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Planning a Family Visit

CEFR level:
A1
Sentences:
8
Duration:
1 min
Speakers:
Tom & Emma

"Planning a Family Visit" is an A1-level English conversation about family and friends, 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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  1. Tom 0:00

    Emma, my parents called and they want to visit this Sunday!

    Line 1
  2. Emma 0:03

    How wonderful! What time do they plan to arrive?

    Line 2
  3. Tom 0:07

    Around ten in the morning, in time for morning tea.

    Line 3
  4. Emma 0:10

    Great! I'll clean the living room and tidy the guest bedroom.

    Line 4
  5. Tom 0:15

    Thank you! I will go to the market and buy fresh fruit and pastries.

    Line 5
  6. Emma 0:19

    Do your parents prefer herbal tea or fresh coffee?

    Line 6
  7. Tom 0:23

    My mom loves jasmine tea, and dad prefers black coffee.

    Line 7
  8. Emma 0:27

    Perfect. We'll have everything ready when they arrive.

    Line 8

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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.

  • parents /ˈpɛrənts/ noun

    a mother and father; people who have children

  • called /kɔld/ verb

    past tense and past participle of call; phoned or named

  • want /wɑnt/ verb

    to wish for or need something

  • visit /ˈvɪzɪt/ verb

    to go to see a person or place

  • sunday /ˈsʌnˌdeɪ/ noun

    the day of the week after Saturday

  • time /taɪm/ noun

    what clocks measure; a point or period

  • plan /plæn/ noun

    an idea or arrangement for doing something

  • arrive /əˈraɪv/ verb

    to reach a destination or place

  • room /rum/ noun

    a space inside a building; space available

  • tidy /ˈtaɪdi/ adjective

    neat and well organized

  • bedroom /ˈbɛdˌrum/ noun

    a room used for sleeping

  • buy /baɪ/ verb

    to obtain something in exchange for payment

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