Hello 6th grade students! Here you can practise the dictation for next Monday 18th of May.

This dictation is about famous people and his/her professions.

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Famous people and professions

“Galileo was an astronomer from Italy. He was the first person to look at the stars and the planets through a telescope. He discovered that the Earth and the other planets go around the sun.

Alexander Graham Bell was an inventor from Scotland. He invented the telephone. It was a very simple telephone.

Frida Khalo was a painter from Mexico. She painted a lot of colourful pictures and self-portraits.

Louis Armstrong was a very famous jazz singer and musician. His voice was very deep and he played the trumpet brilliantly.”