Buying a Metro Card
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Buying a Metro Card" is an A1-level English conversation about travel and directions, 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
I'd like to buy a metro card today.
- Line 2Tom 0:02
Sure. Do you want a new card?
- Line 3Emma 0:05
Yes, I don't have one yet.
- Line 4Tom 0:07
The card costs five dollars.
- Line 5Emma 0:09
Can I add ten dollars credit now?
- Line 6Tom 0:12
Yes, total will be fifteen dollars.
- Line 7Emma 0:15
Great. I'll pay by card.
- Line 8Tom 0:18
Done. Tap here to activate it.
Native audio, line-by-line recording and pronunciation scoring for this dialogue are in the EngTalk app.
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.
- like /laɪk/ verb
to enjoy or approve of someone or something
- buy /baɪ/ verb
to obtain something in exchange for payment
- card /kɑrd/ noun
a piece of thick, stiff paper or plastic used for identification, payments, or messages
- want /wɑnt/ verb
to wish for or need something
- new /nu/ adjective
recently made, found, or started
- yet /jɛt/ adverb
up to the present time or by a specified time
- costs /kɔsts/ noun
plural of cost; amounts paid
- add /æd/ verb
to put together with something else to increase size or quantity
- credit /ˈkrɛdɪt/ noun
recognition for work or an arrangement to borrow money
- total /ˈtoʊtəl/ noun
the complete amount
- great /ɡreɪt/ adjective
very good or important
- pay /peɪ/ verb
to give money for goods, services, or work