English dictation exercises

Eye to eye

Two team members have different working styles, but both want to delay the launch until the product is safer. How can you describe the opinion they share?

6-second sample
American, British, Australian

Facetious: Meaning, Tone, and Use

4-second sample
American, British, Australian

Finite and non-finite verbs: find what changes

3-second sample
American, British, Australian

For the time being

Your office is being repaired, so you are working from a library until another arrangement is ready. The plan is temporary, but there is no exact end date. What phrase fits?

4-second sample
American, British, Australian

Foreign Phrases in English: Clear Everyday Guide

3-second sample
American, British, Australian

Free TOEFL preparation: A daily study plan

4-second sample
American, British, Australian

From scratch

A damaged spreadsheet cannot be repaired, and there is no clean copy. You open a blank file and recreate every part. How did you start?

4-second sample
American, British, Australian

From the ground up

A company does not make a few changes to its service. It redesigns the basic rules, the technology, and every customer step. How can you emphasise the complete rebuild?

4-second sample
American, British, Australian

Future perfect continuous: measuring ongoing time

4-second sample
American, British, Australian

Gerund or Participle: Tell Them Apart

4-second sample
American, British, Australian

Get it out of your system

You keep thinking about an unfair decision. After telling a friend exactly how you feel, the frustration becomes easier to leave behind. What have you done?

4-second sample
American, British, Australian

Give it a miss

Your friends invite you to a late film, but you are tired and have an early start. How can you casually say that you will not go this time?

3-second sample
American, British, Australian

Give it your best shot

You are not sure you can answer every interview question, but you have prepared carefully and intend to do your best. How can you describe that effort?

4-second sample
American, British, Australian

Go hand in hand

A growing shop receives more orders, but it also needs more customer support. The two changes repeatedly appear together. How can you describe their connection?

4-second sample
American, British, Australian

Go off the rails

A previously reliable manager starts hiding expenses, ignoring every warning, and breaking company rules. How can you describe this serious change in behaviour?

5-second sample
American, British, Australian

Go to your head

A colleague wins one award and immediately starts acting as if nobody else's advice matters. What can you say about the effect of that success?

4-second sample
American, British, Australian

Go with the flow

Your friends change the plan several times, but none of the options matters much to you. You decide to accept their choice and enjoy the day. What are you doing?

3-second sample
American, British, Australian

Grammatical Case in English: Types and Everyday Use

4-second sample
American, British, Australian

Grammatical number: singular and plural forms

3-second sample
American, British, Australian

Grey area

A company policy explains business travel but says nothing about combining a work trip with one personal day. The rule is not clearly allowed or forbidden. What is this situation?

5-second sample
American, British, Australian

Hand in your notice

You have accepted another job, but your contract requires four more weeks of work. What do you give your employer to formally begin the leaving process?

4-second sample
American, British, Australian

Hands full

You are caring for a sick child while finishing two urgent reports. A colleague asks whether you can lead another project. How can you explain that you are already too busy?

4-second sample
American, British, Australian

Have a word

A mistake in a report needs discussing, but you do not want to raise it in front of the whole team. How can you ask the writer for a short private conversation?

3-second sample
American, British, Australian

Head start

You receive the reading list a month before everyone else and finish two books before the course begins. What kind of advantage do you have?

6-second sample
American, British, Australian