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Helping Parents with Chores

CEFR level:
A1
Sentences:
8
Duration:
1 min
Speakers:
Tom & Emma

"Helping Parents with Chores" is an A1-level English conversation about home and daily 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.

  1. Tom 0:00

    My parents have been working so hard this week. Let's help them with chores!

    Line 1
  2. Emma 0:04

    That's so thoughtful, Tom! What should we tackle first?

    Line 2
  3. Tom 0:08

    I'll vacuum the carpets and wipe down all the dining tables.

    Line 3
  4. Emma 0:12

    Sounds good. I can wash the fresh vegetables for tonight's dinner.

    Line 4
  5. Tom 0:16

    Mom mentioned the laundry basket in the hallway is full, too.

    Line 5
  6. Emma 0:20

    No problem, I'll load the washing machine and start the cycle.

    Line 6
  7. Tom 0:24

    Thank you! Working as a team makes chores go so fast.

    Line 7
  8. Emma 0:28

    Absolutely. Mom and dad will be so happy when they see this!

    Line 8

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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.

  • parents /ˈpɛrənts/ noun

    a mother and father; people who have children

  • hard /hɑrd/ adjective; adverb

    difficult, firm, or requiring effort

  • week /wik/ noun

    a period of seven days

  • help /hɛlp/ verb

    to make it easier for someone to do something

  • first /fɝst/ adjective

    coming before all others

  • dinner /ˈdɪnɚ/ noun

    the main meal of the day

  • full /fʊl/ adjective

    containing as much as possible; having no space left

  • problem /ˈprɑbləm/ noun

    something difficult that needs to be solved

  • load /loʊd/ noun

    an amount carried, handled, or put into a system

  • team /tim/ noun

    a group of people working or playing together

  • makes /meɪks/ verb

    third-person singular of make

  • fast /ˈfæst/ adjective or adverb

    moving or happening quickly

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