Week 3 · At a party: what people ask you
Small talk comes in blurred questions: "What do you do?" becomes "Whaddaya do?", and "How long have you been…" becomes "How long-uv-ya been…". Catch the first word — what, where, how long — and you already know the question.
Read the sentences below, then practice the whole lesson with audio.
- 1Hi, I don't think I've seen you here before.
- 2I'm Tom, by the way. I live upstairs.
- 3Sorry, what was your name again?
- 4So who do you know here?
- 5So where's home for you?
- 6Which part is that? Is it near the coast?
- 7How long have you been in town?
- 8And what brought you all the way out here?
- 9So what do you do when you're not at parties?
- 10What line of work are you in?
- 11Are you working right now, or still studying?
- 12Oh, no way. My sister spent a year there.
- 13Come on, I want you to meet someone.
- 14We should hang out sometime.
- 15It was really good talking to you.
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 B1 on the CEFR scale and has 15 sentences. Dictation Trainer lessons start at A1 and climb as the library grows.