Short dictations are helpful for both listening and writing practice. Each of these beginning level dictations focuses on a specific learning point such as 'at the restaurant' or 'comparisons'. The dictations include five sentences. Each sentence is read twice with time to write down the answer. Beginning Level Dictations originally appeared on About.com English as 2nd Language on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 23:57:13.Permalink | Comment | Email this

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Amy Lightfoot answers a question from Marlene in Brazil and explains when you can use the words 'persons' and 'peoples'

Hell A British, an American and an Iranian died and all went to hell. The British said, “I really miss England; I want to call England and see how everybody is doing there.” He called and talked for about 5 minutes and then asked the Devil, “well, how much do I owe you for the phone call?” The Devil answered, “Five million dollars.” “Five million dollars?!” the British man exclaimed. He wrote him a check and went to sit back on his chair. The American was so jealous; he started screaming, “me, too I want to call the United States, I want to see how everybody is doing.” He called his country, and talked for about 10 minutes, and then asked the Devil, “Well, how much do I owe you for the phone call?” The Devil answered, “Ten million dollars.” “Ten million dollars?!” the American man exclaimed. He wrote him a check and went to sit back on his chair. The Iranian was extremely jealous, too. He started screaming and screaming, “I want to call Iran too, I want to see how everybody is doing there too.” He called Iran and talked for about twenty hours. He was talking and talking and talking Then he asked the Devil, “well, how much do I owe you for the phone call?” The Devil answered, “One dollar.” “ONLY ONE DOLLAR?!” the Briton exclaimed. The Devil answered, “Yes, from hell to hell; it's local!” Adapted from the English Village

Articles, determiners, and quantifiers are those little words that precede and modify nouns: (the teacher, a college, a bit of honey, an apple) Sometimes these words will tell the reader or listener whether we're referring to a specific or general thing (the garage out back; A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!); sometimes they tell how much or how many (lots of trees, several books, a great deal of confusion). The choice of the proper article or determiner to precede a noun or noun phrase is usually not a problem for writers who have grown up speaking English, nor is it a serious problem for non-native writers whose first language is a romance language such as Spanish. For other writers, though, this can be a considerable obstacle on the way to their mastery of English. In fact, some students from eastern European countries — where their native language has either no articles or an altogether different system of choosing articles and determiners — find that these "little words" can create problems long after every other aspect of English has been mastered.

A British, an American and an Iranian died and all went to hell. The British said:I miss England;I want to call England and see how everybody is doing there....He called and talked for about 5 minutes...Then he said: well, devil how much do I owe you for the phone call?The devil goes five million dollars...Five million dollars!!!He made him a cheque and went to sit back on his chair.... The American was so jealous, he starts screaming, me too I want to call the United States , I want to see how everybody is doingToo....He called! And talked for about 10 minutes, and then he said: well, devil how much do I owe you! For the phone call?The devil goes ten million dollars...Ten million dollars!!!!! ! He made him a cheque and went to sit back on his Chair.... The Iranian was extremely jealous too... He starts screaming and Screaming, I want to call Iran too, I want to see how everybody is doing there too, I wanna talkto everybody...He called Iran and he talked for about twenty hours, He was talking and talking and talkingThen he said: well, devil how much do I owe you for the phone call?The devil goes:One dollar...ONLY ONE DOLLAR?!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !The devil goes: yes, well...From hell to hell,it's local !!!! با تشكر از دوست عزيزي كه اين مطلب را به دهكده ارسال كردند...

A Valentine's Joke One night just before Valentine's Day a woman had a lovely dream  about a beautiful necklace. When she woke up, she told her husband, "I just dreamt that you gave me a pearl necklace for Valentine's day. What do you think it could mean?" "You'll find out on Valentine's Day." he said with a knowing smile.On Valentine's Day, the man gave his delighted wife a beautifully wrapped package. Excitedly, she opened it, only to find a book entitled "The Meaning of Dreams".

وَعَسَى أَن تَكْرَهُواْ شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَعَسَى أَن تُحِبُّواْ شَيْئًا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَّكُمْ وَاللّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ     مکارم:  چه بسا چيزي را خوش ‍ نداشته باشيد، حال آنكه خير شما در آن است. و يا چيزي را دوست داشته باشيد، حال آنكه شر شما در آن است. و خدا مي‏داند، و شما نمي‏دانيد