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A1 · Time and Plans

Making Lunch Plans

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

"Making Lunch Plans" is an A1-level English conversation about time and plans, 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

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  1. Tom 0:00

    Hey Emma, are you free to grab lunch together?

    Line 1
  2. Emma 0:03

    Yes, I'd love to! What time were you thinking?

    Line 2
  3. Tom 0:07

    How about twelve-thirty, after our morning call?

    Line 3
  4. Emma 0:10

    Twelve-thirty works great for me. What are you craving?

    Line 4
  5. Tom 0:14

    I feel like having noodles or a fresh sandwich.

    Line 5
  6. Emma 0:17

    There's a cozy café down the street with great sandwiches.

    Line 6
  7. Tom 0:21

    Perfect, let's meet in the lobby at twelve-thirty.

    Line 7
  8. Emma 0:24

    See you there! I'm already getting hungry.

    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.

  • free /fri/ adjective

    costing nothing or not restricted

  • lunch /lʌntʃ/ noun

    a meal eaten around midday

  • together /təˈɡɛðər/ adverb

    with each other or in one group

  • time /taɪm/ noun

    what clocks measure; a point or period

  • thinking /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/ noun

    the process of using the mind

  • call /kɔl/ verb

    to give a telephone ring, or to speak in a loud voice to attract attention

  • works /wɝks/ verb

    does a job or functions successfully

  • great /ɡreɪt/ adjective

    very good or important

  • feel /ˈfil/ verb

    experience an emotion or physical sensation

  • like /laɪk/ verb

    to enjoy or approve of someone or something

  • already /ɔlˈrɛdi/ adverb

    before now or before a specific time in the past

  • getting /ˈɡɛtɪŋ/ verb

    receiving, obtaining, or becoming