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English Speaking Exercise (All Levels)

Course 202, Unit 9, Lesson 5

Surprise Party

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

Gary Johnson went to work last Monday, as usual. He walked into the office, but nobody was there. He looked in the offices. He looked in the cafeteria. He looked in the employee bathrooms. He even looked in the basement. Gary didn't know what to do. He walked back to his office. The lights in his office were turned off. He turned on the lights and everybody he worked with yelled: "Surprise!" It was Gary's birthday.

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  • alekgb
    Mochapoints: 10842  |  Teacher Score: 4320 (100%)
    Almost perfect. Very close to 5 stars, but few words need to be addressed. I listed a few of them in the audio message.
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  • Tarek
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    Very good. Practice makes perfect. Best wishes.
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  • Sam Peters
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    Very good, keep practicing.
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  • Mônica
    Mochapoints: 40077  |  Teacher Score: 32873 (100%)
    Johnson (not "Johnshon"), as usual (not "usuar"), nobody, there (not thear), looked, the, cafeteria (not "cafetéria"), bathrooms, lights (not "lies"), turned off, worked (not "walked"), yelled, birthday (not "bisthday").
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  • Love saver
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    Very good, Anqi I second all corrections made by the good friends above especially Monica. Good luck.
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  • CJay
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    Very Good!  : )

    You might want to practice 'offices' to put the 's' sound on the end.
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  • t020253
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    Surprise Party Gary Johnson went to work last Monday, as usual. He walked into the office, but nobody was there. He looked in the offices. He looked in the cafeteria. He looked in the employee bathrooms. He even looked in the basement. Gary didn't know what to do. He walked back to his office. The lights in his office were turned off. He turned on the lights and everybody he worked with yelled: "Surprise!" It was Gary's birthday. Use this dictinary for pronounciation of words:www.nciku.com
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  • tsweezy
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    Good job, everyone above gave good advice. I have nothing to add except to encourage you to keep going! Good job!
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  • notonlyart
    Mochapoints: 1988  |  Teacher Score: 1837 (0%)
    Gary Johnson went to work last Monday as usual. He walked into the office, but nobody was there. He looked in the offices. He looked in the employee lavatories.
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