Dictation
Fast English dictation test: type what you hear and find out which words your ear drops
Ten real sentences at natural speed, with the reductions native speakers actually use. You listen, you type, and the page marks instantly which words did not make it. Free, no sign-up.
- Sentences
- 10 per round, from a bank of 39
- Audio
- real voice, the same sentence slow and fast
- Scoring
- instant, word by word
- Time
- about 5 minutes
- Sign-up
- none
- Level
- B1 and up
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Why a dictation and not another listening test
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 almost always the same kind of word: the auxiliary that fused with the pronoun, the “to” that became a vowel, the “have” that no longer sounds like “have”. Seeing it written, marked in red, is what makes the ear stop tripping there.
Every sentence has two recordings in 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
Now say them yourself
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