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English proficiency test preparation
Ride the wave to your target score
Real questions on the real clock — every answer marked the moment you submit it, not a week later.
7 days of everything, no card
Duolingo English Test
- Every question type, scored to 160
- Writing and speaking marked
Writing · About the photo
0:41Two women sit at a wooden table, sharing a map
24 words · at least 25 expected
Speaking · Read, then speak
Recording0:32 spoken · 1:30 allowed
Courses
What we teach
Two kinds of work. The tests have a format to learn and a clock to beat; the classes are for the English underneath them.
English proficiency test preparation
Timed practice in the real format, with marking on the same rubric the test itself uses.
Duolingo English Test
Every question type, banded by difficulty, plus full-length mock forms with an estimated score out of 160.
IELTS
General Training reading and writing under exam conditions, marked band by band.
TOEFL
Coming soonReading, listening, speaking and writing in the iBT format.
PTE
Coming soonThe Academic format, with the integrated task types scored together.
Classes
Taught courses for the skills a practice bank cannot drill on its own.
Spoken English
Fluency, pronunciation and the confidence to keep talking when a sentence goes wrong.
Reading classes
Reading for speed and for detail: skimming, inference, and the vocabulary that carries academic text.
Writing classes
Structure first, then grammar and range — the order in which writing actually improves.
The difference
More than a question bank
Multiple choice is cheap to mark, so it is what most preparation offers. The DET decides much of your result on writing and speaking, and those have to be read by something that can read.
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DET practice by skill
All 13 question types, grouped by reading, listening, writing and speaking, each timed exactly as the real test times it. Difficulty is banded, so you can start where you are rather than where the question bank starts.
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AI writing and speaking assessment
Every open answer comes back with the errors quoted from your own words, the fix, the reason, and a rewrite kept at your level. Spoken answers are transcribed first and marked on grammar and range, never on the recogniser's punctuation.
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Full mock exam experience
Sit a complete timed form end to end and get a scored breakdown by section, so you find out which skill costs you marks before the day it counts.
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Attempt history that keeps everything
Every answer, score and correction is kept against a question reference you can cite. Re-reading what you wrote three weeks ago is the fastest way to see whether anything has actually changed.
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Recommendations backed by evidence
The study plan stays shut until there is enough work to reason from — one mock test, or fifty distinct questions. Until then it says so, rather than inventing a weakness.
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Vocabulary built from your own mistakes
Words you failed to recognise in Read & Select are captured automatically and returned on a widening review interval. Nobody has to build a word list by hand.
How it works
Your path to the score you need
Four steps, then round again. The loop is the point — a single session tells you very little, and twenty tell you almost everything.
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Choose what to practise
Pick a skill, a question type and a difficulty band — or open the study plan and let your own results choose.
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Sit it under the real clock
Five seconds to judge a word. Ninety seconds to speak. One minute to describe a photograph. The clock is part of the skill.
- 03
Read what came back
A score, the specific errors, and a corrected version you could plausibly have written yourself.
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Follow the priority
Weakest skill first, updated every time new scored work comes in. Then round again.
01Sign up02First session03Marked answers04Weak skill found05Targeted practice06Mock test07Score estimate08Test day
Study plan
It does not pretend to know your weaknesses on day one
Most apps will tell you what to work on before you have answered anything, because a confident recommendation feels like value. A recommendation drawn from four answers is a coin toss with a progress bar attached.
Here the study plan stays shut until there is enough evidence to reason from — one completed mock test, or fifty distinct questions. Until then it shows you how far off that is, and nothing else.
Building your performance baseline
Finish one mock test, or answer 50 distinct questions, to unlock recommendations backed by enough evidence.
Example: 18 of 50 questions · 36% ready
An illustration of the screen you see before the plan opens — your own figures replace these.
Coverage
All four skills, all 13 formats
Reading
Read & Select · Fill in the Blanks · Read & Complete · Interactive Reading
Word recognition against the clock, letter-level completion, and full passages with gap-fill, sentence insertion, highlighting and a title to choose.
Listening
Listen & Type · Interactive Listening
Dictation with a five-second window and three replays, then a spoken scenario you answer, converse with, and summarise.
Writing
Writing Sample · Write About The Photo · Interactive Writing
Extended answers and one-minute photo descriptions, returned with corrections, a rewrite at your level, and a score out of 160.
Speaking
Speaking Sample · Speak About The Photo · Read, Then Speak · Interactive Speaking
Recorded answers transcribed and marked on fluency, grammatical range and vocabulary — not on the punctuation the recogniser invented.
For schools and agencies
Buy for a cohort, not one student at a time
One invoice covers everyone. Assign students by email, they claim their own place, and you see every score and every hour spent. Seats move on as students do.
Questions
The things people ask first
What is LingoCrest?
LingoCrest is an online preparation platform for the Duolingo English Test and IELTS. It provides timed practice in the real exam format across every question type, full-length mock exams with estimated scores, AI feedback on writing and speaking, and taught classes in spoken English, reading and writing.
Is LingoCrest free to try?
Yes. Every new account gets 7 days with everything unlocked, and no card is asked for to start. When the trial ends nothing is charged automatically.
How much does LingoCrest cost?
Pro is $11 a week, $35 a month, or $179 a year. Institutions buy seats from $6 per seat per month, with a minimum of 10 seats and a lower price per seat as the cohort grows.
Does LingoCrest cover every Duolingo English Test question type?
Yes — all 13 question types, grouped by reading, listening, writing and speaking, each timed exactly as the real test times it. Questions are banded by difficulty so you can start at your current level.
How is writing and speaking marked?
By an AI marker working from the same criteria the test itself uses, which returns a score with the reasons behind it rather than a number alone. Speaking answers are transcribed first, so you can read back exactly what was heard.
Can LingoCrest predict my Duolingo English Test score?
The full-length mock exams give an estimated score out of 160 based on your answers. It is an estimate for deciding whether you are ready, not a guarantee — only the official test produces an official score.
Can I cancel at any time?
Yes. Cancelling stops the renewal and your access continues to the end of the period you have already paid for. There is also a 14-day refund on any subscription, no reason required.
Does LingoCrest work for IELTS as well?
Yes. IELTS General Training reading and writing are available under exam conditions and marked band by band. TOEFL and PTE are not available yet.
7 days, everything unlocked
Long enough to sit every question type at least once and find out which skill is going to cost you marks. No card, and nothing charged when it ends.