Hi, how's it going? — first greetings
Greetings are formulas — you don't build them, you know them. Train your ear to catch the whole chunk (How's it going? / Nice to meet you too) as one piece of sound.
New core words in this lesson
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Read the sentences below, then practice the whole lesson with audio.
- 1Hi, how's it going?
- 2I'm good, and you?
- 3Come on in!
- 4Long time no see!
- 5What's your name again?
- 6Nice to meet you too.
- 7Where are you from?
- 8I live near here.
- 9This is my first time here.
- 10Take a seat.
- 11Say hi to your family.
- 12It was nice meeting you.
- 13See you later!
- 14Take care!
- 15Have a good one.
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 A1 on the CEFR scale and has 15 sentences. Dictation Trainer lessons start at A1 and climb as the library grows.