A1 · Time and Plans
Reminding Someone About a Doctor's Appointment
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Reminding Someone About a Doctor's Appointment" is an A1-level English conversation about time and plans, 8 lines long (about 1 minute) between Emma & Tom. 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 1Emma 0:00
Tom, your doctor's appointment is at three.
- Line 2Tom 0:03
Thanks. I almost forgot about it.
- Line 3Emma 0:05
You should leave by two thirty.
- Line 4Tom 0:08
You're right. Traffic is heavy now.
- Line 5Emma 0:11
Do you have your health card?
- Line 6Tom 0:13
Yes, it's in my blue wallet.
- Line 7Emma 0:15
Great. I'll set a reminder on my phone.
- Line 8Tom 0:19
Perfect, now I feel much better.
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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.
- appointment /əˈpɔɪntmənt/ noun
an arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place
- almost /ˈɔlmoʊst/ adverb
not quite; nearly
- leave /liv/ verb
to go away from a place or person
- right /raɪt/ adjective/adverb/noun
correct; on the right side; a legal claim
- heavy /ˈhɛvi/ adjective
weighing a lot or great in amount
- health /hɛlθ/ noun
the condition of the body or mind
- great /ɡreɪt/ adjective
very good or important
- set /sɛt/ verb
to put, fix, or arrange in place
- reminder /rɪˈmaɪndɚ/ noun
something that helps you remember
- phone /foʊn/ noun
a device used to call or communicate
- feel /ˈfil/ verb
experience an emotion or physical sensation
- better /ˈbɛtər/ adjective
more excellent or desirable than another