English dictation exercises

Pick up

You can pick up a parcel, pick up some Spanish while travelling, or pick up a conversation after lunch. The words around the phrase reveal its meaning.

3-second sample
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Please contact me or myself: Which is correct?

3-second sample
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Plural of moose: one animal or several

4-second sample
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Possessive Determiners: Choose the Right Form

4-second sample
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Practice English speaking: Five daily exercises

5-second sample
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Present perfect progressive: how to use have been working

5-second sample
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Present perfect: use have and has

3-second sample
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Project handover

The research is finished, the slides are not, and two colleagues own different next actions. Who must do what, and by when?

4-second sample
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Project status update

A colleague reports three tasks, but each has a different status. Which task is finished, which is blocked, and what happens next?

3-second sample
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Proper Adjectives: Rules and Examples

4-second sample
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Prose or poetry: telling them apart

4-second sample
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Public speaking nerves: Four recovery steps

3-second sample
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Pull out

A company may pull out of a deal, a parent may pull a child out of a team, and a car may pull out into the road. The grammar shows who chooses to leave.

5-second sample
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Punctuation Marks: Rules and Everyday Examples

3-second sample
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Put behind

A mistake may still be part of your history, but it does not have to control your next decision. You can learn from it and put it behind you.

4-second sample
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Put off

Rain can put off a picnic until Friday, while an unpleasant smell can put you off your lunch. One meaning changes the time; the other changes how you feel.

4-second sample
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Put on

Before guests arrive, you might put on a clean shirt, put the lights on and put on some music. The object tells you which action happens.

4-second sample
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Put out

You can put out a candle, a company can put out a statement, and a late request can put someone out. The object changes the meaning.

3-second sample
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Put up with

A neighbour's music may be annoying, but you might accept it for one evening. If you continue accepting the annoyance, you put up with it.

3-second sample
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Reasons to Learn English: Practical Personal Goals

4-second sample
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Redelivered parcel

The parcel has visited one address, could go to a depot, and may reach a neighbour. Where will it actually be left tomorrow?

3-second sample
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Reflexive Pronouns: Choose the Right Form

4-second sample
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Reflexive Pronouns: Rules and Examples

4-second sample
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Relative pronouns: choose the right word

5-second sample
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