Dictations

Is when someone is given a picture so that he/she can explain what the picture means.

1. Improves listening skills.
2. It helps one to practice one's grammar.
3. It creates awareness or concentration.
4. It improves pronunciation.
5. It creates awareness of punctuation.

1. Full stop (.): Is used at the end of a sentence unless the sentence is a question or an exclamation.
2. Question mark (?): Written at the end of a direct question.
3. Comma (,): Shows a slight pause in a sentence.
4. Exclamation mark (!): Used at the end of a sentence which expresses surprise, enthusiasm or shock.
5. Colon (:): Used to introduce something.
6. Semicolon (;): Used to separate two contrasting parts of a sentence.
7. Apostrophe ('): Shows that either a letter is missing.
8. Quotation marks (" "): Used to show the words that somebody said.
9. Hyphen (-): Used to join two words which together form one idea.
10. Ellipsis (…): Used to show that words have been left out, especially from a quotation or at the end of a conversation.
11. Dash (–): Used to separate a phrase from the rest of a sentence.
12. Brackets ( ): Used to keep extra information separate from the rest of a sentence.

Dictation about energy

Human beings need energy to stay alive and to move around. Energy is used for all activities that are basic for human survival such as cooking and pumping water. We also need energy to improve the quality of our lives: for transport, light, communication, refrigeration and so on. As a country develops, still more energy is needed for industry and business, for schools, and hospitals.