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The party (normal speed)
This text features a variety of common verb patterns, such as ‘regret’ + -ing and ‘hope’ + to-infinitive.
The party (dictation)
This text features a range of tenses in English: Past simple, present perfect, persent simple, present continous and future continuous.
Jim’s day at work (normal speed)
Jim’s day at work (dictation)
This text features uncountable and irregular nouns.
A tricky situation (normal speed)
A tricky situation (dictation)
This text features verb patterns with ‘forget’, ‘promise’, ‘accuse’ and ‘make’.
In trouble with my flatmate (normal speed)
In trouble with my flatmate (dictation)
This text features sentences using ‘there is’ and ‘there are’.
It’s a great little town (normal speed)
It’s a great little town (dictation)
This text features special cases of the articles (‘the’, ‘a’/’an’ and ‘zero-article’) connected with geography.
Geography (audio)
Geography (dictation)
This text features verb patterns including ‘mind + -ing’, ‘spend time + -ing’, ‘begin + to-infinitive’, ‘regret + -ing’.
Always thinking about Neil (normal speed)
Always thinking about Neil (dictation)
This text features special cases of the use of the articles (‘the’, ‘a’/’an’ and ‘zero-article’), such as ‘at home’, ‘in prison’ and ‘in hospital’.
After prison (normal speed)
After prison (dictation)
This text features examples of the passive voice
Products sold in supermarkets (normal speed)
Products sold in supermarkets (dictation)
Coming soon
This text features the passive voice in the past simple and present continous tenses
The seagull and the president (normal speed)
This text features the past perfect
Jim’s luck (normal speed)
This text features paired words that are used to link ideas: ‘not only…but…’, and ‘such (+noun)’ … ‘that’
The disappointing hotel (normal speed)
This text features language for making comparisons (‘-er than’, ‘more + adjective + than’, ‘a great deal more + adjective + than’)
The one that got away (normal speed)
This text works on the different ways we use ‘say’, ‘talk’, ‘tell’ and ‘ask’.
What did they talk about? (normal speed)
This text expemplifies how we can speculate about different pasts and imaginary presents using conditionals.
What if the internet had never been invented? (normal speed)
She used to be anxious (nomal speed)
This text features ‘used to’ and ‘would’ being used to talk about habits and habitual states in the past.