B2 dictation
English dictation test B2: type what you hear at native speed
Ten B2-level sentences, said the way a native speaker says them: two or three reductions a sentence, with conditionals and modals. You listen, you type, and the page marks instantly which words did not make it. Free, no sign-up.
- Level
- B2
- Sentences
- 10, real audio
- Speed
- native, with the slow version to compare
- Scoring
- instant, word by word
- Length
- about 5 minutes
- Sign-up
- none
Sentence 1 of 10
Other levels
Why a dictation per level
A comprehension test tells you whether you got the idea. A dictation tells you exactly which word you did not hear, and in fast English it is nearly always the same kind of word: the auxiliary fused to the pronoun, the “to” that became a vowel, the “have” that no longer sounds like “have”.
The sentences are graded: at A2 there is one reduction a sentence and the rest is slow and clear; at C1 three or four chain together and the whole sentence runs at conversational speed. Start at your level and move up when you get more than 85% of the words.
Each sentence has two recordings by the same voice: the fast one, which is what is dictated, and the careful one, to compare afterwards. You can type the written form (“going to”) or the reduced one (“gonna”); both count as correct.
FROM WHAT YOU READ TO WHAT YOU SAY
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