Hello everyone this video is about Duolingo English test speaking practice
and I have particularly focused on the Duolingo English test cue card questions.
Here is some information about how they are set in the exam so the cue card questions
have 30 seconds preparation time and that means that they will be on the screen for 30 seconds and
you will be able to read them and decide how to answer them and then you will get one minute and
30 seconds to speak the answer to those questions these questions are repeated around three times in
a test there are two tasks with written prompts you will see the question written on the screen
there will be one main topic and after that there will be cues for you to follow to answer that
questions and the queues will be in the format of questions so for example if they say talk
about a hobby or activity that you enjoy doing so the prompts will be what is it how long have
you been doing it how do you do it with why is it important to you with the queues it will be easy
for you to answer the main question one question will be with listening prompt so a question will
be spoken to you and you will answer it in this type of question you need to listen carefully
you can play the question three times remember the cues and answer the question accordingly
this is how it looked like once you get the real question there is a question and then there are
parts of that questions or the prompts or cues on the next slides i have compiled some tips for the
Duolingo speaking exams there are some sample questions and answers for the speaking test
the ideas given in the video can also be used for questions for writing Duolingo english tests
if you get the same kind of questions for your writing you can use the same material,
the same ideas for your writing tasks now let's see the questions and their answers
for the speaking test the first question is talk about a time when you have visited a crowded place
please say what the place was why when you went there with whom you went there
and whether or not you enjoyed your visit so my sample answer for this question is
one place that i can remember is the crescent view market i went there to
buy some books with a couple of my friends who also needed books for that next academic year
i was bewildered to see how overcrowded it was even at the starting hours of the day
also some people were queued up outside the shops making the shopping efforts seem more difficult
i would say that the trip was not enjoyable at
the beginning as the bookstores and other shops were too noisy and cramped and there was hardly
any place to walk but we kept walking making our way through the crowd soon we got to a shop
which was comparatively less busy some efficient salesmen quickly took the orders and completed
them finally when we got out of the market we felt so relieved it was still midday so we stopped by
restaurant to enjoy some lunch in the end it turned out into an enjoyable experience when we
got the books we needed and had a sumptuous lunch in our favorite restaurant this is one example
of how you can answer this question you can name any place i have just chosen a marketplace
where i went to buy books but you can choose any other place like an airport maybe a bus station
a park wherever you see crowd i believe we all have experience of being in a crowded place so
we can all share our own experiences so now let's move on to the next question
the next question is talk about something you bought that was difficult to use at first
please say what is it when did you buy it what does it do why was it difficult to
use for the first time i have given here an example of a coffee machine but you can use
anything you found difficult to use at first now let's see the sample answer for this question
one thing that i can mention is the coffee machine i bought recently before it i used
to buy a coffee from a coffee shop therefore i didn't feel the need to buy a coffee machine
but lately things have changed it has started getting cold outside and it's better to have
a machine like this to make hard drinks at home so briefly speaking it brews coffee
you put the grains of coffee in a filter in the machine and the water starts boiling as the water
boils it forms air bubbles that push themselves up through a tube towards the coffee filter
as a result the hot coffee starts dripping it works on a simple scientific principle
but the main thing why i found it hard to operate was its menu there were many buttons
that i couldn't understand at first i read through its manual before i could understand
which button to press to start the machine and how to insert the coffee pods or filter in the machine
now that i have used it for some time it's not weird to me anymore if you find this kind
of uncertificate you can omit some details and add your own or you can choose any other
thing you found hard to work with at first this is just one example like i already said
okay so the next question is talk about a movie you watched that you liked please say
what was the movie why did you like it would you recommend it to a friend these questions
can have a lot of different answers right because there are a lot of movies and we all have
different likes and dislikes in movies so you can write your own answer for this but this answer is
just to give you an idea okay so the answer is i have no ultimate favorites in movies i
mostly like action and adventure movies one movie that i would like to talk about as my answer is
titanic i believe most of us like this movie it's based on the historical event of
the sinking of the titanic that was the biggest industrial masterpiece of the century
the movie opens with the elite and economy class passengers boarding the ship the hero
and heroine of the movie are introduced in the opening scenes of the movie the love story is
hard touching as is the tragic fate of hundreds of passengers who lost their lives in their tragedy
i like the movie as it is an actual event from history also a lot of hard work can be
seen in reproducing the exact same ship and its interior to me it is amazing and spellbinding
when i watched the movie i felt as if i was transported to the year 1912
when that i tank sank i would totally recommend it to a friend if she has not already seen it
uh it shouldn't be missed let's move on to the next topic which is talk about a goal that you
set up for yourself and how you achieved it please say what was the goal what did you do
to achieve it what was the hardest part for you so you need to follow all those cues to answer your
question again we all have different goals in life and you can mention whatever goals
you have or if you had a goal and how you achieved it this is just an example over here
so let's read it well i believe in setting goals and then working towards them as best as you can
if i speak about one goal that i set for myself that would be focusing on my studies
and eliminating distractions from my life i'm sure most of us are prone to waste our time because of
social media these days i realized that if i'm not using social media to promote my business or learn
a skill it's only a wastage of time so i work towards cutting down my time spent on social media
applications i deactivated my facebook account to see how much time i can save for not using it
i reduced time on other platforms as well the hardest part in the process was to change
the habit of turning off and on towards social media while studying but soon i got the results
as expected i started performing better in my studies i was always well prepared
for my class and the class tests i believe social media can be used for entertainment
but not at the cost of your studies or quality time with your family or friends okay so
here is another question and we can all talk about it from our own experience i have used the example
of a computer you can use an example like a piece of furniture clothes in your wardrobe your shoes
their decoration in your room you can just use any example from your own life so let's
read this question talk about a thing that you would like to replace please say what is it why
do you want to replace it what will you replace it with replacing means changing one thing with
another so my example over here is a computer or laptop so let's speak up the answer one thing i
would like to change is my computer i'm a big fan of this computer since i have it for almost
10 years and i have used it for my studies and fun but the reason i want to change it is that it is
comparatively an old version of laptop technology it is quite heavy and not very ideal while
traveling sometimes it also slows down and makes it troublesome while working besides it's missing
many features that i need to finish my projects at work and study besides all this i also believe
that the latest technology keeps you well informed and challenged about things that is why you plan
to replace it with another laptop maybe an apple macbook i'm sure it's very lightweight as well as
comes with the latest features so hopefully i will change my laptop as soon as i have enough money
here is the revision of some tips number one speak naturally as if you're talking to a real person
practice speaking before exam write your answers and practice speaking them time your answers
note how much time you can speak about a given topic find different questions
for the real english speaking and writing tasks and practice writing answers to them
then you can get ideas about simple everyday topics as the questions are usually about everyday
life experiences as you must have noticed all the topics included in this video are the topics
that we can relate to our everyday life and as we discussed before we can all answer it in different
ways according to our own life experience so that was about it this is the end of the video
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