A1 · Weather and Everyday Help
Looking for Glasses
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Looking for Glasses" is an A1-level English conversation about weather and everyday help, 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
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 1Emma 0:00
I can't find my glasses anywhere.
- Line 2Tom 0:02
When did you use them last night?
- Line 3Emma 0:04
I was reading on the sofa.
- Line 4Tom 0:06
Check between the sofa cushions first.
- Line 5Emma 0:09
Not there. Maybe near my desk lamp.
- Line 6Tom 0:12
Wait, I see them on top of the bookshelf.
- Line 7Emma 0:15
Ah, yes. I put them there quickly.
- Line 8Tom 0:18
Great, now your morning is saved.
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.
- use /juz/ (verb); /jus/ (noun) verb, noun
to do something with; the act of using
- last /læst/ adjective
coming after all others; most recent
- night /naɪt/ noun
the dark part of the day
- reading /ˈridɪŋ/ noun; verb
the act of reading; interpreting written words
- first /fɝst/ adjective
coming before all others
- maybe /ˈmeɪbi/ adverb
perhaps; possibly
- desk /dɛsk/ noun
a table used for work or study
- lamp /læmp/ noun
a device that produces light
- wait /weɪt/ verb
to stay until something happens
- quickly /ˈkwɪkli/ adverb
fast or soon
- great /ɡreɪt/ adjective
very good or important
- saved /seɪvd/ verb
kept safe or stored for later