A1 · Health
Having a Stomachache
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Having a Stomachache" is an A1-level English conversation about health, 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
Oh, Tom, my stomach is hurting pretty badly right now.
- Line 2Tom 0:04
Oh no! When did the pain start?
- Line 3Emma 0:07
Right after breakfast, maybe an hour ago.
- Line 4Tom 0:10
Did you eat something cold or spicy this morning?
- Line 5Emma 0:13
I drank an iced drink on an empty stomach.
- Line 6Tom 0:16
That might be why. Let me bring you some hot ginger tea.
- Line 7Emma 0:20
That would be very comforting, thank you so much.
- Line 8Tom 0:24
Lie down on the couch while I make it.
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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.
- badly /ˈbædli/ adverb
in an unsatisfactory or unsuccessful manner; severely
- right /raɪt/ adjective/adverb/noun
correct; on the right side; a legal claim
- pain /peɪn/ noun
physical hurt or emotional suffering
- start /stɑrt/ verb; noun
to begin; the beginning
- breakfast /ˈbrɛkfəst/ noun
the first meal of the day, typically eaten in the morning
- maybe /ˈmeɪbi/ adverb
perhaps; possibly
- hour /ˈaʊɚ/ noun
a period of sixty minutes
- eat /it/ verb
to put food in the mouth and swallow it
- morning /ˈmɔrnɪŋ/ noun
the early part of the day
- empty /ˈɛmpti/ adjective
containing nothing
- bring /brɪŋ/ verb
to take or carry someone or something to a place
- make /meɪk/ verb
to create, produce, or cause