Week 1 · Airport: landing day (and a missing suitcase)
Two voices: yours and theirs. The surprise comes halfway — catch where your bag is and when it arrives, because that is the part nobody repeats twice.
Read the sentences below, then practice the whole lesson with audio.
- 1Good afternoon. Passport, please.
- 2Here you go.
- 3So what's the reason for your trip?
- 4I'm starting a new job next week.
- 5And how long are you gonna be in the country?
- 6At least a year, I hope.
- 7You're free to go. Welcome.
- 8Excuse me, my suitcase never came out.
- 9Which flight were you on?
- 10The overnight one. It landed an hour ago.
- 11Looks like it's still at your connecting airport.
- 12We can have it delivered to you by tomorrow evening.
- 13Do I need to fill anything out?
- 14Just this form. Write down where you're staying.
- 15Thanks. That's a relief.
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.
- Do I need an account, and is it free?
- No account needed to start: you can practice 3 full lessons free — audio, typing, and word-by-word feedback — without signing up. Create a free account to keep going: 100 Echoes (about 10 more lessons), plus saved progress, streaks, and a mistakes notebook.
- 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.