DICTATION

Instructions

1. Push play and listen

   The passage is read at normal speed. You         should listen for meaning.  

2. Write

    Each phrase is read slowly 2 or 3 times with      punctuation. Write what you hear. 

3. Listen again

    The whole passage is read again for you to       check your work. 

4. Click to see the text

    The written text is shown. Now it is time              for you to find your mistakes. They are your        chances to learn!  Your mistakes give you 

    valuable feedback.

    

 

1. The Wolf (James Thurber) 
2. Pooh (A A Milne)
3. 1984 (George Orwell) 
4. Prufrock (T S Eliot)
5. The Owl (James Thurber) 
6. The Emperor's New Clothes (H C Andersen)
7. Numbers
8. Earthly Powers (Anthony Burgess)
9. Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
10. Sons and Lovers (D H Lawrence)
11. Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
12. Emma (Jane Austen)
13. The Great Gatsby (Scott Fitzgerald)
14. The Hobbit (J R Tolkien)
15. Three Men in a Boat