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Dictations - Writing Practice for Beginning Level Learners

By Kenneth Beare, About.com

Each of the following dictations focuses on a specific learning point. The dictations are for beginning level learners and include five sentences in each dictation. Each sentence is read twice with time to write down the sentence.

Click on the dictation link to listen to the dictation and write or type the sentence down. Click on the answer link for the answers to each dictation.

At a Hotel - Common phrases used at hotels

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Introductions - Simple sentences with the verb 'to be'

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Instructions - Instructions for various tasks

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At the Restaurant I - Common phrases used in a restaurant

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At a Restaurant II - Common phrases used in a restaurant

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Clothes - Common phrases used when shopping for clothes

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Habits - Sentences with the simple present to express daily habits and routines

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My Town - Comparative forms

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Work - Daily routines at work with adverbs of frequency

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Directions - Common phrases used when asking for and giving directions

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Questions - A variety of simple questions in different tenses

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Now - Sentences with the present continuous to describe things happening at the moment

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Souvenirs - Common phrases used when shopping for souvenirs

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Past Events - Sentences with the past simple to describe things that happened in the past

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Comparisons - Sentences comparing two things or people

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