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    Duolingo test preparation

    Types of questions

    1)Interactive listening test(it is also followed by a summary afterwards)


    2)interactive reading
    3)Descriptive type question
    4)An opinion question in which you are required to giveyour opinion on a certain
    topic.
    5)Written prompt &aural prompt

    Written Prompt
    In this type of question you are required to explain a topic which you are
    passionate about that you have read recently.
    You are provided with specific guidelines in which you are to follow in answering
    the question.
    The guidelines may come in this order what was the title
    what was the topic about
    how did you first hear of it
    what did like or dislike about it
    What was the title about

    You are required to give an indepth understanding of the book by giving the
    examiners the title of the book and the authors name ,the title of the book and
    what inspired you to read the book.

    What was the topic about


    You should give the examiner information about what the author was talking about in
    the book and what you think was inspired by the book using transition words and
    examples .

    Examples of Transition words

    firstly,finally ,furthermore,Moreover,One more thing I would want to talk about is.

    Words of illustrating

    For instance
    in my point of view
    for example
    in my opinion
    as far as Im concerned

    Descriptive type question

    In this type of question an individual is required to fully describe the picture


    rather than just stating what ythe person see.
    NB This question should be answered in a period of a minute long so you are
    required to be very and concise .

    The following are introductory statements which can be useful


    i)This is a picture of
    ii)This picture shows
    iii)This image depicts
    iv)In this paragraph there is/are

    WAYS OF BEING DESCRIPTIVE

    Frequent use of verbs,adverbs,nouns,pronouns and adjectives

    NOUN

    A word which describes things like places ,humans,animals,concepts.

    VERB

    A verb is a word that describes a noun or the action of a nounm. eg


    (eat,walk,run,lying)

    Adjective

    They describe nouns and pronouns in the order


    quantity,quality,size,age,colour,origin,material)

    Shawn is a very good dribbler

    Adverbs

    They describe verbs and adjectives in a sentence.

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