Choosing a Song
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Choosing a Song" is an A1-level English conversation about leisure and social life, 8 lines long (about 1 minute) between Tom & Emma. 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 1Tom 0:00
Which song should we play first?
- Line 2Emma 0:02
I want something soft and happy.
- Line 3Tom 0:05
How about this acoustic track?
- Line 4Emma 0:07
Nice choice. The singer sounds warm.
- Line 5Tom 0:11
Do you want a faster song next?
- Line 6Emma 0:13
Yes, after this slow one ends.
- Line 7Tom 0:16
Great, I'll make a short playlist.
- Line 8Emma 0:19
Thanks. Music time feels so relaxing.
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.
- first /fɝst/ adjective
coming before all others
- want /wɑnt/ verb
to wish for or need something
- track /træk/ noun
a path, course, or record of progress
- choice /tʃɔɪs/ noun
an act of selecting or a possibility from which to choose
- faster /ˈfæstɚ/ comparative adjective or adverb
more quickly
- next /nɛkst/ adjective
coming immediately after the present one
- slow /sloʊ/ adjective/verb
not fast; to make or become less fast
- ends /ɛndz/ verb (third-person singular)
comes or brings to a finish
- make /meɪk/ verb
to create, produce, or cause
- short /ʃɔrt/ adjective
small in length, height, or time
- time /taɪm/ noun
what clocks measure; a point or period
- feels /ˈfilz/ verb
experiences a sensation or seems to the touch