Four things to check in your writing.
Your ideas, the order of your sentences, your word choices, and your grammar all matter. Here is what each part means.
Content
Answer the question and explain your ideas with reasons, details, or examples.
Clear organisation
Put your ideas in an order the reader can follow. This is called coherence in writing feedback.
Vocabulary
Choose words that express your meaning. Use different words where they help, without forcing difficult ones.
Grammar
Write complete sentences. Check word order, verb endings, and punctuation.
Use your writing feedback to choose what to revise. Our DET practice score guide explains how to interpret task feedback, mock estimates and official practice ranges.
Make your answer easy to follow.
Read every part of the question during the 30-second preparation time. Choose your main answer and a few reasons or examples. You then have five minutes to write and check your work.
Answer the central question
Give your main answer near the beginning. Make sure you answer every part of the question.
Explain with an example
After each main idea, explain why or give an example. Show the reader how the example supports your answer.
Leave time to review
Read your answer once before time ends. Fix unclear sentences, missing words, and spelling mistakes.
There is no published official word minimum or required paragraph count for this task. More writing helps only when it remains relevant, clear, and controlled.
A short teaching example
Suppose the question asks about a change that helped your daily life.
You could begin: “Preparing lunch the night before has made my mornings easier. I used to rush and buy food on my way to work. Now I leave on time and spend less money.”
Why this works
The answer names a change and explains its effects with specific details. You could develop it by describing how you started the habit or a difficulty you overcame. Keep each new point connected to the question.
After practice
Choose one comment from your feedback. Rewrite a sentence or add a missing explanation, then read the answer again. Try a new question to practise the same improvement.
These are original PrepEx example openings. They show how to develop an idea; they are not complete test answers or scripts to memorise.
Now try it yourself.
Use the steps you just learned. Start when you are ready; the timer begins when you press the start button.
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Start the 30-second preview to reveal the prompt.
Do you think technology makes students more independent learners? Give reasons for your opinion and include examples from education or daily life.
See what you did well and what to improve in your ideas, sentence order, word choices, and grammar. Your score is a practice estimate, not an official DET score. This answer is not saved to your account.
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These links explain the real test. PrepEx writes its own practice questions and gives practice estimates, not official DET scores.
The task has a 30-second preview followed by five minutes of writing. Read the official task page.
The official guide explains how your ideas, organisation, vocabulary, and grammar are checked. Read the official rubrics.
Writing Sample informs Writing, Literacy, and Production. Read how DET items are scored.
Writing Sample FAQ
How long is Writing Sample?
You see the prompt for 30 seconds before the five-minute writing period begins.
Is there an official minimum word count?
No task-specific minimum is published. Use the available time to answer directly and develop relevant ideas in clear English.
Which DET subscores does this task inform?
Writing Sample informs the Writing individual subscore and the Literacy and Production integrated subscores.
Does PrepEx save or share this response?
This answer is not saved to your account or sent to an institution. If you continue to sign up, this browser keeps your answer and feedback for up to seven days so you can return to the task.
Is the PrepEx estimate an official DET score?
No. Petra AI provides an independent practice estimate and response-specific coaching. Only Duolingo can issue an official DET score.