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WACE English as an Additional Language or Dialect Practice Exams with Worked Solutions

20 full-length papers · worked solutions for every question

The 20 practice exams inside the WACE English as an Additional Language or Dialect Mastery Pack, each set out like the real paper with a separate worked-solution guide. Open any paper to see what it covers.

  1. Practice Exam 1153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • community radio
    • surf safety for new arrivals
    • food gardens and belonging
    • speech: belonging
    • essay: language that empowers
    • Section One: lecture and interview (ORIGINAL transcripts)
    • Section Two: article, interview transcript and constructed table
  2. Practice Exam 2153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • regional migration
    • study and part-time work
    • screen time
    • speech: friendship across cultures
    • essay: stereotypes
    • Section One: news report and student conversation (ORIGINAL transcripts)
    • Section Two: article, podcast transcript and constructed bar graph
  3. Practice Exam 3153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • seasonal calendars
    • multilingual storytime
    • heritage languages
    • speech: Aboriginal knowledge of Country
    • essay: language and identity
    • Section One: lecture and interview (ORIGINAL transcripts)
    • Section Two: article, personal narrative and constructed line graph
  4. Practice Exam 4153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • women's sport
    • overseas-trained nurse
    • gender equality
    • speech: respectful language online
    • essay: perspectives on an issue
    • Section One: speech and interview (ORIGINAL transcripts)
    • Section Two: report extract, opinion piece and constructed table
  5. Practice Exam 5153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • food waste
    • tool library
    • sustainable consumption
    • speech: consumer habits
    • essay: the power of silence
    • Section One: lecture and radio interview (ORIGINAL transcripts)
    • Section Two: feature article, blog post and constructed pie chart
  6. Practice Exam 6153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • citizenship ceremony
    • grandparent memories
    • grandparents as cultural teachers
    • speech: welcoming new citizens
    • essay: generational attitudes
    • Australian citizenship pledge
    • heritage language at home
  7. Practice Exam 7153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • bilingual brain
    • hospital interpreter
    • access to services
    • speech: pride in an accent
    • essay: marginalisation
    • code-switching
    • ad hoc interpreters
  8. Practice Exam 8153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • refugee day of action
    • refugee youth soccer
    • regional settlement
    • speech: welcoming classmates
    • essay: changing attitudes
    • barriers to joining sport
    • media framing of refugees
  9. Practice Exam 9153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • Australian slang
    • humour across cultures
    • Australian English
    • speech: expressions
    • essay: bridging differences
    • ironic nicknames and understatement
    • ethnocultural accents
  10. Practice Exam 10153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • bushfire preparation
    • drought adaptation
    • rural climate
    • speech: shared places
    • essay: environment attitudes
    • cultural burning
    • reporting on the bush
  11. Practice Exam 11153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • reconciliation
    • Noongar language teacher
    • dual naming
    • speech: preserving languages
    • essay: language loss
    • Listening: lecture on the Stolen Generations and the 2008 apology; interview with a Noongar language teacher
    • Reading and viewing: dual place naming in a fictional coastal shire
  12. Practice Exam 12153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • algorithms
    • online pressure
    • social media wellbeing
    • speech: influencer persuasion
    • essay: manipulation
    • Listening: a tech educator explains recommendation feeds; a student talks to a school counsellor
    • Reading and viewing: screen time, sleep and mood across age groups
  13. Practice Exam 13153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • Asia engagement
    • migrant employment
    • international students
    • speech: advocacy
    • essay: finding a voice
    • Listening: university lecture on study and trade links with Asia; interview with a Fremantle café owner
    • Reading and viewing: international students' first year in Perth
  14. Practice Exam 14153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • religious dress ruling
    • community mediation
    • rights and cultural practice
    • speech: rights and community
    • essay: reinforcing attitudes
    • Listening: constructed news report on a tribunal decision about a headscarf at work; interview with a neighbourhood mediator
    • Reading and viewing: cultural practices, sport and the rules of public life
  15. Practice Exam 15153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • accessible design
    • Auslan interpreting
    • disability inclusion
    • speech: language and impairment
    • essay: inclusion
    • Listening: TAFE lecture on universal design and the kerb-ramp effect; interview with an Auslan interpreter
    • Reading and viewing: disability, everyday barriers and inclusive language
  16. Practice Exam 16153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • First Nations tourism
    • working holidays
    • cultural respect in tourism
    • speech: respecting Country
    • essay: representing a place
  17. Practice Exam 17153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • multicultural broadcasting
    • writing in a second language
    • diverse stories
    • speech: diverse stories
    • essay: point of view
  18. Practice Exam 18153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • heatwave warning
    • health literacy
    • multilingual health information
    • speech: plain English
    • essay: barrier or bridge
  19. Practice Exam 19153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • school canteens
    • homework club
    • after-school belonging
    • speech: balancing culture
    • essay: growing up between cultures
  20. Practice Exam 20153 marks · 22 questions · 4 sections
    • compulsory voting
    • first-time voter
    • civic participation
    • speech: youth multilingual radio
    • essay: rhetorical devices
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