A1 · Food and Ordering
Buying a Snack
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Buying a Snack" is an A1-level English conversation about food and ordering, 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
Each entry shows the English sentence first, with the translation on the line below it. To practise speaking, cover the translation and repeat after the audio.
- Line 1Emma 0:00
Excuse me, do you have any potato chips?
- Line 2Tom 0:03
Yes, they are right here on this shelf. Which flavor?
- Line 3Emma 0:07
I'll take a bag of barbecue chips, please.
- Line 4Tom 0:09
Anything to drink with that? We have cold soda and water.
- Line 5Emma 0:14
Just a small bottle of mineral water, please.
- Line 6Tom 0:17
All right. That comes to four dollars in total.
- Line 7Emma 0:20
Can I tap my phone to pay?
- Line 8Tom 0:22
Yes, right on the screen. Thank you!
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.
- right /raɪt/ adjective/adverb/noun
correct; on the right side; a legal claim
- flavor /ˈfleɪvər/ noun
the distinctive taste of food or drink
- take /teɪk/ verb/noun
to get, carry, use, or require something
- cold /koʊld/ adjective
having a low temperature
- small /smɔl/ adjective
not large in size or amount
- bottle /ˈbɑtəl/ noun
a container with a narrow neck, used for storing liquids
- comes /kʌmz/ verb
third-person singular of come; moves toward
- dollars /ˈdɑlərz/ plural noun
more than one dollar
- total /ˈtoʊtəl/ noun
the complete amount
- phone /foʊn/ noun
a device used to call or communicate
- pay /peɪ/ verb
to give money for goods, services, or work
- screen /skrin/ noun
the display surface of a device