Playing a Game Together
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Playing a Game Together" is an A1-level English conversation about leisure and social life, 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
Do you want to play a game now?
- Line 2Emma 0:02
Yes, but something easy please.
- Line 3Tom 0:05
We can play one short card game.
- Line 4Emma 0:07
Great. Please explain the rules first.
- Line 5Tom 0:10
Each person gets five cards only.
- Line 6Emma 0:13
And the winner gets ten points?
- Line 7Tom 0:15
Exactly. Ready for the first round?
- Line 8Emma 0:18
Ready. Let's start and have fun.
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.
- want /wɑnt/ verb
to wish for or need something
- easy /ˈizi/ adjective
not difficult
- short /ʃɔrt/ adjective
small in length, height, or time
- explain /ɪkˈspleɪn/ verb
make something clear by describing it
- rules /rulz/ noun plural
official instructions about what is allowed
- first /fɝst/ adjective
coming before all others
- person /ˈpɝsən/ noun
a human being
- gets /ɡɛts/ verb
receives, obtains, or becomes
- winner /ˈwɪnɚ/ noun
a person or thing that wins
- points /pɔɪnts/ noun
ideas, details, score units, or exact places
- exactly /ɪɡˈzæktli/ adverb
precisely; in every detail
- round /raʊnd/ adjective/noun/verb
shaped like a circle; a turn or stage