Confirming the Train Line
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Confirming the Train Line" is an A1-level English conversation about travel and directions, 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
Is this the train line to North Station?
- Line 2Emma 0:02
Yes, this blue line goes there.
- Line 3Tom 0:05
Do I need to transfer on the way?
- Line 4Emma 0:07
No transfer. Stay on this train.
- Line 5Tom 0:11
How many stops before North Station?
- Line 6Emma 0:13
Four stops from here.
- Line 7Tom 0:15
Thanks. I'll watch the stop screen.
- Line 8Emma 0:18
Great. Announcements are in English too.
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.
- train /treɪn/ noun
a connected set of rail cars pulled along a track
- line /laɪn/ noun
a long thin mark, row, or queue
- station /ˈsteɪʃən/ noun; verb
a place for transport, work, or broadcasting; to place someone somewhere
- need /nid/ verb
to require something
- transfer /trænsˈfɝ/ verb
to move something from one place to another
- way /weɪ/ noun
a method, route, or manner of doing something
- stay /steɪ/ verb; noun
to remain in a place or condition; a visit or period of remaining
- stops /stɑps/ verb
ends movement or activity
- watch /wɑtʃ/ verb
to look at something for a time
- stop /stɑp/ verb
to end movement or activity
- great /ɡreɪt/ adjective
very good or important
- announcements /əˈnaʊnsmənts/ noun
formal public statements or notices