A1 · Food and Ordering
Packing Leftovers to Go
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Packing Leftovers to Go" 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
We can't finish this meal today.
- Line 2Emma 0:02
Would you like a to-go box?
- Line 3Tom 0:04
Yes, please pack this rice and chicken.
- Line 4Emma 0:07
Do you want sauce in a small cup?
- Line 5Tom 0:10
Yes, that would be cleaner.
- Line 6Emma 0:12
I'll bring one bag as well.
- Line 7Tom 0:14
Thanks. We'll eat it for lunch tomorrow.
- Line 8Emma 0:17
Great. Please keep it in the fridge.
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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.
- meal /mil/ noun
an occasion when food is eaten
- like /laɪk/ verb
to enjoy or approve of someone or something
- pack /pæk/ verb; noun
to put things into a container; a group or package
- want /wɑnt/ verb
to wish for or need something
- sauce /sɔs/ noun
a liquid or soft food added for flavor
- small /smɔl/ adjective
not large in size or amount
- cleaner /ˈklinər/ noun; adjective
a person or substance that cleans; comparative of clean
- bring /brɪŋ/ verb
to take or carry someone or something to a place
- eat /it/ verb
to put food in the mouth and swallow it
- tomorrow /təˈmɑroʊ/ adverb
on the day after today
- great /ɡreɪt/ adjective
very good or important
- keep /kip/ verb
to continue to have, hold, or do something