Hello everyone and welcome! This video is about the Duolingo English test speaking topics.
I'll be covering some real questions from the recent exams and of course there will be sample
answers with each question before starting with the questions and answers i'll briefly talk about
the kinds of questions or the topics that you get in your Duolingo English test so let's begin
Just to get a brief overview of the speaking question types there are five kinds of speaking
prompts first is reading aloud so you see a statement in front of you and you read it aloud
in another question type you speak about a photo that you see the third type is read and speak
you're given a cue card you read the cue card and follow the queues to answer the question
another question type is listen and speak so you listen to a question
and you speak the answer to that question the last part is ungraded interview part
so the question is written in front of you and you speak the answer to that question
i have covered a lot of information on speaking question types in my other videos on the same
topic you can watch those videos and prepare for your Duolingo English test speaking in particular
now i will talk about the topics that you might get in your delinquent english test speaking
the first thing to introduce about speaking topics is that they're quite uncommon the english english
test has a wide variety of topics and you will know in a second so if the category is food you
can be asked what is your favorite food or the food you found weird the food you'll dislike the
most or one time when you had to eat the worst food another question can be any foreign food
that you ate or the food recipes you know they can even ask you about your cooking experience
so what i mean to say is if the category is food you can be asked a wide variety of questions
under the same category it cannot be as simple as your favorite food or your favorite recipe or
the similar well-known topics one food related topic that a student got was what is your least
favorite food and what would you do if you were given a lot of money to eat that food for a week
so this is a kind of uncommon question there is no right or wrong answer for this you can say well if
it's a lot of money then yeah maybe i'll consider eating that kind of food but you can also say that
you won't eat that food at any cost no matter how much money is paid to you so keep that thing
in mind some Duolingo English test speaking topics are health related for example how important it is
to take exercise or walk or how meditation helps you to improve mental health or what is your idea
of a healthy person in the same way you can be asked what facilities your government provides
to a disabled person or what are governments may use to improve health facilities in your country
when it comes to education you might be asked who should be eligible to get higher education
or should education be free to all or who should select the subjects for the students
or the career path for the students should that be students themselves or their parents another
question that some students got was that should the students be learning more than one language
at school level or should they be learning another language besides their native language
the next category is religion and culture and the question related to religion or culture can be
similarities and dissimilarities between two cultures or religions
or what is the culture in your country or the place you live in one variation can be described
unique features of one culture that you like are the unique cultural aspects of your own country
next we have the social topics so i'll quickly read through these examples
what are the government's measures to improve poverty in your country why people like to
go abroad how does overpopulation affects a country's economy why people think money is
important do you think riches corrupts a person how important is family system in your country
your views on the issue of bullying and negative and positive aspects of using social media
etc these are just few examples of questions that the students have got recently in their exams
one last category that i am going to discuss here is personal experiences and there were
a lot of questions related to this category the questions in this category are a lot simpler than
the other categories because to answer these questions you can get information from your
own personal experiences the question can be your favourite piece of clothing your favourite teacher
the place you want to visit a person that has inspired you your favourite person from history
the sports you like least or best time when someone surprised you or a time when
someone was treated unfairly a time when you got late from work or an advice to your younger self a
personal quality that you like most of these questions are shared by different students
and they provide you a guideline on how to prepare your test
this is the list of questions for speaking tasks i will discuss the first three questions in this
list and provide sample answers for them in this video and then we'll cover the next four questions
in the second part of this video remember to watch the second part of this video lesson which will be
uploaded by the weekend now let's take a look at question number one and it's sample answer
for listen and speak question types you can speak for a minimum of 30 seconds or a maximum
of one minute and 30 seconds or one and a half minute over here i have written down this question
for you but mainly you will be listening to it you can play the question three times and it will play
like this what does the home mean to you besides simply being the building you live in the second
and the third time you will listen to the same recording and then while you answer you won't be
able to get back to it you will need to rely on your memory on what you have heard so listen to
the question attentively for the first second and third time so that you can remember it while you
answer it now this question does not have many parts you can simply talk about why a home is
different from any other building or place let's see how we can express our feelings about our home
to me home is not simply a place where i reside it is much more than that in fact it's not the
name of a place it is the name of a feeling and that feeling is safety security love and comfort
that is because home is where i share my life with my loved ones or my family
this is the only place in the world where i find rest comfort and peace
because of my caring parents and siblings i would also add that the image of a home
is closely related to the image of a loving family the idea of form is incomplete without a loving
family and i feel blessed that way because i have a loving family who cares for my needs
and gives me confidence to deal with the challenges of the outside world
also i know that not just me everybody would agree that home is where we all genuinely belong at all
other places we feel lost and displeased i also feel that my home is my rock solid foundation it
is where i have nurtured strong relationships and gained life experiences that molded my personality
it is an essential part of my heart and mind i would say
so it is correctly said that home is where the heart is so definitely by no means a home should
be called a place or just a building because it's my identity it's my refuge and it's in fact it's
my whole world that was the script of my answer so you may feel that this answer is full of well
organized ideas and that is true i have prepared this answer for you sometimes we cannot express
our ideas in an organized way in our answer and that is fine none of us can be perfect while
answering speaking tasks specially still if you're provided with these sample answers you can write
these ideas in your own words and try to remember them one way of remembering ideas is to write
them down in form of points for example point number one can be home is a place where you find
safety or security number two you find loving relationships or a loving family in your home
number three you feel displaced or lost without a home and so on in case you get a question like
this you can express these ideas in your own words additionally taking a small pause while
answering your question is perfectly normal and it is natural in spoken english but the pause should
not be very long because in that case you will be losing time now let's look at the second question
this one again is a listen and speak question type so you need to speak your answer to the question
you hear i have written this question for you but the question will not be written like this
it will be in an audio form you will be able to play the audio three times and it will play
like this what is an activity that you do for fun has this activity got better with time how
and this question has more than one part and you will need to remember all those parts so you will
name the activity that you do for fun and then you will tell if it has gotten better with time
and how do you think it has gotten better and one thing more before i start with my sample answer
there are many fun activities you can choose from each one of us like to have fun in different ways
some people like to watch movies to have fun some people play games
some people like to have a party with friends some people go for outing so you can even google this
topic and find out different ways to have fun and then you can prepare your answer for this question
but over here i have chosen baking as an activity which i enjoy
and i like having fun with so let's read the answer the fun activity that pops up in my
head is baking i love to bake cakes cookies and pies actually sometimes i bake salty foods like
baked fish chicken or veggies but baking sweet stuff is something i consider more fun
I usually do it with my sister she has a sweet tooth and is always willing to help me
with my baking we make something sweet almost every weekend and have fun trying new recipes
uh here i would like to tell you that I started baking cakes when i was in my early teens
initially it looked like the complex process without modern cake mixers for instance
i remember how long i used to beat the egg whites for a cake recipe it used to
take at least one hour to prepare the batter and then another hour to bake it
now coming to the second part of this question and yes it has definitely got better with time
because I got to know quick recipes for baking i started blending eggs with
other wet ingredients in a blender to save time to my surprise now it was easier to get done with
the batter preparation stage when it comes to the baking stage i will very happily tell you that it
has got better tool now i have a more professional oven that has more advanced baking options
that is why now i enjoy baking more than i used to do in the past and so does my sister of course
now there are a couple of words I have highlighted in green the first expression is a sweet truth
a sweet truth is an expression which means having a great liking for sweet tasting foods
the next highlighted word is initially initially is a common word but it means
in the beginning all right so this was one sample answer for
our question the next one is the cue card question so let's take a look
This is one example of a cue card question we have done a lot of cue card questions up to this
day and you might have seen other videos in which i have discussed the cue card questions in detail
if you haven't watched them yet you can go to my other videos and watch a lot of sample questions
and answers related to the cue guards question type today i'm covering a question about music
i think it's pretty simple and straightforward question let's read it what was the last time
when you listened to music where were you and how was your experience do you prefer listening
to live music or recorded music and why there are three prompts or three queues in this question and
we will answer them in an organized way once again we have 30 seconds minimum to answer the question
or one minute and 30 seconds maximum so let's read the answer to this question
One good thing about this question type is that you will be able to see the question
and the prompts written in front of you while you answer your question so here is the sample answer
well i listen to music almost every other day so the last time would be only yesterday
i was at home and after finishing some school work
i put my headphones on and i started listening to the latest songs by Orients
Since i have always liked their singing and music i enjoyed my time yesterday as usual
and the music was comforting and i almost forgot about how busy and hectic it was in the daytime
and even an hour before when i was finishing a school project to tell you the truth
my focus totally shifted from the things i keep worrying about always like my exams and tests etc
and after i finished listening to the song i felt a boost in my mood and energy like always
if i express my preference for the live or recorded music i would say recorded music because
i would say that it is more accessible than live music you can get all genres of music online all
the time so why waste your money on attending a live concert live music is also enjoyable i agree
and loved by some people of course but i like the recorded music better for another reason
i would admit that i am an introvert kind of person and i enjoy doing my things alone
not in a gathering or in a group so that was pretty much the reasons why i like recorded music
more than the live music that was the end of the sample answer now if you prefer live music better
than the recorded music you can definitely say that in your answer you can say that live music
is more enjoyable you like being part of a lively crowd or you like being in the company of friends
while you listen to music so you can choose what you want to say
all right so i would stop here and i will see you in the next video with the rest of the questions
and their sample answers so stay tuned for part two of this video if you have a comment to make on
this video please write in the comment section if you liked the answers please hit the like button
and i will see you in the next video which is going to be the part two of this video
so thanks for watching see you later bye for now
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