A1 · Shopping and Payment
Paying at a Store
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Paying at a Store" is an A1-level English conversation about shopping and payment, 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
Excuse me, how much is this jacket?
- Line 2Emma 0:02
It's usually fifty dollars, but today it's thirty.
- Line 3Tom 0:06
That's a great price! I'll take it.
- Line 4Emma 0:09
Wonderful. Please follow me to the register.
- Line 5Tom 0:12
Can I pay with my phone?
- Line 6Emma 0:14
Yes, you can tap it right here.
- Line 7Tom 0:17
Done. Did the payment go through?
- Line 8Emma 0:20
Yes, it did. Here is your receipt and bag.
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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.
- usually /ˈjuʒuəli/ adverb
in most cases; normally
- dollars /ˈdɑlərz/ plural noun
more than one dollar
- today /təˈdeɪ/ adverb
on this day
- great /ɡreɪt/ adjective
very good or important
- price /praɪs/ noun
the amount of money needed to buy something
- take /teɪk/ verb/noun
to get, carry, use, or require something
- follow /ˈfɑloʊ/ verb
to go after or act according to something
- pay /peɪ/ verb
to give money for goods, services, or work
- phone /foʊn/ noun
a device used to call or communicate
- right /raɪt/ adjective/adverb/noun
correct; on the right side; a legal claim
- payment /ˈpeɪmənt/ noun
money paid or the act of paying
- receipt /rɪˈsit/ noun
a written proof of payment or receiving