A1 · Time and Plans
Asking the Time and Date
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Asking the Time and Date" is an A1-level English conversation about time and plans, 8 lines long (about 1 minute) between Emma & Tom. Read the full script below with the translation next to each line, then try speaking one of the roles out loud.
Dialogue script
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- Line 1Emma 0:00
Excuse me, Tom. Do you have the time?
- Line 2Tom 0:02
Let me check my watch. It's almost noon.
- Line 3Emma 0:06
Oh, time flies! And what is today's date?
- Line 4Tom 0:10
Today is Monday, May tenth.
- Line 5Emma 0:13
Right, our monthly team meeting is at two o'clock!
- Line 6Tom 0:16
That gives us two hours to prepare our slides.
- Line 7Emma 0:19
Good thing I asked. Let's finish them quickly.
- Line 8Tom 0:23
Good plan. Let's work on them right now.
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Key vocabulary
Content words from this dialogue, ranked by the CEFR level at which they appear across the whole 500-dialogue library. Function words and proper nouns are excluded.
- time /taɪm/ noun
what clocks measure; a point or period
- date /deɪt/ noun
a particular day of a month or year
- monthly /ˈmʌnθli/ adjective/adverb
happening once a month
- team /tim/ noun
a group of people working or playing together
- meeting /ˈmitɪŋ/ noun
a planned gathering for discussion
- gives /ɡɪvz/ verb
hands, provides, or offers something
- hours /ˈaʊɚz/ plural noun
periods of sixty minutes; opening times
- prepare /prɪˈper/ verb
to get ready for something
- asked /æskt/ verb
requested information or asked a question
- quickly /ˈkwɪkli/ adverb
fast or soon
- plan /plæn/ noun
an idea or arrangement for doing something
- work /wɝk/ noun
a job, task, or effort