Week 3 · Hobbies and weekends: what people ask
Small words change the timeline. "Used to" (it sounds like "yoos-tuh") means not anymore. "I've been" means lately, and the 've nearly disappears. "Ended up" means it wasn't the plan.
Read the sentences below, then practice the whole lesson with audio.
- 1How was your weekend?
- 2Did you get up to anything fun?
- 3Any big plans for the weekend?
- 4What are you up to on Saturday?
- 5What do you like to do in your free time?
- 6So what do you do for fun around here?
- 7Are you into hiking at all?
- 8Do you play any sports?
- 9I've been getting into rock climbing lately.
- 10I used to play a lot of tennis in high school.
- 11I haven't been to the movies in ages.
- 12We ended up staying home and ordering pizza.
- 13It was pretty quiet, to be honest.
- 14I've been meaning to try that place.
- 15You should come with us next time.
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 B1 on the CEFR scale and has 15 sentences. Dictation Trainer lessons start at A1 and climb as the library grows.