Dictation practice

Listen and type. Train your ear and your spelling together.

The rules

  • Listen for the linking between "starts" and "at", native speech joins them.
  • "Has already" often blends into one sound, listen for the "s" and "al".
  • "Child" has the irregular plural "children".
  • "Could you" often sounds like "couldja" in fast speech.
  • After "look forward to", use the -ing form: "hearing".
  • "Plenty of" links together; note British spelling "practise" for the verb.

Examples

  • The meeting starts at nine tomorrow morning
  • She has already finished her homework
  • children
  • Could you send me the report by Friday
  • hearing
  • There are plenty of good reasons to practise every day

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