Choosing a Movie
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Choosing a Movie" is an A1-level English conversation about leisure and social life, 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
What kind of movie do you want to watch tonight?
- Line 2Tom 0:03
How about an action movie or a comedy?
- Line 3Emma 0:05
A comedy sounds great! I need a good laugh.
- Line 4Tom 0:10
There's a new one showing at seven-thirty.
- Line 5Emma 0:12
Perfect! Should we book the tickets online?
- Line 6Tom 0:16
Yes, I can buy them on my phone right now.
- Line 7Emma 0:19
Great, and I'll buy some popcorn at the cinema.
- Line 8Tom 0:22
Sounds like a plan. See you at the theater!
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.
- kind /kaɪnd/ adjective
friendly, generous, and considerate
- want /wɑnt/ verb
to wish for or need something
- tonight /təˈnaɪt/ adverb
on this night
- action /ˈækʃən/ noun
the process of doing something to achieve an aim
- good /ɡʊd/ adjective
of high quality or pleasant
- new /nu/ adjective
recently made, found, or started
- showing /ˈʃoʊɪŋ/ verb
present participle of show
- tickets /ˈtɪkəts/ noun
passes for travel, entry, or service
- online /ˌɑnˈlaɪn/ adjective
connected to or available through the internet.
- like /laɪk/ verb
to enjoy or approve of someone or something
- plan /plæn/ noun
an idea or arrangement for doing something
- theater /ˈθiətər/ noun
a place for plays, movies, or performances