7 Photos & Answers
write about the photo
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Duolingo Key Points
COURSE
English Test
• Describe the photo on the screen through writing
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Introduction
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Duolingo Key Points
COURSE
English Test
• Describe the photo on the screen through writing
• Need to write at least one sentence (write more if you can)
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Introduction
introduction
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Duolingo Key Points
COURSE
English Test
• Describe the photo on the screen through writing
• Need to write at least one sentence (write more if you can)
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Introduction • Only have one minute to write
introduction
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PRODUCTION
Duolingo Key Points
COURSE
English Test
• Describe the photo on the screen through writing
• Need to write at least one sentence (write more if you can)
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Introduction • Only have one minute to write
introduction
• No preparation time
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PRODUCTION
Duolingo Key Points
COURSE
English Test
• Describe the photo on the screen through writing
• Need to write at least one sentence (write more if you can)
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Introduction • Only have one minute to write
introduction
• No preparation time
• You can see the image as you’re writing
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PRODUCTION
Duolingo Key Points
COURSE
English Test
• Describe the photo on the screen through writing
• Need to write at least one sentence (write more if you can)
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Introduction • Only have one minute to write
introduction
• No preparation time
• You can see the image as you’re writing
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• Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are important
PRODUCTION
Duolingo Key Points
COURSE
English Test
• Describe the photo on the screen through writing
• Need to write at least one sentence (write more if you can)
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Introduction • Only have one minute to write
introduction
• No preparation time
• You can see the image as you’re writing
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• Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are important
• Three times on the test
PRODUCTION
Duolingo Key Points
COURSE
English Test
• Describe the photo on the screen through writing
• Need to write at least one sentence (write more if you can)
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Introduction • Only have one minute to write
introduction
• No preparation time
• You can see the image as you’re writing
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• Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are important
• Three times on the test
• Production and literacy subscores
PRODUCTION
Duolingo What to write?
COURSE
English Test
• Don’t just label the photo—You need to to describe it.
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Introduction
introduction
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Duolingo What to write?
COURSE
English Test
• General statement (What’s the photo of?)
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This picture shows two young women holding hands
in a green field.
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Duolingo What to write?
COURSE
English Test
• Describe the actions of the people or subjects
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The woman on the right is taking a photo with her
camera and laughing loudly.
PRODUCTION
Duolingo What to write?
COURSE
English Test
• Describe the location (prepositional phrases)
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They are a green grassy field, and there are some
trees in the background.
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Duolingo What to write?
COURSE
English Test
• Speculate (modal verbs—might, may, must, etc.)
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1. They must be best friends.
2. They look like they are sisters.
3. It seems as if they’re having a really good time together.
PRODUCTION
Duolingo What to write?
COURSE
English Test
• Descriptive language (adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, etc.)
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Introduction
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This picture shows two young women holding hands in a
green field. The woman on the right is taking a photo with
her camera and laughing loudly. They must be best friends.
PRODUCTION
Duolingo
COURSE
English Test What to write?
• General statement (What’s the photo of?)
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Introduction
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• Describe the location (prepositional phrases)
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• Speculate (modal verbs—might, may, must, etc.)
• Use descriptive language (adjectives & adverbs)
PRODUCTION Your Turn: Photo 1
COURSE
Write one or more sentences that describe the image
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Introduction
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PRODUCTION
Duolingo Sample answer
COURSE
English Test
This is a photo of a woman
with her dog sitting near a
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Introduction
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lake. They are sitting on the
grass right next to each
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other and facing the lake. It
looks like the sun is just
about to set.
Word count: 39
PRODUCTION Your Turn: Photo 2
COURSE
Write one or more sentences that describe the image
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Introduction
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PRODUCTION
Duolingo Sample answer
COURSE
English Test
In this photo, a cute brown
WRITING dog is resting his head on
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someone’s laptop. The dog
is probably bored and
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finish working so that they
can play.
Word count: 32
PRODUCTION Your Turn: Photo 3
COURSE
Write one or more sentences that describe the image
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Duolingo Sample answer
COURSE
English Test
This image shows someone
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wooden table. The person is
using both hands to mix the
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dough and is probably
going to use it to make a
pizza.
Word count: 32
PRODUCTION Your Turn: Photo 4
COURSE
Write one or more sentences that describe the image
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Introduction
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PRODUCTION
Duolingo Sample answer
COURSE
English Test This is a picture of two
elderly women who are
WRITING probably good friends. One
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lady is standing up with her
hands on the other’s
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shoulders. The lady who is
sitting down is looking at the
camera.
Word count: 36
PRODUCTION Your Turn: Photo 5
COURSE
Write one or more sentences that describe the image
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Introduction
introduction
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Duolingo Sample answer
COURSE
English Test
This is a picture of a
completely empty subway
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Introduction car. It looks like a modern
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subway with two rows of
clean blue seats on each
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side of the car with
advertisements above them.
Word count: 33
PRODUCTION Your Turn: Photo 6
COURSE
Write one or more sentences that describe the image
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Introduction
introduction
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PRODUCTION
Duolingo Sample answer
COURSE
English Test
This is a great photo of an
WRITING amusement park at night
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time. The two rides in this
image are lit up with orange
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lights and are spinning
quickly.
Word count: 28
PRODUCTION Your Turn: Photo 7
COURSE
Write one or more sentences that describe the image
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Introduction
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PRODUCTION
Duolingo Sample answer
COURSE
English Test
This is picture of a woman
throwing colorful powder
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and smiling. There is a group
of women around her doing
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the same thing and
laughing. This photo was
probably taken at a festival.
Word count: 33
