Duolingo cue cards are important question types in the Duolingo English Test.The students should explore various topics such as food, travel, culture, internet, government, future, jobs etc to do well in this question type.
How to answer Duolingo Cue Card Questions
Here are some general tips on how to answer Duolingo Speaking cue cards. The cue cards in Duolingo Test can usually appear 3 times. Twice with oral prompt(Listen and speak) and once with written prompt.
- You should include answers to all cues in your response.
- You have 30 seconds to read and prepare your answer ,90 seconds to speak.
- You should sound natural. Pauses and expressions like “um” or “er” are normal in speech.
- You do not need to sound very fancy, or imitate the accent of natives.
Duolingo Practice Cue card Questions with Answers
Here are some duolingo cue cards questions for practice. Explore more topics on the internet to get more info on different speaking topics.
Duolingo Cue card # 1
What country/city would you like to visit in the future?
Why do you want to visit this country/city?
What places would you like to explore there?
Answer Script
What country would you like to visit in the future? There are millions of places you could visit and countries. Whether it could be because of family, tourist destinations, big parks or cool towers, such as CN tower.(Canadian National Tower. )
The country I would like to visit would be London. Why would I like to visit London? Well, there are many interesting things over there such as red buses. I mean have you ever seen red buses in another country. I know, I haven’t. There is also the largest candy store in the world which of course I would love to visit. Another thing beside candy stores and red buses is the Big Ben.
I mean, have you ever seen a giant clock tower? I don’t think so. I mean who would not like to visit those; that sounds cool.Doesn’t it? And they have great theme parks and rides…And London has a lot of history to its name. Such as wars and everything between the countries. Like how, well, England wanted to invade every single country.
Huh! But besides, that there are many different places you could visit. There are many interesting restaurants such as cafes and multicultural cuisines and other things like that…and there are a lot of fashion trends that surround the city… and also there are a lot of brands that are famous, that originated in London. This is my opinion on why I would like to visit London.
Duolingo Cue card #2
Talk about animals as pets…
What is your favourite animal (or bird) and why?
Do you like keeping animals as pets?
Why do people like keeping pets?
Answer
What is your favourite animal and why? Do you like keeping animals as pets? Personally my favourite animals are birds. Some people might ask why? Birds are very unique and interesting. What makes a bird unique?
Birds are cute, cuddly, fluffy, colourful and they have great personalities. They are great for people who are lonely, want something as a pet, want something cute and cuddly, something affectionate; and they are great for people who do not have siblings and want, like someone to play with. Having a pet is something… a lot of people would want.
Why do a lot of people want pets?
A lot of people may want pets because they look nice, they are cute, they are sweet, they are colourful; or may be someone would want a pet because may be got them like a dog, who could guard them in their house against criminals or people who try to break in.
Additionally, some people may want birds just so they could have something colourful in their house that the people could admire. But birds have much more than just colours. Birds are very affectionate, funny, interesting and birds are dangerously curious. They can make a great alarm clock if you don’t have one; and well, they are very fun to play with.
Duolingo Cue card #3
What was the most expensive thing that you bought?
What was that thing?
Why and when did you buy it?
Was it worth its price?
Answer
The most expensive thing that I bought was probably a guitar. Well, it wasn’t that expensive because for the item it was considered cheap. Because guitars normally, well, aren’t that cheap. But I found a guitar that was $50, and it was probably the most expensive thing I ever bought.
I bought it because I love guitars and I love listening to music.
I bought it because I have always wanted to play an instrument and playing guitar would be fun because then I would have a hobby besides listening to music or staying home all day. So that, I could have something to do and practice which would be fun. I bought this around December 2021.
I believe the day was either December 22nd or December 23rd.
In my opinion it wasn’t worth its price. So, when I bought it and I came home I was disappointed to find out that three of the strings were broken.I was angry. Luckily, though my parents fixed it for me and it was okay… And the tuning wasn’t very good. When I played it, it didn’t sound very good.
Eventually, it just broke. May be I pulled the strings too hard but personally I don’t think so. In my opinion this is why I think it was not worth the price and this is why may be you should not waste your money on a cheap guitar.
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