Watch it grow — in the garden
There is/are meets the natural world: new leaves on every branch, ants on the move.
New core words in this lesson
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Read the sentences below, then practice the whole lesson with audio.
- 1Let's plant something this spring.
- 2The old tree in the garden is my friend.
- 3New leaves are coming out on every branch.
- 4The roots go deeper than you think.
- 5Watch the stem — it gives way quickly.
- 6These red berries — can we eat them?
- 7A line of ants is moving house again.
- 8Everything here is living and growing.
- 9The grass needs water — look how dry it is.
- 10Natural light, good earth, a little time — that's the secret.
- 11Among the flowers, the day's troubles go quiet.
- 12The birds get the fruit before we do — every year!
- 13The birds love the grain we put out.
- 14Growth is slow, and that's the point.
- 15A garden gives back everything you put in.
FAQ
- How does this dictation practice work?
- Play a sentence, type exactly what you hear, then press check — Dictation Trainer shows word-level feedback: which words you misheard, misspelled, confused for a homophone, or missed.
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- What level is this lesson?
- This lesson is graded A2 on the CEFR scale and has 15 sentences. Dictation Trainer lessons start at A1 and climb as the library grows.