A1 · Shopping and Payment
Paying with Cash
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Paying with Cash" 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
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- Line 1Tom 0:00
I'd like to pay with cash, please.
- Line 2Emma 0:02
Sure. Your total is eighteen dollars.
- Line 3Tom 0:05
Here is a twenty-dollar bill.
- Line 4Emma 0:07
Thanks. Your change is two dollars.
- Line 5Tom 0:10
Could I get smaller coins, please?
- Line 6Emma 0:13
Yes, one dollar coin and four quarters.
- Line 7Tom 0:16
Great, that's very helpful.
- Line 8Emma 0:19
Here is your receipt too.
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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.
- like /laɪk/ verb
to enjoy or approve of someone or something
- pay /peɪ/ verb
to give money for goods, services, or work
- cash /kæʃ/ noun
money in the form of bills or coins
- total /ˈtoʊtəl/ noun
the complete amount
- dollars /ˈdɑlərz/ plural noun
more than one dollar
- bill /bɪl/ noun
a statement of money owed for goods or services
- change /tʃeɪndʒ/ verb
to make or become different
- smaller /ˈsmɔlər/ comparative adjective
less large
- dollar /ˈdɑlər/ noun
a unit of currency used in several countries
- great /ɡreɪt/ adjective
very good or important
- helpful /ˈhɛlpfəl/ adjective
useful or willing to help
- receipt /rɪˈsit/ noun
a written proof of payment or receiving