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1 Example 1

Our latest product is a low-price laptop

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2Example 2

specially designed for young children to learn from.

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1. The small keyboard 2. makes it easy for them to use.

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3. Once the laptop 4. is switched on, 5. the fun starts.

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6. There are over 7. twenty games

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8. to make 9. the learning process 10. fun and easy.

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11. This is a new 12. portable computer

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13. with a simple design

GRAMMAR BASICS – ANSWER KEY

Task One: Computers for children

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14. and none of our competitors 15. have it on offer.

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16. We are launching it on the market in August,

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17. just before 18. the start of the new school year.

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19. It will be sold by toy retailers 20. across the country.

How to mark your dictation:

There are 20 points for the dictation. (N.B. Punctuation, eg. capitals, commas, full stops, are not marked).Example:

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16. We are launching it on the market in August,

You must spell all these words correctly to get ONE POINT.

It is not important if you get these words wrong.

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Question Your Answer

A B C D

Example X

1 X

2 X

3 X

4 X

5 XA B C D

GRAMMAR BASICS – ANSWER KEY

Task Two: Home office

Question Your Answer

A B C D

6 X

7 X

8 X

9 X

10 XA B C D

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into be

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each to

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from and

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as with

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the like

Task Three: The story of the euro