hello everyone this lesson is about the Duolingo English Test Type the Missing Letters.
I have included examples from the recent practice tests and in the next slide I will
be giving you some tips and suggestions on how to complete this question so let's start
Type the missing letter question test your knowledge and comprehension of the written text.
So my first point is that for a good comprehension of the text you should be in a habit of reading
English newspapers or stories etc if you read more you will be quick to understand how to fill out
the missing parts of the paragraph. My second point or tip is,..always focus on the theme or
topic of the paragraph or if you are focusing on the theme or the topic of the paragraph it
will be easier for you to guess the vocabulary that is related to that topic. For example,
if the theme is computer technology you might come across words like hard disk software
or programming etc. Next, you need to focus on the use of tense in the paragraph
by which I mean that if you read the paragraph for a couple of times you will know that it is written
in present tense, past tense or future tense. Is it talking about something that has just happened
or something that happened long ago or something that is happening now. That way you will be able
to use the verbs in their correct form. My next point is, notice if the missing word is in the
place of a verb, adjective or helping word preposition etc. It's also really important
to know and I can explain that more when we do our examples tips and suggestions I just discussed are
in more detail in some of my other videos on the same topic. So if you want to take a look,
the link is in the description box. so let's move on to our first example
Type the missing letters to complete the text below example number one.
Let's first read the first and last sentence of the paragraph joanne joe rowling on 31st july 1965
is the british dash who dashed the harry potter dash. The last sentence is rowling
is the richest author in the world. So over here we are talking about an author
or the writer and we are talking about the book Harry potter
Answer to the first blank is in the text we can find that answer in the last sentence
we just need to add hor in the first black and it will become author and it will make sense
in the next few sentences we are discussing the life and history of that author so we can use
the past tense in those sentences and we can say who wrote the harry potter dash
harry potter is a book series as we all know so we can enter books the next sentence is she dash
the dash jk rowling dash she is the subject and after the subject we need to use the verb
so since the paragraph is in past tense we will be using the second form of use
and that is used the next word is name which is a noun as well as an object of the sentence
for the next blank we can see that the word is either professional or professionally
so the word professionally makes sense in this sentence and it also fits in the blank
next sentence is the k stands dash kathleen here we need a preposition which is for
there is further explanation of this name as we say which was her mother's first name the word
can be where which whose but which fits in here next plank will be her and mother so it can be
either his or her so since we are talking about a lady so it's going to be her grandmother dash
name again f i r s t first name type the missing letters to complete the text below example two
let's read the first and last sentence the phones for you arena seats over 21 000 and is the largest
indoor arena dash europe the last sentence the sports ground in the country also hosts large
pop concerts there is also another keyword in the second sentence and which is international venue
now we can see that the passages about the sports ground and about hosting concerts
and about the seating capacity of the indoor arena and so on so so let's start filling out the blacks
The answer to the first blank is simple the phones for your arena seats over 21 000
and is the largest indoor arena dash europe
in the first blank we'll put in because this is the preposition and this is what we need before
europe the preposition will show that the arena is located in europe it has been voted
international venue of the year and for 70 years was the most popular venue in the world
in the first part of this sentence we have used has because before being we need to use has have
or had since the paragraph starts with the present tense we can also put the present form of has I
have in the first sentence the third blank of the passage is a little bit tricky but it's voted that
we can put in here and it will make sense before here we can put the end later and for 70 years
because we need to put the number of years before the word years so we put 70. we have used was
in the next black because we are talking about the history of that arena the word popular in the next
part of the sentence is an adjective so we need a noun after that and before that we can use most
type the missing letters to complete the text below let's read the first and the last sentence
once again many people have depression although more women than men are diagnosed with depression
it is the most common mental illness for both men and women
now we know that the paragraph is about depression and it's a mental illness and
it's and the paragraph is about some facts and information about depression
so this is how we will fill this out many people have depression it is the most common form of
disability in the word the paragraph is in the present tense so we will use is and then the most
common the word form is a noun and before that we are using most common which is adjective we
have been given half of the word in this next blank which is this abe and it's most probably
disability in the word depression dash most often now the word depression is the subject of this
sentence so after the subject we need a verb so we will write the first form of verb which is happens
most dash most often in people between the ages of 13-60 so it's going to be 13 and 60
years type the missing letters to complete the text below example 4. during may of 1816
mary and her future husband percy bestie shelley traveled lake geneva 2-summer okay let's
take a look at the last sentence at the same time mary was inspired to write her classic work
there are other key words in the passage as well like poet lord byron english literature
summer hymn child intellectual beauty and mont blanc so the passage is about
the poets their pieces of poetry
and there is some information about the events in their lives so let's start filling this out
during may of 1816 Mary and her future husband Percy bypssy shally traveled to lake geneva
to spend summer in the first blank we will put two because this is a preposition and this is
what we need to connect the word traveled to to the word lake geneva which is the place
after that we have to spend and it is a very important thing to remember that when
we have a verb after the word to it is always the first form for example over here we have to spend
but whenever we have a verb after two you will notice that it is always in the first form of
work to walk to run to spend to take all those verbs take their first form let's move on to
the second part of the sentence the blank is n e and we can put e r here to make it near near the
famous poet lord byron now the sentence makes a complete sentence which means that mary and
her future husband went to lake genoa to spend their summer near the famous poet lord byron
so half of the words are done for us and we can easily guess that the second word is famous the
next sentence is in dash of english literature it dash a great summer so what puts in here is
in terms of english literature it was percy began work of again the second form of verb him
to intellectual beauty and want black at the same time mary was inspired to write her classic works
type the missing letters to complete the text below example 5. the fourth sentence is
pirate had placed two chairs in front of the open window with dash a dash view dash the dash street
the last sentence it was going to be a hot day from both of these sentences we can see that the
paragraph is in the past tense there are words to be filled out before nouns so most probably
they are the adjectives so let's see how we can fill out the blanks in this paragraph
Piorot had placed two chairs in front of the open window which had a clear view of the village as it
is clear from the first sentence that the passage has been taken from a story or and we are reading
about an event that has already happened so we will be using past tense in the passage
that is the reason why we are putting had in the second black next we have used the adjective clear
because after that we have a noun so it becomes a clear view next is off which is a preposition
and then village street so we have the clue to the word v-i-l-l village street
the next blank is before unknown so there's an adjective we will put the fresh air
blue in blue is the second form of the word blue the next one is is towards warm and pleasant
it was going to be a hot day the whole paragraph is in the past and since it's the part of a story
the missing letters to complete the text below example number six
physical exercise is recommended for management of mild depression and has a moderate dash on dash
the last sentence in older people it does appear to decrease depression from the first and last
sentence of the passage we know that the paragraph is about some facts and information about
physical exercise and depression other keywords are like mild depression therapies
older people and decreased depression so it's going to be about the physical
well-being of a person so let's see how we can complete the information in this paragraph
physical exercise is recommended for management of mild depression and has a moderate effect on
symptoms since we are talking about the management of mild depression we can use words like effect
or symptoms because this is vocabulary which is related to the health related topics
the next sentence is it is equivalent to the use of medications
again medications is a perfect fit here because it is related to the issues of health
and in the next plaque we can type in psychological because psychological therapies or
medications are related to the treatment of depression
and then we have four for the next plaque and most so let's read the second sentence once again
it is equivalent to the use of medications or psychological therapies for the
for most people the last sentence in older people it does appear to decrease depression
now all of this paragraph makes sense after we have typed in all the missing
letters
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