This mock examination is recorded at 100 WPM and is entitled "Chamber of Commerce talks about changes to working patterns."

If you prefer to listen to the audio-only dictation, you can find it here on Soundcloud.

Here is a 60 WPM version as well as an 80 WPM version.

Almost 90% of the words contained in this passage are in the Top 1,000 NGSL word list! Hopefully we are convincing you that is worth the time to focus on the NGSL.

NGSL 1k words: a, about, advantage, afternoon, agree, ahead, all, already, although, am, an, and, approach, are, as, at, away, based, basis, be, believe, between, business, but, call, can, caring, cent, challenges, changed, changes, cities, clearly, companies, considered, conversations, could, create, creating, culture, day, difference, different, do, doubt, earn, employees, evening, example, experience, face, feel, feeling, first, fit, for, forward, from, good, groups, growing, had, happened, has, have, having, health, helping, here, home, however, i, important, in, includes, increasing, indicated, instead, into, is, issues, it, key, know, large, like, listening, look, make, many, may, meeting, mind, more, move, moved, much, need, needed, needs, new, no, not, now, number, of, office, on, one, only, opportunity, or, order, our, own, particular, patterns, people, per, place, planning, produce, public, recent, recognise, responsibilities, result, say, seems, serious, short, skills, some, space, start, statement, support, take, talk, thank, that, the, their, them, then, there, these, they, this, those, time, times, to, today, together, town, towns, used, very, views, want, way, ways, we, welcome, what, while, who, will, with, work, workers, working, world, would, you, your

NGSL 2k words: arrangement, carefully, delays, deny, employers, extra, fresh, heavy, permanent, relaxed, stress, survey, totally, traffic, transport

NGSL 3k words: adapt, chamber, flexible, perception

NAWL words: embedding, flexibility, fundamentally, inclusion

Supplemental words: four, seventy, thirty, two

Off-list: achievable, best, commerce, commute, countryside, infrastructure, pat, realisation, smith, smoothly, sustainably, wellbeing, workplace