Dictation Sentences from Black Beauty
Level G: Lists 59-69

List 59

1. Though he has not had much experience, he has a light hand and a quick eye.
2. Your example would go a long way.
3. Joe’s voice shook with excitement.
4. There was a great deal of hurry and excitement after the news became known.
5. I was much excited by what had happened.
6. The stars were shining, and except the noise behind us, all was still.
7. You have been my best friend except my mother.

List 60

1. One day she came down later than usual.
2. He went as carefully over my eyes as if they were his own.
3. “Now,” he said, after carefully looking at us both, “I can see nothing wrong with these horses.”
4. It was now early April, and the family was expected home some time in May.
5. Sometimes, when I have had less exercise than usual, I have felt so full of life and spring that I really could not keep quiet.
6. Ride to the doctor’s and tell him to come immediately.

List 61

1. He has such a sweet face, and such a fine intelligent eye.
2. He was always good and patient, especially at first.
3. “It has all been so different with me,” she said.
4. Of course it is very different here, but who knows how long it will last?
5. I should like your opinion on these horses.
6. It is not always easy to get his opinion about people.
7. It was three or four times as large as the old house, but not half so pleasant, if a horse may have an opinion.

List 62

1. He was not allowed to exercise either of us.
2. I could not see on either side, but only straight in front of me.
3. On the other hand, we saw people who loved their neighbors.
4. Her weight was little, her voice was sweet, and her hand was light on the rein.
5. He had eight miles to walk, so I lay down and tried to go to sleep.

List 63

1. I should like to know if you have noticed anything particular about either of these.
2. It would not have been difficult for people to run into each other there.
3. Many an accident would never have happened if horses might have the full use of their eyes.

List 67

1. When he came to look at us, he seemed pleased with our appearance.
2. Then I was led off by a man to a little distance.
3. We heard, quite in the distance, what sounded like the cry of dogs.

List 68

1. “Have you decided what to do, John?” he said.
2. I decided to make the best of it and do my duty.

List 69

1. His head fell back and his arms hung down, and everyone looked very serious.
2. If he was very serious, I always knew it by his voice.

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