Ten new words — school and learning
When-clauses pace the lesson: when the question's hard…, when you teach someone…. Time clauses in real talk.
New core words in this lesson
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Read the sentences below, then practice the whole lesson with audio.
- 1What language do they speak there?
- 2My English is getting better every week.
- 3Can I use your pen? Mine's dead.
- 4Write your name at the top of the page.
- 5I have a test on Friday, and I'm not ready.
- 6The teacher gave us ten new words.
- 7Take notes — this part is important.
- 8When the question's hard, take your time.
- 9Learning a language takes years, not days.
- 10My pencil's broken — do you have one more?
- 11Put your books away — the test is starting.
- 12Knowledge is the one thing no one can take from you.
- 13Read the example before you answer.
- 14Education opens doors — my mother always says that.
- 15When you teach someone, you learn it two times.
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.