English Placement Test
The English Placement Test (EPT) is ONLY for students who achieved a C in English 12.
This writing test evaluates your English competency and your results determine what university-level English course you should be placed in.
The EPT is not the only test that meets the university English requirement. You may choose the Accuplacer test instead.
A forty dollar ($40.00) fee is payable at the time of test registration. Testing fees are non-refundable.
If you choose to book an EPT before your transcript is evaluated by admissions, but then discover you don't need it, there is no refund.
Registration and payment can be done online at www.kpu.ca/testing
You should take the EPT test at least 4-6 weeks before registration starts for a new semester. Please note that you may need additional assessment, which could delay registration until the following semester.
This test can only be taken once per semester. This test will give you a course placement or recommend upgrading needed.
For more information on the test format check out our EPT information sheet.
The results of your assessment is available to be viewed online 5-8 business days after your exam.
Check your ‘STUDENT PROFILE’ to view your test results:
- Go to: https://one.kpu.ca
- Click: ‘Online Self Service’ or ‘OSS’ (If it does not appear on the homepage, type in OSS on the Search line at the top of the page)
- Enter your KPU Student Number and Password. Click: Login
- Click: Student Menu
- Click: Student Profile
- Click: Prior Education (on the left of the page)
- Your Test Score(s) will be listed below the header ‘Testing’
***If you have been placed in ENGL 1100 you may book an appointment with Central Advising to discuss registration and course selection: http://www.kpu.ca/advising/advisor-connect.
***If you have been referred to English Upgrading for Prepatory Studies, you should speak to an ACP Advisor about your course placement: http://www.kpu.ca/acp/advising
You can find out more about how to view your test scores here.
Sample Test
Due to copyright issues, we are no longer able to post a sample of the EPT test.
Part I: Prose Passage Summary
Students are asked to read a short prose passage and to summarize its main points in a paragraph of (125-150) words.
Part II: Essay Response
Students are asked to write a well-developed essay of approximately three hundred (300) words on one of two (2) possible topics.
These topics are related to the subject of the prose passage.
The types of errors you made in the placement test are indicated in the list below.
- accuracy of summary
- essay structure
- essay content
- agreement
- modifier problems
- pronoun reference
- run on, comma splice
- fragments
- parallel structure
- sentence structure
- punctuation
- spelling
- idiom (word usage)
- diction (word choice)
- verb tense
- verb form
- prepositions
- articles
- singular & plural forms
- word form
- other