A1 · Time and Plans
Planning an After-Work Activity
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Planning an After-Work Activity" is an A1-level English conversation about time and plans, 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
Are you free after work today?
- Line 2Emma 0:02
Yes, I finish at six.
- Line 3Tom 0:04
Let's do something relaxing.
- Line 4Emma 0:06
How about a short walk by the river?
- Line 5Tom 0:09
Nice idea. The weather looks cool.
- Line 6Emma 0:12
We can get some fresh juice after walking.
- Line 7Tom 0:15
Great. I'll meet you near your office entrance.
- Line 8Emma 0:18
See you there at six-ten.
Native audio, line-by-line recording and pronunciation scoring for this dialogue are in the EngTalk app.
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.
- free /fri/ adjective
costing nothing or not restricted
- work /wɝk/ noun
a job, task, or effort
- finish /ˈfɪnɪʃ/ verb
bring something to an end
- short /ʃɔrt/ adjective
small in length, height, or time
- walk /wɔk/ verb
to move on foot
- idea /aɪˈdiə/ noun
a thought, plan, or suggestion
- weather /ˈwɛðɚ/ noun
the condition of the air, such as rain, wind, or temperature
- looks /lʊks/ verb
third-person singular of look; appears or watches
- walking /ˈwɔkɪŋ/ verb
present participle of walk
- great /ɡreɪt/ adjective
very good or important
- office /ˈɔfəs/ noun
a place where people work at desks.
- see /si/ verb
to notice with the eyes or understand