A1 · Food and Ordering
Ordering Coffee
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Ordering Coffee" 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
What do you want to drink?
- Line 2Emma 0:01
I'd like a coffee, please.
- Line 3Tom 0:03
What size?
- Line 4Emma 0:05
A medium, please.
- Line 5Tom 0:06
For here or to go?
- Line 6Emma 0:08
To go, please.
- Line 7Tom 0:10
That's five dollars.
- Line 8Emma 0:12
Here you go.
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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.
- want /wɑnt/ verb
to wish for or need something
- drink /drɪŋk/ noun
a liquid intended for drinking
- like /laɪk/ verb
to enjoy or approve of someone or something
- coffee /ˈkɔfi/ noun
a hot beverage brewed from roasted coffee beans
- size /saɪz/ noun/verb
how large or small something is
- medium /ˈmidiəm/ noun/adjective
a middle size, level, or means
- dollars /ˈdɑlərz/ plural noun
more than one dollar