2025 AP English Language and AP English Literature Updates

AP English Literature and Composition Premium, 2025 and AP English Language and Composition Premium, 2025

Since the publication of the aforementioned titles, the College Board has announced a change for the May 2025 exams: multiple-choice questions will now feature four answer choices instead of five.

Barron’s AP English guides currently offer practice for multiple-choice questions with five answer choices. It’s important to us to provide students with resources for back-to-school, so to accommodate this format change, all practice tests in the books will be updated online to reflect the new four-answer choice format. 

Barron’s AP English Language and Composition and AP English Literature and Composition remain invaluable resources, providing comprehensive subject review and practice. See below for more detailed notes regarding this update.

• Fully updated chapters on multiple-choice strategies and test format are now available to download: AP English Language 2025 - Chapter 1 and AP English Literature 2025 - Chapter 2.
• 8 fully updated Practice Tests for each exam, aligned to the new format, are available now on Barron’s Online Learning hub.