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English Speaking Exercise (All Levels)

Course 202, Unit 10, Lesson 5

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Instructions: Please recite the following paragraph. Press the 'add audio submission' button to record and submit this exercise.

The boy was digging holes in the garden with a shovel. I need to buy a mop and a bucket to wash my floor. The girl is sweeping the wooden floor with a broom. He is going to fix the chimney tomorrow. My shears and two rakes are in the wheelbarrow. Please use a tape measure to measure the distance between the window and the door. I would like to use my new drill to put a screw into the wall.

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  • Tomás
    Mochapoints: 1247  |  Teacher Score: 638

    Excellent work! My only suggestion is that in the word "distance", make sure to pronounce the "c". It makes an "s" sound. That's it, though. :)
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  • Parker13
    Mochapoints: 38971  |  Teacher Score: 27534 (100%)

    Your pronunciation is improving with each exercise!
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  • Davep
    Mochapoints: 26387  |  Teacher Score: 22916 (100%)

    Good job.
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  • Sally Moore
    Mochapoints: 370395  |  Teacher Score: 358884 (100%)

    Repeat this after me: distance. I will record the passage for you to use as reference.

    OK? Keep it up!  \o/
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  • Marc
    Mochapoints: 13439  |  Teacher Score: 10060 (100%)

    Well done. It's only the word 'distance' that's not quite right, but I see others have made the corrections.
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  • Graham
    Mochapoints: 564865  |  Teacher Score: 531818 (100%)

    Good. The only word you mispronounced was "distance" The "ce" has an "s" sound.
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  • June Nessler
    Mochapoints: 19549  |  Teacher Score: 11794 (100%)
    It is difficult for me to understand what you are reading without following the script myself.  i think that if you pronounce the consonants at the end of words, your pronunciation will be clearer.  Listen as I read the passage. The boy was digging holes in the garden with a shovel. I need to buy a mop and a bucket to wash my floor. The girl is sweeping the wooden floor with a broom. He is going to fix the chimney tomorrow. My shears and two rakes are in the wheel barrow. Please use a tape measure to measure the distance between the window and the door. I would like to use my new drill to put a screw into the wall.
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  • golfixer2009
    Mochapoints: 102245  |  Teacher Score: 94322 (99%)

    Lisa, you are saying 'rakes' more like it was spelled 'racks'. Try it as if it were spelled 'rayks'. Just a phonetic 'rule' ... if a short word ends in 'e' there is a good possibility the preceding vowel has the long sound.

    lake,  take,  make, long 'a' sound

    lone,  bone,  cone long 'o' sound
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  • Alanlancs1
    Mochapoints: 13950  |  Teacher Score: 8601 (96%)

    well done
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  • Heide
    Mochapoints: 44936  |  Teacher Score: 26202 (100%)

    Very good indeed! ;) Please, consider working on the pronounciation of the following words a little bit more:

    "rakes"

    "tape"

    "distance"
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