Exercise 1
AUDIO FILE – First Day of Class Dictation
- Tell the taxi driver where you want to go.
- My roommate came into the room and asked me why I wasn’t in class.
- I told him I was waiting for a telephone call from my mom and dad.
- It was my first day at the University at Albany and I was on my way to my first class.
- I wondered who else would be in the class and what the teacher would be like.
- She asked me what I intended to do after I graduate.
(Answers below)
Answers
- Tell the taxi driver where you want to go.
- My roommate came into the room and asked me why I wasn’t in class.
- I told him I was waiting for a telephone call from my mom and dad.
- It was my first day at the University at Albany and I was on my way to my first class.
- I wondered who else would be in the class and what the teacher would be like.
- She asked me what I intended to do after I graduate.
Exercise 2
Sports & Past Times Vocabulary Page
AUDIO FILE – Sports & Past Times Dictation
Audio Dictation – Press play on the audio link above and listen to the sentences being read. Fill in the blanks below with the missing words:
- There are few things in life better than ______________________ spent on the beach.
- Would you prefer to go _________________________ this afternoon?
- How many people are we going to need for a pick-up _______________________?
- I’d love to go ____________, ________________________ each time I go.
- The boardwalk was so crowded that ____________________________ as fast as we would have liked.
- She had never before seen _______________________ in one place.
(Answers below)
Answers
- There are few things in life better than a long summer day spent on the beach.
- Would you prefer to go for a bike ride or a walk in the park this afternoon?
- How many people are we going to need for a pick-up game of basketball?
- I’d love to go skiing, but it’s so expensive each time I go.
- The boardwalk was so crowded that we couldn’t skate down it as fast as we would have liked.
- She had never before seen so many people dancing in one place.