DET Mock Test 2
A completely separate set of questions. Nothing in this test appears in test 1 or test 3, so a second sitting measures you again rather than measuring what you remember.
- About an hour, eight sections, run in the real order
- All 13 question types — nothing here appears in the other six tests
- Eight subscores and per-answer feedback the moment you finish
Mock Test 2 is a full sitting, not a sample. It opens with a short start screen — no camera, no permission prompts — then runs the eight sections in the order Duolingo runs them and ends with a scored report. Budget an uninterrupted hour, and have a microphone ready for the speaking section, where your browser asks for it.
Free for a limited time. No card, and no account needed to take it or to see your score.
What Mock Test 2 is built from
Eight sections, in the order you will meet them on the day. Everything in the right-hand column belongs to Mock Test 2 alone — none of it appears in the other six tests — and where a section draws from a pool, the engine picks what suits the level you are working at, so two people taking this test will not meet exactly the same items, or even the same number of them.
| Section | Task types | In Mock Test 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 · Read & Select | Read & Select | 15–18 of its 67 real and invented words, 5 seconds each |
| 2 · Fill in the Blanks | Fill in the Blanks | 6–9 of its 21 sentences |
| 3 · Mixed Language Skills | Listen & Type, Read & Complete | 9–15 items in 24 minutes, from its 19 passages and 29 audio clips |
| 4 · Interactive Reading | Interactive Reading | Two of: Buses that run all night; The shared exterior; Why deliveries arrive late; Bread from the old bakery — five steps each |
| 5 · Interactive Listening | Interactive Listening | Two of these conversations: You go to a pharmacy counter to collect a repeat prescription that has not arrived. You speak to a supermarket customer service desk about an online delivery that arrived with items missing. You are asking your tutor for more time to finish an assignment. You go to your bank branch to sort out a card that stopped working while you were away. You meet your maths tutor to rearrange lessons before an exam. |
| 6 · Writing | Write About the Photo, Writing Sample | Four written responses, two of them about photographs from this test’s three: A crowd of young people standing and chatting at an evening outdoor party; A white coach bus; Five people working on laptops around a long wooden table in a wood-panelled room |
| 7 · Speaking | Speak About the Photo, Interactive Speaking | The remaining photograph, described aloud, then a spoken conversation |
| 8 · Writing & Speaking Sample | Writing Sample, Speaking Sample | 8 minutes on open prompts |
When to take Mock Test 2
Take it after two or three weeks of work on what your first mock found. It shares no questions with the others, so a higher score here is progress rather than memory — and a flat one tells you to change what you are practising, not just to do more of it.
That order is a suggestion, not a requirement: the seven tests are equated — a score means the same on each — so any of them can come first. What matters is leaving enough work between sittings for the next score to mean something.
What to bring, and what you get
Bring an unaided hour and finish every task. You leave with a predicted overall and all eight subscores — see the sample report — and the mock tests page covers getting a number worth trusting. The official test costs $70 USD; find your weak spots before you pay for it.
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