A1 · Food and Ordering
Ordering Breakfast
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Ordering Breakfast" is an A1-level English conversation about food and ordering, 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
Good morning! What can I get started for you today?
- Line 2Emma 0:03
Good morning! I'd like the breakfast combo with eggs and toast.
- Line 3Tom 0:08
Sure thing. How would you like your eggs cooked?
- Line 4Emma 0:11
Scrambled, please, with a little butter.
- Line 5Tom 0:14
You got it. Would you like hot coffee or tea with that?
- Line 6Emma 0:18
Hot coffee with a little milk, please.
- Line 7Tom 0:21
Coming right up. That will be eight dollars, please.
- Line 8Emma 0:24
Here is ten dollars. Keep the change!
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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.
- good /ɡʊd/ adjective
of high quality or pleasant
- morning /ˈmɔrnɪŋ/ noun
the early part of the day
- started /ˈstɑrtɪd/ past verb; adjective
began or was begun
- like /laɪk/ verb
to enjoy or approve of someone or something
- breakfast /ˈbrɛkfəst/ noun
the first meal of the day, typically eaten in the morning
- little /ˈlɪtəl/ adjective
small in size, amount, or degree
- coffee /ˈkɔfi/ noun
a hot beverage brewed from roasted coffee beans
- milk /mɪlk/ noun
a white drink produced by mammals
- right /raɪt/ adjective/adverb/noun
correct; on the right side; a legal claim
- dollars /ˈdɑlərz/ plural noun
more than one dollar
- keep /kip/ verb
to continue to have, hold, or do something
- change /tʃeɪndʒ/ verb
to make or become different