Dictation 1 My neighbours name is Mes Rogers. She's always very friendly and polite, but | think she’s a litle strange. she has a big Garden, but there ate no flowers or trees init. There isn't ‘even any grass. She likes everything to be tidy and she thinks ‘that grass makes the garden untidy. Sometimes her sister ‘comes to visit her and they sit in the garden talking, but when she goes home Mrs Rogers cleans the garden for hours. Dees ther sister have dirty feet? Dictation 2 Inthe Seventies, | used to have a pair of jeans that were very wide, with flowers painted on them. They were very fashionable then. My friend's jeans were also very wide, but they had happy faces painted on them. We used to wear big shoes and colourful shirts. We used to go to clubs and dance to disco music. When I look at the photographs of me then, | think how stupid | looked, but | remember how happy we were in those days. Dictation 3 | have never been abroad, but there is one country | would really like to @0 to, and that’s Canada, ve heard that it's very beautiful, especially n the autumn. I've got an uncle who has lived there since 1960. He goes skiing in the winter and stays by a lake in the summer, where he goes fishing and sailing, He says the people are very nice and the cities are extremely clean It azo snows a lot in the winter and often children vt go to school. That's why I want to live there Dictation 8 Keeping a pet is a big responsibilty. If you have a deg, for example, you musth’ forget to take it for 2 walk at least twice day, Fish have to have fresh water. Birds and rabbits need someone to clean their cage every couple of days, and even i {you have cats, whieh are quite easy to look after, you must femember to feed them. However, if you don't fancy having = real animal, you can get a computer program ofa cat. Dictation 9 ‘4 survey eartied out by the European Union has found that ‘the people who live in Luxembourg are the happiest in Europe, while the Irish are the unhapplest. The survey shows that the Irish have more children and spend more money on food than people in other European countries. in contrast, the inhabitants of Luxembourg are more likely to have a dishwasher and washing machine in their home, and spend more menay on halidays than other Europeans, Dictation 10 ''m always hurting mysel. Yesterday, for example, | woke up and decided to make some tea. Unfortunately, ! burnt my hand with the boiling water, After that, | fell over my cat and sprained my ankle, Later | cut my finger while | was making 3 sandwich and | nearly fainted because I lost so much blood, Finally, | hit my thumb with a hammer while | wes putting up ’a picture. Perhaps I should get those glasses that my doctor says [ave to have.