Dictation - St Patrick's Day
Hints - celebrated - official
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Slow - Write
Instructions:-
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2. Listen and write I will speak more slowly.
3. Listen to the first file again - Check and make any corrections you think necessary.
4. Check what you have written.
Dictation Text - St Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick's Day celebrates Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It is usually celebrated on March 17. The day is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland and a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland. It is celebrated in Great Britain, Australia, the United States and New Zealand too, but in these places it is not an official holiday.
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Thanks to SLB for pointing out this is an elementary dictation.