Listening Practice: Dictation: Health and Lifestyle
Listen to short German health sentences, identify key words, and rebuild the dictation accurately.
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German health dictation
Listen for meaning first, then for exact words. Short GCSE dictation sentences often test familiar health vocabulary and sound-symbol links.
Words to listen for
These words appear in the clips.
Clip 1: food and drink
Listen to the short sentence.
- fruit and water
- sugar and water
- fast food and juice
Clip 2: sleep
Listen to the short sentence.
- eight hours
- six hours
- all night
Clip 3: smoking
Listen to the short sentence.
- It is unhealthy.
- It is healthy.
- It is boring.
Match what you heard
- Obst
- Wasser
- ich schlafe
- ungesund
- fruit
- water
- I sleep
- unhealthy
Find the health words
Tap the THREE health words from the dictation clips.
- Obst
- Star
- Wasser
- Beruf
- Rauchen
Rebuild the dictation
Clip 1 says: Ich esse _____ und trinke _____. Clip 2 says: Ich schlafe _____ Stunden. Clip 3 says: Rauchen ist _____.
Build the sentence
Put the words in order: I eat fruit and drink water.
- Ich
- esse Obst
- und
- trinke Wasser
Sound and meaning
Select the TWO accurate statements.
- Wasser means water.
- ungesund means unhealthy.
- Obst means office.
- Rauchen means to travel.
Choose the dictation meaning
Pick the meaning that fits each heard sentence.
- Ich esse Obst und trinke Wasser.
- Ich schlafe acht Stunden.
- Rauchen ist ungesund.
Write what you heard
Write the three German sentences from memory, then add their English meanings.
- Use Obst, Wasser and ungesund accurately
- Capitalise German nouns
- Check the number acht