Sample Questions & Scoring Guidelines
The goal of the AP Spanish Language Exam is to evaluate how well students understand written and spoken Spanish, and their ability to speak and write in correct and idiomatic Spanish. With the exception of directions, Spanish is used exclusively both in the exam materials and in the 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 Spanish Course Description (.pdf/2.8MB)
Free-Response Questions
2011 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/1.9MB)
2011 Audio Prompts
2011 Form B Free-Response Questions (.pdf/1.7MB)
2011 Form B Audio Prompts
2010 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/697K)
2010 Audio Prompts
2010 Form B Free-Response Questions (.pdf/758K)
2010 Form B Audio Prompts
2009 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/2.1MB)
2009 Audio Prompts
2009 Form B Free-Response Questions (.pdf/1.7MB)
2009 Form B Audio Prompts
2008 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/718K)
2008 Audio Prompts
2008 Form B Free-Response Questions (.pdf/510K)
2008 Form B Audio Prompts
2007 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/839K)
2007 Audio Prompts
2007 Student Speaking Samples
2007 Form B Free-Response Questions (.pdf/690K)
2007 Form B Audio Prompts
2007 Form B Student Speaking Samples
Scoring Guidelines
2011 Scoring Guidelines: Writing and Speaking (.pdf/153K)
2011 Form B Scoring Guidelines: Writing and Speaking (.pdf/134K)
2010 Scoring Guidelines: Writing and Speaking (.pdf/226K)
2010 Form B Scoring Guidelines: Writing and Speaking (.pdf/116K)
2009 Scoring Guidelines: Writing and Speaking (.pdf/115K)
2009 Form B Scoring Guidelines: Writing and Speaking (.pdf/116K)
2008 Scoring Guidelines: Paragraph Completion (.pdf/71K)
2008 Form B Scoring Guidelines: Paragraph Completion (.pdf/76K)
2008 Scoring Guidelines: Writing and Speaking (.pdf/117K)
2008 Form B Scoring Guidelines: Writing and Speaking (.pdf/130K)
2007 Scoring Guidelines: Writing and Speaking (.pdf/112K)
2007 Form B Scoring Guidelines: Writing and Speaking (.pdf/127K)
