Dictation: Sheila at the supermarket

Wadjasay? American English Pronunciation Practice

This dictation is three paragraphs long. It is repeated three times.

Instructions:

Step One: Listen to the paragraphs as many times as you like. The more you listen, the easier it will be to write down each sentence.

Step Two: Listen again, but stop after each sentence and try to repeat it to yourself. If you can repeat it, go ahead and write it down. Don’t worry about spelling right now. Just try to record the text as best you can. Skip lines so you can easily go back and make changes later.

Step Three: Listen again, correcting as you go. When you’ve written as much as you can, listen one more time and read silently along with the podcast. If there are words you didn’t capture, leave an empty space with brackets like this: [ ] so you can fill it in later.

Step Four: Put away the dictation for a day or two, and then review it again. Listen to the podcast and see if you recognize any words that you missed last time.

Step Five: All done? See the note at the bottom of the page. The transcript link has the dictation text.

Grammar note: All the verbs in this little story are in the simple present tense. If you like, try rewriting the text in the simple past. It would start with: “I had a friend named Sheila…”
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Okay, IF and ONLY if you have done the dictation, you may look at the transcript (link above) and correct your work. Thanks!

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