A2 English dictation

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Office questions and quick replies: a TOEIC Part 2 warm-up

Saying how you feel — and why

Schedules and appointments: when, what time, and how long

Week 1 · Airport: what they’ll ask you

Requests and offers around the office

Week 1 · Airport: landing day (and a missing suitcase)

Either this or that: choice questions and natural replies

Week 1 · Hotel: what the front desk tells you

Give someone something: two objects

Week 1 · Hotel: arriving too early

Make it a certain way: object + complement

Week 1 · Café: what the barista asks

Let, make, have, help: getting things done

Week 1 · Café: out of oat milk

Week 1 · Supermarket: what the cashier says

Week 1 · Supermarket: the sale price that didn’t ring up

Week 2 · Phone shop and bank: what they’ll ask you

Week 2 · Bank: opening an account (B or D?)

Present continuous for future plans

What did you do yesterday? — talking about the past

Past continuous: what was happening

How was your weekend? — a small story

Week 2 · Doctor and pharmacy: what they’ll ask you

Present perfect: from the past until now

Bigger, better, cheaper — comparing things

Present perfect: life experiences

Who's calling, please? — on the phone

Present perfect continuous: still going on

Is everything okay here? — eating out

Can: ability and permission

I have a room for two nights — at the hotel

Could: polite requests and suggestions

Which train goes to the airport? — getting around

Advice and warnings: should, had better

Do you have a minute? — at work

Obligation: have to

I know how you feel — emotions

Describe a noun with a prepositional phrase

Why don't we try it? — making suggestions

More noun + prepositional-phrase modifiers

Have you ever tried it? — experiences

What are you going to do next? — the future

My throat hurts — where does it hurt?

Searching for and planning things

Does it fit? — clothes and colours

Dinner's ready — in the kitchen

Have you seen my keys? — around the house

Down on the farm — animal words

Under the moon — nature and camping

Expand the action with prepositional phrases

I think you're right — giving opinions

To-infinitive of purpose: saying why

Watch your money — payments and prices

Ten new words — school and learning

Jump as high as you can — moving your body

North, south, east, west — a bigger journey

Verbs + to-infinitive: wishes and plans

Sign here, please — letters and parcels

Who's that? — describing people

I can fix that — tools and repairs

We had an argument — and made up

Call for help — at the emergency room

Watch it grow — in the garden

She said yes — a love story

Under the arch — walking the old town

My own shop — running a small business