Strategies for the Duolingo English Test's Read and Complete and Read and Select item types, including context clue use.
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- What does the Read and Complete item type ask you to do?
- Fill in missing letters or words in a passage to complete it correctly
- What does the Read and Select item type ask you to do?
- Choose which words in a list are real English words that fit a short passage or context
- What is a context clue?
- Information in the surrounding text that helps explain the meaning of an unfamiliar word
- What is a definition context clue?
- When the meaning of a word is directly explained in the same sentence
- What is a contrast context clue?
- When a word's meaning is revealed by showing an opposite idea nearby
- What is an example context clue?
- When specific examples near an unfamiliar word help reveal what it means
- What is an inference context clue?
- When you must combine several pieces of surrounding information to reason out a word's meaning
- Before filling in a blank in Read and Complete, what should you do first?
- Read the whole sentence or passage around the blank to understand the overall context
- In Read and Complete, what kind of clue often helps you guess a missing letter?
- The letters already given in the word, combined with the surrounding sentence meaning
- Why is it useful to read a full passage before answering, rather than only the sentence with the blank?
- Because earlier or later sentences can provide clues to the topic and correct word choice
- What should you check after completing a Read and Complete blank?
- That the completed word makes sense grammatically and logically in the sentence
- In Read and Select, what is one reason a word in the list might be excluded?
- It is a fake word that does not exist in English
- What is skimming?
- Reading quickly to get a general sense of a passage's main idea
- What is scanning?
- Reading quickly to locate a specific piece of information, such as a name or number
- Why is building reading speed helpful for the DET's timed reading tasks?
- It allows more time to think through difficult items instead of running out of time
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