Formatting Quotations. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0011
  • In the Toulmin method every argument begins with three fundamental parts. Which are they? Purdue OWL, Toulmin Argument. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0010
  • Oklahoma objective 12.3.W.1 asks for narratives that are intentionally sequenced to achieve a specific effect. Which effects does it give as examples? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Oklahoma State Department of Education, 2021). Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0008
  • Oklahoma objective 12.3.W.3 lists what an argumentative essay, review or op-ed must do. What does it say about counterclaims? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Oklahoma State Department of Education, 2021). Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0010
  • Oklahoma's Standard 2 calls writing a recursive process. Which five activities does its writing strand say the process may include? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Oklahoma State Department of Education, 2021). Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0007
  • "Walking to school, the rain soaked my backpack." What is wrong with this sentence? Purdue OWL, Dangling Modifiers and How To Correct Them. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0007
  • Which form of argument, developed by psychotherapist Carl Rogers, aims to establish a middle ground between parties with opposing viewpoints? Purdue OWL, Rogerian Argument. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0010
  • Which four elements does the Purdue OWL say an effective paragraph should contain? Purdue OWL, On Paragraphs. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0009
  • Which revision gives this sentence parallel structure? "The coach told the players to stretch, that they should drink water, and to rest." Purdue OWL, Parallel Structure. Written to the OSAT English (207) framework, competency 0007

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the test design and framework of Oklahoma Subject Area Tests field 207, English, in the study guide on the Certification Examinations for Oklahoma Educators website (https://www.ceoe.nesinc.com/Content/StudyGuide/OK_SG_OBJ_207.htm, copyright 2024 Office of Educational Quality and Accountability and Pearson Education, Inc.; test page https://www.ceoe.nesinc.com/TestView.aspx?f=HTML_FRAG/OK207_TestPage.html, read 2026-10-15): 80 selected-response questions and 1 constructed-response assignment in 4 hours, passing score 240; selected response weighs Listening, Speaking, and Viewing (competencies 0001 and 0002) 18%, Critical Reading and Reading Process (0003 to 0006) 31% and Critical Writing and Writing Process (0007 to 0011) 36%, and the constructed response (0012) 15%. The bank holds 50: 11, 18 and 21. Every fact was read on the public page named under its question: the Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, the Purdue Online Writing Lab, the glossary of the Academy of American Poets and the named Wikipedia articles. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.

How it works

This OSAT English practice test is free, unofficial and not affiliated with Oklahoma's Office of Educational Quality and Accountability or Pearson. Its 50 questions of our own follow the eleven selected-response competencies of English, field 207.

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OSAT English (207): the three selected-response subareas

The framework on the CEOE site, read October 15, 2026, weighs Listening, Speaking, and Viewing 18% of the test, Critical Reading and Reading Process 31%, and Critical Writing and Writing Process 36%. Our 50 questions split 11, 18 and 21.

English 107 and English 207

The test page for English (107) now says that test has retired and that a new English (207) test is open for registration. The 107 framework, dated September 2016, had five subareas. The 207 framework has four, and this page follows it.

The written assignment

The other 15% is one constructed-response assignment on planning instruction in English language arts. Nothing here practices it, so the exam on this page has no clock.

  • Six questions quote Oklahoma's 2021 English language arts standards, among them grade 12 objectives 12.1.S.2, 12.3.W.1, 12.3.W.3 and 12.3.W.4.
  • Two questions have Oklahoma ties: one on a novelist born in Oklahoma City, one on a young adult novel set in Tulsa.

Questions and answers

Is there an OSAT English 107 study guide?

English (107) has retired. The CEOE site now carries a study guide for English (207), and its test design and framework section is the outline this page follows. None of its sample questions is repeated or reworded here.

How many questions are on the OSAT English test?

The test page gives 80 selected-response questions and one constructed-response assignment. A test center allows 4 hours of testing and an online proctor 3 hours, with 15 minutes before either for a tutorial and a nondisclosure agreement.

What is the passing score for OSAT English?

The test page gives 240. The written assignment counts toward it, so a number right on these questions cannot be turned into that score, and no pass verdict is shown here.

What does an OSAT study guide for English need to cover?

Listening, speaking and viewing; then vocabulary, informational and literary reading and literature of many traditions; then the writing process, narratives, informative writing, arguments and research. The test page lists no reference materials.

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