A1 · Time and Plans
Moving the Meeting to Seven
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Moving the Meeting to Seven" 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
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
Can we change our meeting time tonight?
- Line 2Emma 0:02
Sure. What time do you need?
- Line 3Tom 0:05
Can we meet at seven instead?
- Line 4Emma 0:07
Seven is fine for me.
- Line 5Tom 0:09
Thanks. I finish work a little late.
- Line 6Emma 0:12
No worries. Same place as before?
- Line 7Tom 0:15
Yes, let's meet at the same café.
- Line 8Emma 0:18
Great, see you at seven.
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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.
- change /tʃeɪndʒ/ verb
to make or become different
- meeting /ˈmitɪŋ/ noun
a planned gathering for discussion
- time /taɪm/ noun
what clocks measure; a point or period
- tonight /təˈnaɪt/ adverb
on this night
- need /nid/ verb
to require something
- instead /ɪnˈstɛd/ adverb
as an alternative
- work /wɝk/ noun
a job, task, or effort
- late /leɪt/ adjective
after the expected or usual time
- worries /ˈwɝiz/ noun plural
things that cause anxiety or concern
- same /seɪm/ adjective
not different; identical
- place /pleɪs/ noun
a location or position
- great /ɡreɪt/ adjective
very good or important