A class reads a soldier's diary entry about a battle and then a textbook chapter on the same battle. Which grade 4 Common Core standard fits this lesson?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, Reading: Informational Text, grade 4, standard 6. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), I. Reading (47%), B.3. point of view; B.4. comparing information from texts.
A fifth grader has gathered facts from two books and a website. What do the Common Core standards expect her to do with the information?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, Writing, grade 5, standard 8. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), II. Writing, Speaking, and Listening (53%), A.5. the research process.
A student works out the meaning of autograph from the words telegraph and photograph. Which strategy from the Common Core vocabulary standards is this?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, Language, grade 4, standard 4. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), II. Writing, Speaking, and Listening (53%), B.2. determining the meaning of words and phrases.
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Reading and language arts (5002), continued
A student works out the word unhelpful by finding un-, help and -ful. Which kind of knowledge is the student using?IES practice guide, Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (2016), glossary, morphology. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), I. Reading (47%), A.2. phonics and word analysis.
A student writes to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. Which Common Core type of writing is this?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, Writing, grade 4, standard 2. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), II. Writing, Speaking, and Listening (53%), A.1. common types of writing.
According to the Common Core standards for grade 4, which structural elements belong to drama?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, Reading: Literature, grade 4, standard 5. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), I. Reading (47%), B.2. features and structures of text.
According to the Common Core writing standards, students use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and for what else?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, Writing, grade 4, standard 6. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), II. Writing, Speaking, and Listening (53%), A.4. digital tools for producing and publishing writing.
According to the grade 5 Common Core standards, why would a student add graphics or sound to a presentation?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, Speaking and Listening, grade 5, standard 5. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), II. Writing, Speaking, and Listening (53%), C.2. engaging oral presentations.
The Common Core standards measure text complexity with three factors. Readability scores belong to which one?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, Standard 10: Range, Quality, and Complexity of Student Reading. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), I. Reading (47%), B.5. the role of text complexity.
In the Common Core standards, which type of writing develops real or imagined experiences or events?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, Writing, grade 4, standard 3. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), II. Writing, Speaking, and Listening (53%), A.1. common types of writing.
In the sentence "It's true, isn't it?" what does the comma set off?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, Language, grade 5, standard 2. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), II. Writing, Speaking, and Listening (53%), B.1. conventions of mechanics.
In the sentence "Neither the bus nor the train was on time," what do the words neither and nor form?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, Language, grade 5, standard 1. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), II. Writing, Speaking, and Listening (53%), B.1. conventions of standard English grammar and usage.
In the word bring, which letters are the onset?IES practice guide, Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (2016), glossary, onset-rime pairs. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), I. Reading (47%), A.1. phonological awareness.
In which word do two consecutive letters stand for a single sound, forming a digraph?IES practice guide, Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (2016), glossary, digraph and consonant blend. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), I. Reading (47%), A.2. phonics and word analysis.
What do the Common Core speaking and listening standards for grade 4 expect of students before a class discussion?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, Speaking and Listening, grade 4, standard 1. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), II. Writing, Speaking, and Listening (53%), C.1. effective collaboration.
What is a phoneme?IES practice guide, Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (2016), glossary, phoneme. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), I. Reading (47%), A.1. phonological awareness.
Which list names overall structures of informational text that the Common Core standards expect fourth graders to describe?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, Reading: Informational Text, grade 4, standard 5. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), I. Reading (47%), B.2. features and structures of text.
Which three elements make up oral reading fluency?IES practice guide, Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (2016), glossary, oral reading fluency. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), I. Reading (47%), A.3. fluency.
Which verb tense is "I will have walked"?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, Language, grade 5, standard 1. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), II. Writing, Speaking, and Listening (53%), B.1. conventions of standard English grammar and usage.
Which words does the grade 4 Common Core language standard list as relative pronouns?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, Language, grade 4, standard 1. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Reading and Language Arts subtest (5002), II. Writing, Speaking, and Listening (53%), B.1. conventions of standard English grammar and usage.
Mathematics (5003) 12
A jar holds 4 red, 6 blue and 2 yellow counters. One counter is drawn at random. What is the probability that it is blue?Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, grade 7, Statistics and Probability, standard 5. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Mathematics subtest (5003), III. Geometry and Measurement, Data, Statistics, and Probability (30%), G. interpreting the probability of events.
A number pattern begins 6, 10, 14, 18 and continues in the same way. What is the 10th term?Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, Operations and Algebraic Thinking, standard 5. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Mathematics subtest (5003), II. Algebraic Thinking (30%), C.1. extending number patterns.
A recipe needs 2/3 cup of flour. Sam has 1/4 cup. How much more flour does he need?Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, grade 5, Number and Operations: Fractions, standard 1. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Mathematics subtest (5003), I. Numbers and Operations (40%), B. operations on rational numbers.
A right rectangular prism is 4 cm long, 3 cm wide and 2.5 cm high. What is its volume?Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, grade 5, Measurement and Data, standard 5. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Mathematics subtest (5003), III. Geometry and Measurement, Data, Statistics, and Probability (30%), B.4. volume and surface area of right rectangular prisms.
A teacher has graded 18 of the 45 essays her class handed in. What percent of the essays has she graded?Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, Ratios and Proportional Relationships, standard 3. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Mathematics subtest (5003), I. Numbers and Operations (40%), C. proportional relationships and percents.
Five quiz scores are 13, 5, 9, 2 and 6. What is the median?Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, Statistics and Probability, standard 5. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Mathematics subtest (5003), III. Geometry and Measurement, Data, Statistics, and Probability (30%), E.2. measures of center and range.
In the number 5,550, how does the value of the 5 in the thousands place compare with the value of the 5 in the hundreds place?Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, grade 5, Number and Operations in Base Ten, standard 1. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Mathematics subtest (5003), I. Numbers and Operations (40%), A. the place value system.
Maya's age m is 3 years less than twice Ben's age b. Which equation says this?Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, Expressions and Equations, standard 2. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Mathematics subtest (5003), II. Algebraic Thinking (30%), A.6. translating between verbal statements and equations.
What is the value of 3 + 2³ × 4 − 6 ÷ 2?Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, Expressions and Equations, standard 1. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Mathematics subtest (5003), I. Numbers and Operations (40%), D.4. the order of operations with whole-number exponents.
What is the value of 3x² − 2x when x = 4?Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, Expressions and Equations, standard 2. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Mathematics subtest (5003), II. Algebraic Thinking (30%), A.4. evaluating algebraic expressions.
What value of x solves 3(x − 4) = 2x + 5?Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, grade 8, Expressions and Equations, standard 7. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Mathematics subtest (5003), II. Algebraic Thinking (30%), B.1. solving multistep one-variable linear equations.
Which of these numbers between 85 and 100 is prime?Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, Operations and Algebraic Thinking, standard 4. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Mathematics subtest (5003), I. Numbers and Operations (40%), D. basic concepts of number theory.
Social studies (5004) 15
A town can afford a new library or a swimming pool, not both, and it builds the library. In economics, the value of the pool it gave up is the town's what?Wikipedia, "Opportunity cost", lead section. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Social Studies subtest (5004), III. World History and Economics (25%), D. key terms and basic concepts of economics: scarcity and choice.
About what share of the Earth does the global ocean cover?NOAA National Ocean Service, How many oceans are there?, page text. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Social Studies subtest (5004), II. Geography, Anthropology, and Sociology (30%), A. world and regional geography: places and regions.
From which country did the United States buy the Louisiana Territory in 1803, a purchase that doubled the size of the nation?National Archives, Milestone Documents, Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803), page introduction. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Social Studies subtest (5004), I. United States History, Government, and Citizenship (45%), A. growth and expansion of the United States.
In the words of the Declaration of Independence, what gives governments their just powers?National Archives, Declaration of Independence: A Transcription, second paragraph. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Social Studies subtest (5004), I. United States History, Government, and Citizenship (45%), B. the American Revolution and the founding of the nation.
In which body does Article I of the Constitution vest all the legislative powers it grants?National Archives, The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription, Article I, Section 1. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Social Studies subtest (5004), I. United States History, Government, and Citizenship (45%), F. the nature, purpose, and forms of government.
Lines of longitude are also called what, and how do they run?NOAA National Ocean Service, What is longitude?, page text. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Social Studies subtest (5004), II. Geography, Anthropology, and Sociology (30%), A. world and regional geography: spatial terms.
NATO was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada and several Western European nations. What was its purpose?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 1949, first paragraph. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Social Studies subtest (5004), III. World History and Economics (25%), B. twentieth-century developments in world history.
What did the Homestead Act of 1862 offer to settlers?National Archives, Milestone Documents, Homestead Act (1862), page introduction. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Social Studies subtest (5004), I. United States History, Government, and Citizenship (45%), C. major events and developments: westward expansion.
What do economists call a general increase in the overall price level of the goods and services in the economy?Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, FAQs: What is inflation?, answer text. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Social Studies subtest (5004), III. World History and Economics (25%), D. key terms and basic concepts of economics.
What does the latitude of a place measure?NOAA National Ocean Service, What is latitude?, page text. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Social Studies subtest (5004), II. Geography, Anthropology, and Sociology (30%), A. world and regional geography: spatial terms.
Which amendment in the Bill of Rights protects freedom of speech, of the press and of religion?National Archives, The Bill of Rights: A Transcription, Amendment I. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Social Studies subtest (5004), I. United States History, Government, and Citizenship (45%), G. key documents in the history of the United States.
Which amendment, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote?National Archives, Milestone Documents, 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote (1920), page introduction. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Social Studies subtest (5004), I. United States History, Government, and Citizenship (45%), H. rights of citizenship.
Which form of government developed in the Greek city-state of Athens around the sixth century BC?Wikipedia, "Athenian democracy", lead section. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Social Studies subtest (5004), III. World History and Economics (25%), A. major contributions of classical civilizations.
Which idea was one of the three main concepts of the Monroe Doctrine of 1823?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones: Monroe Doctrine, 1823, second paragraph. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Social Studies subtest (5004), I. United States History, Government, and Citizenship (45%), E. connections between causes and effects of events.
Which institution is the central bank of the United States?Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, FAQs: About the Fed, page header. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Social Studies subtest (5004), II. Geography, Anthropology, and Sociology (30%), F. the government's role in economics.
Science (5005) 13
A girl jumps from a canoe toward the shore, and the canoe slides backward. Which of Newton's laws explains the canoe's motion?NASA Glenn Research Center, Newton's Laws of Motion, section on the third law. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Science subtest (5005), III. Physical Science (33%), B. forces and motions: laws of motion.
A pea plant inherits an allele for purple flowers from one parent and an allele for white flowers from the other, and its flowers are purple. What is the purple allele called?National Human Genome Research Institute, Talking Glossary: Dominant, definition. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Science subtest (5005), II. Life Science (33%), B. reproduction and heredity: patterns of inheritance.
Almost all weather occurs in which atmospheric layer?NOAA JetStream, Layers of the Atmosphere, section on the troposphere. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Science subtest (5005), I. Earth Science (33%), A. the structure of the Earth system: the atmosphere.
At which type of plate boundary is new crust generated as the plates pull away from each other?U.S. Geological Survey, This Dynamic Earth: Understanding plate motions, list of plate boundary types. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Science subtest (5005), I. Earth Science (33%), B. processes of the Earth system.
Energy stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules, as in batteries, petroleum and coal, is which form of energy?U.S. Energy Information Administration, Forms of energy, section on potential energy. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Science subtest (5005), III. Physical Science (33%), C. energy: forms of energy.
Which description fits potential energy?U.S. Energy Information Administration, Forms of energy, section on potential and kinetic energy. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Science subtest (5005), III. Physical Science (33%), C. energy: forms of energy.
Which of these is the cause of Earth's seasons?National Weather Service, The Seasons, the Equinox, and the Solstices, page text. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Science subtest (5005), I. Earth Science (33%), D. Earth, Sun, and Moon relationships.
Which organelles generate most of the chemical energy needed to power a cell's biochemical reactions?National Human Genome Research Institute, Talking Glossary: Mitochondria, definition. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Science subtest (5005), II. Life Science (33%), A. the structure and function of living systems.
Which organisms in a food web make their own energy rather than eating other living things?NOAA Education, Aquatic food webs, page introduction. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Science subtest (5005), II. Life Science (33%), F. the interdependence of organisms.
Which phase of matter holds its shape and has a fixed volume?NASA Glenn Research Center, Phases of Matter, section on solids. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Science subtest (5005), III. Physical Science (33%), A. physical properties and structure of matter: states.
Which process replicates a cell's chromosomes and separates them into two identical nuclei in preparation for cell division?National Human Genome Research Institute, Talking Glossary: Mitosis, definition. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Science subtest (5005), II. Life Science (33%), A. the structure and function of living systems.
Which type of rock forms from pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms, in deposits that often show layering?U.S. Geological Survey, What are sedimentary rocks?, answer text. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Science subtest (5005), I. Earth Science (33%), A. the structure of the Earth system.
Why can the Moon be seen shining in the night sky?NASA Science, Moon Phases, page introduction. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5001, Science subtest (5005), I. Earth Science (33%), D. Earth, Sun, and Moon relationships.
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the content topics of the ETS Study Companion for Praxis Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects (5001) (https://www.ets.org/pdfs/praxis/5001.pdf, read 2026-10-09; test page https://praxis.ets.org/test/5001.html): four subtests, Reading and Language Arts (5002) 80 questions, Mathematics (5003) 50, Social Studies (5004) 60, Science (5005) 55. The bank holds 20, 12, 15 and 13 questions. Every fact was read on 2026-10-09 in the public document the question names: the Common Core State Standards for English language arts and for mathematics (thecorestandards.org), the glossary of a What Works Clearinghouse practice guide of the Institute of Education Sciences (ies.ed.gov), founding and milestone documents of the National Archives (archives.gov), the Office of the Historian of the Department of State (history.state.gov), the National Ocean Service, JetStream and education pages of NOAA (noaa.gov), the National Weather Service (weather.gov), the Federal Reserve Board (federalreserve.gov), the U.S. Geological Survey (usgs.gov), NASA (nasa.gov), the National Human Genome Research Institute (genome.gov), the Energy Information Administration (eia.gov) and two Wikipedia articles. Each mathematics answer was also recomputed. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.
How it works
This free Praxis 5001 practice test has 60 questions of our own across the four subtests of Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects, in the proportions of the ETS outline. It is unofficial and not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by ETS.
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What the test covers
Test 5001 is four subtests, by the Study Companion read October 9, 2026: Reading and Language Arts (5002), Mathematics (5003), Social Studies (5004) and Science (5005). This bank holds 20, 12, 15 and 13 questions, close to each subtest's share of the real test.
Timing
Exam mode asks all 60 questions in 67 minutes, the overall pace of the real test. On the real test each subtest has a clock of its own.
Where the answers come from
Each explanation names the public page its fact was read on: the Common Core standards, the National Archives, NOAA, NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey and others. Every mathematics answer is recomputed. The personal health topics of the science subtest are left out.
ETS provides an on-screen scientific calculator for the mathematics and science subtests.
The real mathematics subtest also has numeric-entry questions. Here every question has four choices and one right answer.
Questions and answers
Is this Praxis II practice test 5001 the real exam?
No. All 60 questions were written for this site from the ETS content topics for test 5001. None repeats or rewords a real test question or an ETS sample question, and a result here does not forecast a real score.
How many questions are on the Praxis 5001?
About 245: 80 in 90 minutes for reading and language arts, 50 in 65 for mathematics, 60 in 60 for social studies and 55 in 60 for science. ETS says some questions may not count toward your score.
What does this 5001 Praxis practice test cover?
The subjects themselves, at the level an elementary teacher needs: phonics terms, grammar, fractions, equations, founding documents, geography, rocks, cells and forces. Praxis 5017 is the test that asks how those subjects are taught.
What score do I need to pass Praxis 5001?
ETS sets no passing score. Your state or licensing agency sets a qualifying score, so look up its requirement before test day. The result here is the number right, with no verdict.