Sample Questions & Scoring Guidelines
The goal of the AP French Language Exam is to evaluate how well students understand written and spoken French, and their ability to respond in correct and idiomatic French. With the exception of directions, French is used exclusively in the exam materials and in student responses. Use of dictionaries or other reference works during the exam is not permitted.
You can find additional free-response questions and scoring guidelines on AP Central, along with grade distributions and examples of actual students' responses and commentary that explains why the responses received the scores they did.
Multiple-Choice Questions
For sample multiple-choice questions, refer to the Course Description.
AP French Course Description (.pdf/1.71 MB)
Free-Response Questions
2009 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/1.3MB)
2009 Audio Prompts
2009 Form B Free-Response Questions (.pdf/635K)
2009 Form B Audio Prompts
2008 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/845K)
2008 Audio Prompts
2008 Form B Free-Response Questions (.pdf/576K)
2008 Form B Audio Prompts
2007 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/645K)
2007 Audio Prompts
2007 Student Speaking Samples
2007 Form B Free-Response Questions (.pdf/511K)
2007 Form B Audio Prompts
2007 Form B Student Speaking Samples
2006 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/186K)
2006 Form B Free-Response Questions (.pdf/241K)
2005 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/428K)
2005 Form B Free-Response Questions (.pdf/395K)
2004 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/367K)
2004 Form B Free-Response Questions (.pdf/481K)
2003 Questions (.pdf/282K)
2002 Questions (.pdf/894K)
Scoring Guidelines
2009 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/68K)
2009 Form B Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/55K)
2008 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/86K)
2008 Form B Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/86K)
2007 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/112K)
2007 Form B Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/139K)
2006 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/116K)
2006 Form B Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/117K)
2005 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/104K)
2005 Form B Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/105K)
2004 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/77K)
2004 Form B Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/75K)
