Free Duolingo English Test Mock Test 2026

Why practise DET with LandingPrep?

• Real format: Adaptive + Writing & Speaking — matched to the official Duolingo English Test blueprint.
• Exam-accurate timing so you build the stamina the real test demands.
• Instant results on the 10–160 scale, with answer explanations.
• Writing & speaking feedback with model answers and band-style scoring.
• Accepted everywhere: Duolingo English Test is recognised by 5,500+ universities incl. Yale, NYU, MIT.

What's inside the DET mock test

Duolingo English Test is used for fast at-home admissions. Our free mock reproduces every section in order, with on-screen timers, a review screen showing the correct answers, and an smart tutor you can ask "why is this the answer?" on any question. Take it as many times as you like — new attempts, no limits, no cost.

📋 Duolingo English Test exam pattern (2026)

Total time: 1 hour (flexible; take when ready) — Online, proctored; mobile-first design; adaptive difficulty; results in 2 days · Scoring: 10–160 (no bands; numerical score)

Format reflects the current Duolingo English Test as of 2026 — always confirm details on the official site before your test.

🎯 What's a good DET score?

• Score 100–110: entry-level for most universities; some top schools require 120+
• Score 120–130: competitive for selective universities and graduate programs
• Score 130+: excellent; equivalent to TOEFL 100+ or IELTS 7.0+

What you get, counted from the actual test files

150 DET tests, 1,740 questions, about 210 minutes for one full sitting across all 5 sections. No signup, no attempt limit, nothing held back behind a paywall. Every question is verified before release: its answer key must match an option you can actually select, and no paper may be scoreable by picking the same letter throughout — checks that caught 227 unanswerable questions and 61 gameable papers when they were introduced.

How to take a mock so it tells you something

Most people do not have a practice-material problem. They have a practice-method problem, and it is the same one: practising in conditions that cannot surface the errors which actually cost marks.

• Sit it complete and timed, in one go. The mistakes that decide a score — misread instructions, transfer errors, rushing the last questions — only appear when you are tired and behind the clock. Production is the longest section here at about 60 minutes, and it is where fatigue usually starts showing. A section done fresh on a Sunday afternoon proves nothing about the same section done ninety minutes into a real exam.
• Do not check answers as you go. Checking mid-test resets your concentration and quietly removes the pacing pressure you are supposed to be rehearsing. Finish, then mark.
• Review every wrong answer against a cause, not a correction. Reading the right answer teaches you almost nothing. Ask which of four things happened: you did not know it, you misread the question, you ran out of time, or you knew it and made a careless error. Those need four completely different fixes, and only the first one is solved by more study.
• Watch the pattern across mocks, not the score of one. A single result is noise. Three papers moving in one direction is a signal, and three flat results despite steady work usually mean the work is aimed at the wrong section.
• Space them out. 150 tests is enough to take one a week for most of a preparation cycle. Taking several in a row burns the material for no benefit — you cannot act on the diagnosis of one paper while you are already sitting the next.

The point of a mock is diagnosis, not a score. A paper that tells you exactly which section and which error type is costing you marks has done its job even if the number was disappointing — arguably especially then, since a comfortable score four weeks out teaches you nothing you can use.