Hello everyone, In this video tutorial I will be sharing my own Duolingo test
results and the tips I applied to get a good score.
The tips I'm sharing here are according to each question type.
Over here you can see my Duolingo test score which is 135 out of 160.
There is a screenshot of my subscores as well.
I would like to remind you once again that Duolingo is an adaptive test.
That means that if you are getting your answers right,
it will give you harder questions. Also its question types are repetitive and
they can appear in any order. Now let's move on to the question types
and the tips to complete each one.
The first repetitive question is "record yourself saying the statement".My tip for this
is start recording as soon as you are able to read it.
You only have 20 seconds. Sometimes the statements can be even longer than that
so better not lose time. The next question type which is also repetitive
is about listening and writing. The question is
"Type the statement that you hear".You can listen to the statement three times
and you have one minute to write it down. My suggestion to you is to write it down
the first time you listen to it and write as much as you can get correct
and then you listen to it for the second time and then complete the rest of the
sentence. Now listen to the sentence for the third
time and then correct any mistakes like any missing words or errors in the
punctuation. In my opinion, this is the best way to do
this type of question. This is how I did it in my own exam
Moving on to the next question type; this question type is the easiest and
simplest of all other questions. You will see a series of
pictures one after another and each picture will
stay there for three seconds and within those three
seconds you will have to utter its name. So as the question says,
speak the English word for each image as it appears, so you will have
three seconds to say its name. The images are very
common things we see all around us every day for example, it
can be an image of a book ,a pencil, a table,
some kind of fruit, some animal, and so on. This is a kind of really easy question
and you can hope to get full marks in this question. There are
few repetitive writing tasks in the test for example
take a look at this question,"Describe the town
where you live" You have 5 minutes to write the answer to this question
and you need to write at least 50 words. My tip for scoring high in this task is
to write more than 80 words you can write 100 words
or more if you have a good typing speed but if you don't you need to practice
more.You will also be able to see the word count
as you type your answer but make sure there are no mistakes in spelling
grammar or punctuation. If you have more questions about what
are examples of a good answer I will be posting a separate video on that too
if you believe you have done some mistakes like spelling mistakes or
punctuation mistakes while writing your answer then you
should go back and check that too and just
make sure you have enough time to do that.
Just don't spend all the time writing. Leave one minute of your time to recheck
your answer. At the end the next question type is, "Select the
real english words in this list" You will get this question at least five
six times in your test. You have one minute and 30 seconds to do
this question. Click the tick if you are sure it is an
English word. If you are not sure you can come back
and listen to the words over and over again as long as the timer
lasts. There is no extra credit for skipping
questions fast, so use all your time for each question.
The next question type is similar to the previous question type
but in this question type you will see some
written words on the screen and then you will have to click on them
in order to select them as real English words.
I would strongly recommend you to check the dictionary
to see the meaning of unfamiliar words while you are doing your practice test.
On the Duolingo English website find if they are real English words in
an authentic dictionary like Oxford Dictionaries Online.
You might find a word when you google it but it might be a word from another
language. In my case, I checked some words and
a couple of them were repeated in the real test. Sometimes
some words in this exercise appear to be correct
but if you look closely they will be missing a letter.
So make sure the spellings of the words are absolutely
correct. "Type the missing letters".Type the missing letters
to complete the text below this question type is an important one and it is also
repetitive you will get it like five six times at least in your
test. So here are my tips to do with this
question type. Number one: the clues for the missing
letters are in their text so there should be clues of missing
letters sometimes they are in the first sentence sometimes they are in the last
sentence. so you need to understand the context in
which it is written, this is the second thing. You can get an
idea from the keywords in the first and last sentence whether the passages about
history, computer, technology, agriculture,
science and so on. Another important thing is to note
whether the missing words are in the place of a connector,
helping verb, verb or an adverb and you will be able to find that when
you see the words before or after the missing word. Another
important tip: Fill in what you're sure about first
and then complete the rest. For example, if you don't get the first
missing word in the passage just skip it and just go
to the next do what you find is easier and then you
can come back to your missing words again.
I will be posting a separate video about typing the missing letter tips with
some example passages so stay tuned.
The next question type is " Describe the image" You have one minute for this
you will see an image and you will describe it in one or more sentences.
I would recommend you to make a template of the starting
sentence. Once you have the template in place
then you don't have to worry how to start the picture description
You also need to write at least three sentences.
Make sure each sentence you write is complete
with correct spelling grammar and correct punctuation.
If you go back to correct something, then you will lose time.
Also, don't go back to give it a better start.
A couple of times I started a fourth sentence but then I had to erase the
words because I knew I won't be able to complete the fourth sentence so
just keep an eye on the timer. Also download some pictures from
pixels.com or pixabay.com and practice writing about them you can also
watch my video on Duolingo picture description
for sample answers so let's move on to the next question
type which is a cue card question. so the question says speak your answer
to the question below talk about a hobby or activity that you
enjoy doing what is it how long have you been
doing it who do you do it with why is it
important to you so you have to answer it in the same
order as the questions.
The time is one to three minutes. Some questions they ask you to
speak for 30 seconds but you don't do it you speak for at least two minutes to
get a good score. Try to use good vocabulary and sentence
structure. I will be posting more examples for a good answer for the cue
card questions in my upcoming videos so stay tuned.
At the end of your test you would get two questions which are not graded
but the answers to those questions are available for the college or university
you're applying to so you need to do your best
while you're answering those questions. These are called the ungraded interview
and writing samples. so let's see what it is.Okay, here we
have the ungraded speaking task. The question
says choose one topic to talk about for one to three minutes, topic number one
and topic number two. You will see a 30-second timer on the
top of those questions. If you don't choose your topic within
those 30 seconds then the system will choose it for you automatically.
So the questions are describe the last time you enjoyed being out
in nature? Do you think people should spend more time
outdoors? How would this affect people's quality of life
question number two... What is one thing you
like about your personality? How has this quality helped you succeed or be a good
friend to others? Is this a quality that everyone should
have? When you click start you will find the
same question you selected on the next page and then
you will be able to speak about it for one to three minutes. The
same kind of question is the writing task. The same way you get
two questions and you get 30 seconds to choose your
topic and then when you click start then you
will find the same topic on the next page and
then you will be able to write about it. As I suggested already you need to
take as much time as you have been assigned
to complete your answer. Don't panic, don't skip
questions and make sure you just go back and
check your answer and leave like few seconds for that especially in your
writing task because in your speaking you can't do so but in your writing
tasks you can leave a few seconds or even a minute to
recheck your answer. So those were my tips for completing
each type of question in the Duolingo English test.
So what to expect next once you finish your test this
test will start uploading it will show us
progress bar.Then you will come across a feedback quiz at the end
and you can do the feedback quiz while you
are just waiting for your test to upload. The last screen will show you that your
test is uploaded or finished successfully and your results
will be sent to you in the email you provided in two days.
This is the end of my tutorial about the tips
for each question type in the Duolingo English test
according to my own experience. Hope you have learned from this video.
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