A1 · Shopping and Payment
Choosing a Color
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Choosing a Color" is an A1-level English conversation about shopping and payment, 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
I can't choose between red and gray.
- Line 2Tom 0:03
Red is bright, gray is easy to match.
- Line 3Emma 0:06
I wear jeans most days.
- Line 4Tom 0:08
Then gray will match your jeans better.
- Line 5Emma 0:11
True, but red looks more fun.
- Line 6Tom 0:14
You can pick gray now and red later.
- Line 7Emma 0:17
Good plan. I'll choose gray today.
- Line 8Tom 0:20
Nice pick. It looks clean and stylish.
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.
- choose /tʃuz/ verb
to pick or decide on one option from alternatives
- red /rɛd/ adjective; noun
the color of blood or ripe tomatoes
- easy /ˈizi/ adjective
not difficult
- match /mætʃ/ noun
a contest, equal partner, or thing that fits
- days /deɪz/ noun
plural of day; periods of twenty-four hours
- better /ˈbɛtər/ adjective
more excellent or desirable than another
- true /tru/ adjective
real, correct, or not false
- looks /lʊks/ verb
third-person singular of look; appears or watches
- later /ˈleɪtər/ adverb
at a time in the future or after the time mentioned
- good /ɡʊd/ adjective
of high quality or pleasant
- plan /plæn/ noun
an idea or arrangement for doing something
- clean /klin/ adjective
free from dirt, marks, or unwanted matter