SentenceCut Practice Pack

8 sentences · click a number to play that sentence only. Use it for dictation / shadowing.

1. 00100:00:00,300 → 00:00:08,870 One fine day in winter some Ants were busy drying their store of corn, which had got rather damp during a long spell of rain.
2. 00200:00:09,350 → 00:00:17,410 Presently up came a Grasshopper and begged them to spare her a few grains, "For," she said, "I'm simply starving."
3. 00300:00:17,610 → 00:00:21,750 The Ants stopped work for a moment, though this was against their principles.
4. 00400:00:21,940 → 00:00:26,900 "May we ask," said they, "what you were doing with yourself all last summer?"
5. 00500:00:27,300 → 00:00:29,820 Why didn't you collect a store of food for the winter?"
6. 00600:00:30,600 → 00:00:36,030 "The fact is," replied the Grasshopper, "I was so busy singing that I hadn't the time."
7. 00700:00:36,500 → 00:00:42,000 "If you spent the summer singing," replied the Ants, "you can't do better than spend the winter dancing."
8. 00800:00:42,000 → 00:00:45,190 And they chuckled and went on with their work.