Free Duolingo English Test (DET) Short Section Practice & Tips
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The Official Guide Book puts out some good sample and advice on each of these sections.
Type 1:
You can also see these questions on the readiness section of the official DET site
Logic Prep has a nice run down of the questions 1-5 in its site which they call Adaptive Questions Part 1
First Academy does a pretty good job with question type 1 and keeps it honest. You have to strain your ears sometimes to hear it
England English does a video on the read aloud sentences and I like many of the points raised although it is sometimes a strain to listen to.
Hurray has a few good pointers, nothing brilliant, but may be useful particularly for these questions
Since pronunciation play s a big role in Type 5 there a few pronunciation YouTube videos that you may find worthwhile
Accent's Way English with Hadar This video goes a bit beyond the normal intonation points of end of sentence rise and falls and talks about the way words within sentences are often treated
Oxford Online English has some good videos on pronunciation, particularly with regard to stress. It has both British and American accents
Pronunciation Pro has a video you may find useful that gives 7 exercises to improve pronunciation
Type 1:
- Read & Complete - page 19 - stresses the importance of reading the whole passage before focusing on individual word and using context clues.
- Read and Select - page 20 - stresses the importance of trusting your instincts, looking for small differences in words and the option to deselect if you change your mind.
- Listen and Select - page 21 - Stresses paying pay attention to each syllable of each word, double checking before clicking NEXT, and being aware of the option many times as you want by clicking the speaker icon next to the words.
- Listen and Type - page 22 - Stresses the importance of first typing out what you hear first. and then replaying it to fill in details missed, given that you can replay the statement twice.
- Read Aloud - page 23 - Stresses the importance of speaking the statement once out loud before recording and knowing how to pause using punctuation
You can also see these questions on the readiness section of the official DET site
Logic Prep has a nice run down of the questions 1-5 in its site which they call Adaptive Questions Part 1
First Academy does a pretty good job with question type 1 and keeps it honest. You have to strain your ears sometimes to hear it
England English does a video on the read aloud sentences and I like many of the points raised although it is sometimes a strain to listen to.
Hurray has a few good pointers, nothing brilliant, but may be useful particularly for these questions
Since pronunciation play s a big role in Type 5 there a few pronunciation YouTube videos that you may find worthwhile
Accent's Way English with Hadar This video goes a bit beyond the normal intonation points of end of sentence rise and falls and talks about the way words within sentences are often treated
Oxford Online English has some good videos on pronunciation, particularly with regard to stress. It has both British and American accents
Pronunciation Pro has a video you may find useful that gives 7 exercises to improve pronunciation
TPS Tip
Type 4: Listen and Type:
Concentrating on content words.
In the listen and type questions you will have a sentence and chances are you will find that there will be words you cannot catch. It is important to remember two key points
1. The ending words are harder to remember
2. Content words connect together that your brain can often work out
What this means is that you can try the strategy of writing down any content words you hear and especially concentrate on the last ones. You can play it again twice so often you'll find it easier to fill in the rest if all the content words are already there. Sometimes the sentences are long but you can play the audio clip three times.
An alternative strategy is to wok in halves by trying to get the first half the first time you hear the clip, and then do the second part the second time you play it and the third time just checking to make sure you have got it correct.
Whatever strategy your prefer, it is probably always wise to do the two replays, even when you feel comfortable.
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