Listen and write

Dictation

The weekly dictation, with the reading done for you. A word list or a short passage, read out at the speed a teacher reads it, and checked word by word once you have had a go.

1ListenThe voice reads it at dictation pace, slow enough to write.
2WriteOn ruled lines, one word or the whole passage.
3CheckMarked word by word, in red pencil, with the answer if you need it.

A few sentences, read whole or one at a time. Write the whole thing.

Year20 to try

Passage · Primary 1
My Cat
Practises short sentences with a full stop at the end of each
6 sentences · 33 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 1
At the Park
Practises past tense verbs: went, pushed, had, ate
6 sentences · 37 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 1
My Family
Practises short sentences about the people at home
6 sentences · 41 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 1
The Red Ball
Practises simple present tense: has, kicks, goes, swims
6 sentences · 37 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 1
My School
Practises capital letters for names and the word I
6 sentences · 35 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 1
The Little Fish
Practises the word its, and describing words like orange and white
6 sentences · 35 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 1
Rain
Practises sentences that start with It and I
6 sentences · 38 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 2
The School Bus
Practises capital letters for names, and a comma before a joining word
7 sentences · 54 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 2
A Rainy Day
Practises longer sentences with more than one idea in them
6 sentences · 51 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 2
The Birthday Cake
Practises a list with commas and the word and at the end
6 sentences · 54 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 2
The Lost Umbrella
Practises past tense verbs: took, could, looked, walked, laughed
6 sentences · 55 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 2
At the Beach
Practises longer sentences joined with so and and
6 sentences · 57 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 2
The New Puppy
Practises commas in a list and the apostrophe in his
6 sentences · 54 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 2
Grandpa's Garden
Practises the apostrophe in Grandpa's, and a sentence with without
6 sentences · 60 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 3
The Lost Wallet
Practises a whole short story, with an apostrophe and a comma to place
7 sentences · 66 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 3
The Race
Practises a whole short story with a comma before but
6 sentences · 65 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 3
The Old Photograph
Practises longer words: photograph, uniform, grandmother
5 sentences · 60 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 3
A Night Without Lights
Practises commas in longer sentences, and the word electricity
6 sentences · 61 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 3
The Kind Stranger
Practises the word realised, and capital letters for MTR and Octopus
5 sentences · 63 wordsListen and write
Passage · Primary 3
Looking After Milo
Practises the apostrophe in neighbour's, and neighbour spelled the British way
5 sentences · 66 wordsListen and write

Dictation

My Cat

At the Park

My Family

The Red Ball

My School

The Little Fish

Rain

The School Bus

A Rainy Day

The Birthday Cake

The Lost Umbrella

At the Beach

The New Puppy

Grandpa's Garden

The Lost Wallet

The Race

The Old Photograph

A Night Without Lights

The Kind Stranger

Looking After Milo