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OSAT Middle Level English Practice Test

Unofficial questions for Oklahoma's OSAT Middle Level English test, field 124, written to the state's own English language arts standards.

English took the words "raccoon" and "moccasin" from languages of which family?

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Subarea I: Speaking, listening and viewing 11

  • A class listens to a podcast episode that has no transcript, images or video. In the Oklahoma standards' list of modes, which single mode does it use? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Multimodal Literacies Overview. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0002
  • A presenter says, "There are two reasons. First... Most important of all... To sum up..." What do these signposts do, in the Oklahoma glossary's account of verbal cues? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Verbal cues. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0001
  • A speaker pauses before her main point, looks at the back row and lowers her voice. By the glossary of the Oklahoma standards, these are which kind of cue? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Nonverbal Cues. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0001
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Subarea I: Speaking, listening and viewing, continued

  • A student who moved from another state says "you all might could" where classmates say "you may be able to." Which term names a variety of a language spoken in a particular geographical region? Wikipedia, Dialect, lead and Standard and nonstandard dialects. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0001
  • A toothpaste commercial opens with a dentist in a clinic naming her 20 years in practice. Which rhetorical appeal is the ad building first? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Ethos. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0002
  • An infographic places related facts close together and sets the key figure at the center. Which mode carries meaning through that arrangement? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Multimodal Literacies Overview. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0002
  • Before a seminar a teacher posts "I agree with ___ because ___" and "Another way to read that line is ___." What are these supports called in the Oklahoma glossary? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Sentence Stems. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0003
  • In a discussion Maya tells a classmate, "So you think the narrator is hiding something, right?" Which active-listening behavior is she using? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Active Listening. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0003
  • In a speech, an English learner whose first language puts adjectives after nouns says "the house white." What is this kind of error called? Wikipedia, Language transfer, lead and Positive and negative transfer. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0001
  • Oklahoma objective 7.1.S.1 describes working effectively and respectfully in diverse groups. Which behavior does it name? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Oklahoma State Department of Education, 2021), Grade 7, Standard 1, 7.1.S.1. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0003
  • Which statement about multimodal content agrees with the Appendix to the Oklahoma English language arts standards? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Multimodal Literacies Overview. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0002

Subarea II: Writing processes and applications 18

  • A narrative opens with its hero already halfway through a chase, with no background first. Which term describes that opening? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, In Media Res. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0006
  • A narrator uses "she" and "he" and reports the private thoughts of both sisters and their father. Which point of view is this? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Point of View. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0006
  • A paragraph jumps from recycling to bus routes to lunch prices, and readers cannot follow how the ideas connect. Which quality is missing? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Coherence. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0005
  • A student checks who wrote an online article, who published it and when. Which quality of the information is she judging? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Reliability. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0008
  • A student moves her second paragraph to the end, cuts a repeated example and adds a sentence of explanation. Which stage of the writing process is this? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Recursive Writing Process. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0004
  • A student puts an idea from a website into her own words and gives no credit to the site. Under the Oklahoma glossary, what is this? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Plagiarism. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0008
  • A student researching Hurricane Katrina gathers four items. Which one is a secondary source in the Oklahoma glossary's sense? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Secondary Source. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0008
  • A student will write a report explaining how a levee break led to flooding downtown. Which text structure fits the purpose best? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Cause and Effect. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0006
  • A student's essay claims homework should be limited. It includes the sentence "Some people say nightly homework builds discipline." What is that sentence? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Counterclaim. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0007
  • A student's essay on littering sounds scornful toward people who drop trash. The attitude a writer takes toward the subject is the essay's Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Tone. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0005
  • "The coach told us to stretch, to drink water and running two laps." What should the writer repair? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Parallel Structure. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0004
  • Early in a student's story the narrator mentions a frayed rope on the footbridge. Two chapters later the bridge gives way. What device did the writer use? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Foreshadowing. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0006
  • Oklahoma objective 8.6.W.2 asks for a defensible thesis. Which sentence is defensible in the glossary's sense? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Defensible Thesis. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0007
  • Oklahoma objective 8.6.W.3 has eighth graders quote, paraphrase and summarize their findings. What does it require so that they avoid plagiarism? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Oklahoma State Department of Education, 2021), Grade 8, Standard 6, 8.6.W.3. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0008
  • To support a claim about leash laws, a student retells a story her uncle told about a loose dog. By the Oklahoma glossary, which kind of evidence is this? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Evidence. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0007
  • "Walking to school, the rain soaked my backpack." Which error should the writer correct while editing? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Modifier. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0004
  • Which assignment best gives seventh graders the authentic audience that Oklahoma objective 7.2.W.5 asks for when they publish? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Oklahoma State Department of Education, 2021), Grade 7, Standard 2, 7.2.W.5. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0005
  • Which statement about the writing process matches the recursive model in the Appendix to the Oklahoma standards? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Recursive Writing Process. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0004

Subarea III: Reading process and comprehension 11

  • A letter to the editor asks for animal shelter funding by describing one shivering dog left out in January. Which appeal does the letter rely on? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Pathos. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0011
  • An article describes hallway crowding at a middle school and then proposes staggered dismissal times. Which text structure organizes it? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Problem/Solution. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0010
  • An article never says the mayor opposes a new park, but reports that she twice voted against paying for it. A reader who concludes she opposes it has Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Infer. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0010
  • An editorial argues, "If phones are allowed at lunch, soon no student will ever speak face to face again." The slippery slope here is an example of Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Logical Fallacy. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0011
  • The Appendix to the Oklahoma standards sorts words into three tiers. Which tier does it name as the primary focus of vocabulary instruction? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Vocabulary Tiers. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0009
  • Asked for the main idea of an article, a student writes "honeybees." What has the student given instead? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Topic. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0010
  • In "construction," the part "struct" carries the meaning "build" but cannot stand alone as a word. What does the Oklahoma glossary call such a part? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Root. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0009
  • "Lead" (to guide) and "lead" (the metal) are spelled alike but sound different and mean different things. What are they? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Homographs. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0009
  • Oklahoma objective 7.4.R.2 has students use connotation and denotation. Which pair of words shares a denotation and differs in connotation? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Connotation. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0009
  • Which feature marks an accurate summary of an informational article? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Summarize. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0010
  • Which sentence from an editorial about a city pool is a factual claim and not an opinion? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Opinion. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0011

Subarea IV: Language and literature 10

  • A selfish boy in a novel ends the book by giving his prize to a rival, and the change in him is the point of the story. What kind of character is he? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Dynamic Character. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0013
  • After the Norman Conquest of 1066, which language did England's upper classes use for a time, leaving a deep mark on English? Wikipedia, History of English, lead and Middle English. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0012
  • Both legends and tall tales may stretch the deeds of a hero. What sets the tall tale apart? Wikipedia, Tall tale, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0013
  • English took the words "raccoon" and "moccasin" from languages of which family? Wikipedia, List of English words from Indigenous languages of the Americas, Words from Algonquian languages. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0012
  • In a folktale, a clever spider fools a leopard, breaks the village's rules and upsets the usual order. Which kind of character from the oral tradition is the spider? Wikipedia, Trickster, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0013
  • Langston Hughes, an early innovator of jazz poetry, is best known as a leader of which cultural movement? Wikipedia, Langston Hughes, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0014
  • Readers of a short story know that a letter is forged, but the hero trusts it and acts on it. Which device is at work? Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts, Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education), Glossary, Irony. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0013
  • The test framework names N. Scott Momaday, a Kiowa writer born in Lawton, Oklahoma. Which of his novels won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969? Wikipedia, N. Scott Momaday, lead and Background. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0014
  • What effect on written English does the history of the language credit to printing? Wikipedia, History of English, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0012
  • Which poet named in the test framework was born in Tulsa, is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation and in 2019 became the first Native American United States poet laureate? Wikipedia, Joy Harjo, lead and Early life and education. Written to the OSAT Middle Level English (124) framework, competency 0014

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the test design and framework of Oklahoma Subject Area Tests field 124, Middle Level English, in the study guide on the Certification Examinations for Oklahoma Educators website (https://www.ceoe.nesinc.com/Content/StudyGuide/OK_SG_OBJ_124.htm; test page https://www.ceoe.nesinc.com/TestView.aspx?f=HTML_FRAG/OK124_TestPage.html, read 2026-10-13): 80 selected-response questions and 1 constructed-response assignment in 4 hours, passing score 240; selected response weighs Speaking, Listening, and Viewing (competencies 0001 to 0003) 18%, Writing Processes and Applications (0004 to 0008) 31%, Reading Process and Comprehension (0009 to 0011) 18% and Language and Literature (0012 to 0014) 18%, and the constructed response (0015) 15%. The bank holds 50: 11, 18, 11 and 10. Every fact was read on the public page named under its question: the 2021 Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts and their Appendix (Oklahoma State Department of Education) and the named Wikipedia articles. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.

How it works

This OSAT Middle Level English practice test is free and unofficial: 50 questions of our own for field 124, each with the public source of its answer. The site is not affiliated with Oklahoma's Office of Educational Quality and Accountability or Pearson.

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OSAT Middle Level English (124): four selected-response subareas

By the framework read October 13, 2026: speaking, listening and viewing, 18% of the test; writing processes and applications, 31%; reading process and comprehension, 18%; language and literature, 18%. This bank holds 11, 18, 11 and 10. The last 15% is one written assignment on designing instruction for a learning goal, which nothing here practices.

Two versions of the test

The test page lets a candidate take either this CEOE version or a National Evaluation Series version, and the test list pairs field 124 with Middle Grades English Language Arts. These questions follow the field 124 framework. Forty of the 50 use the terms of Oklahoma's 2021 English language arts standards and their glossary.

  • The Oklahoma glossary settles close calls: a compound sentence joins two independent clauses with a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
  • Two of the American writers the framework names were born in Oklahoma: N. Scott Momaday in Lawton and Joy Harjo in Tulsa.

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the OSAT Middle Level English test?

Eighty selected-response questions and one constructed-response assignment, by the test page, in 4 hours of testing after a 15-minute tutorial. Test centers take appointments year-round, Monday through Saturday.

What is the passing score for OSAT Middle Level English?

The test page gives 240. The written assignment is part of that score, so right answers counted on this page do not convert to it, and the result here gives no pass or fail.

Can I take the NES test instead of OSAT Middle Level English?

The test page says candidates may take either the CEOE version or the National Evaluation Series version, and advises asking your educator preparation program or the Oklahoma State Department of Education which to choose.

Is this Middle Level English OSAT practice test free?

Yes, with nothing to sign up for. The 50 questions are our own; none comes from the real test, the study guide's sample questions or the official practice test.

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