Week 2 · Apartment repairs: what they’ll say
Small verbs carry the meaning: "come by", "shut off", "take a look", "came loose". And a time window like "between nine and noon" means: stay home all morning.
Read the sentences below, then practice the whole lesson with audio.
- 1What seems to be the problem?
- 2When did you first notice it?
- 3Is it actually leaking, or just dripping?
- 4Can you send me a picture of it?
- 5Find the valve under the sink and shut the water off.
- 6Don't use that outlet until someone checks it.
- 7I'll have someone come by and take a look.
- 8He can be there tomorrow between nine and noon.
- 9Will somebody be home to let him in?
- 10If you're out, can he use the spare key?
- 11Hi, I'm here about the sink.
- 12Mind if I take a look under here?
- 13Looks like the pipe just came a little loose.
- 14I need to grab a part from the truck.
- 15That should hold, but call us if it starts again.
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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- 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 B1 on the CEFR scale and has 15 sentences. Dictation Trainer lessons start at A1 and climb as the library grows.