Week 1 · Supermarket: what the cashier says
Checkout questions start with "Do you…?", which shrinks to "D'you" or "Dja". Hear the question word first, then the one thing they're offering.
Read the sentences below, then practice the whole lesson with audio.
- 1Did you find everything you were looking for?
- 2Do you have one of our store cards?
- 3Do you need a bag? They're ten cents each.
- 4Did you bring your own bags today?
- 5Paper or plastic?
- 6This is ringing up at full price. Was it on sale?
- 7Let me do a quick price check on that.
- 8Can I see some ID for the wine?
- 9Debit or credit?
- 10Go ahead and insert your card.
- 11Do you want any cash back?
- 12Should I just put the receipt in the bag?
- 13Self checkout is open on your right.
- 14The bread is in aisle six, next to the cereal.
- 15We open at eight and close at ten.
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.