Duolingo English Test (DET)

Duolingo English Test — Read and Select and Read and Complete, Set 2

Take the Duolingo English Test — Read and Select and Read and Complete, Set 2: 20 multiple-choice questions (30 minutes) with instant scoring and a full…

What this test covers

20 DET Vocabulary

Sample questions with answers

The first 5 questions of this test, with the correct answer and explanation.

Q1. Which one of these is a real English word: drimble, pleckon, stoffer or whisper?
- A. stoffer
- B. whisper ✓
- C. drimble
- D. pleckon
Answer: B. whisper
Explanation: Whisper (to speak very quietly) is a real word.
Q2. Which one of these is a real English word: grenticle, molvary, shelter or strandish?
- A. strandish
- B. grenticle
- C. shelter ✓
- D. molvary
Answer: C. shelter
Explanation: Shelter is a real word.
Q3. Which one of these is a real English word: crestow, fragile, plountive or vimbular?
- A. fragile ✓
- B. crestow
- C. vimbular
- D. plountive
Answer: A. fragile
Explanation: Fragile (easily broken) is a real word.
Q4. Which one of these is a real English word: conquer, obbentry, sclorn or tralvish?
- A. tralvish
- B. obbentry
- C. conquer ✓
- D. sclorn
Answer: C. conquer
Explanation: Conquer is a real word.
Q5. Which one of these is a real English word: drevilous, fomparable, genuine or kintory?
- A. kintory
- B. fomparable
- C. drevilous
- D. genuine ✓
Answer: D. genuine
Explanation: Genuine (real, not fake) is a real word.

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Q6. Which one of these is a real English word: gloverish, prenticate, spaddonite or tolerate?
- A. tolerate
- B. spaddonite
- C. prenticate
- D. gloverish
Q7. Which one of these is a real English word: gristal, namber, ploven or vivid?
- A. namber
- B. gristal
- C. ploven
- D. vivid
Q8. Which one of these is a real English word: delventise, frobulate, persuade or scanderise?
- A. delventise
- B. persuade
- C. scanderise
- D. frobulate
Q9. Which one of these is a real English word: clamorance, meticulous, prospitude or vernaculine?
- A. vernaculine
- B. clamorance
- C. prospitude
- D. meticulous
Q10. Which one of these is a real English word: fluvenient, graspitory, resilient or tenacitous?
- A. resilient
- B. fluvenient
- C. graspitory
- D. tenacitous
Q11. Choose the word that correctly completes the gap in: "Please close the win__ because it is cold outside."
- A. winner
- B. window
- C. windy
- D. winter
Q12. Choose the word that correctly completes the gap in: "He cut the bread with a sharp kni__."
- A. knit
- B. knife
- C. knives
- D. knight
Q13. Choose the word that correctly completes the gap in: "The children were very exc__ about the school trip."
- A. excellent
- B. except
- C. excited
- D. exciting
Q14. Choose the word that correctly completes the gap in: "You need a pass__ to travel to another country."
- A. passion
- B. passage
- C. passenger
- D. passport
Q15. Choose the word that correctly completes the gap in: "The film was so bor__ that I fell asleep."
- A. border
- B. bored
- C. borrow
- D. boring
Q16. Choose the word that correctly completes the gap in: "She is stud__ medicine at university."
- A. studying
- B. studied
- C. studies
- D. studio
Q17. Choose the word that correctly completes the gap in: "The hotel staff were very frien__ and helpful."
- A. friends
- B. friendship
- C. friendly
- D. friend
Q18. Choose the word that correctly completes the gap in: "Our flight was cancel__ because of bad weather."
- A. cancels
- B. cancelled
- C. cancellation
- D. cancelling
Q19. Choose the word that correctly completes the gap in: "Scientists are trying to find a cu__ for the disease."
- A. cute
- B. cut
- C. cure
- D. cub
Q20. Choose the word that correctly completes the gap in: "The city is famous for its beaut__ old buildings."
- A. beautiful
- B. beautifully
- C. beauty
- D. beautician