A1 · Personal Information
Spelling an Email Address
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Spelling an Email Address" is an A1-level English conversation about personal information, 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
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 1Emma 0:00
Tom, what's your email address so I can send the photos?
- Line 2Tom 0:03
It's tomhill at mail dot com.
- Line 3Emma 0:06
Could you spell the first part out for me, please?
- Line 4Tom 0:09
Sure! That's T-O-M-H-I-L-L, all lowercase letters.
- Line 5Emma 0:14
Got it. Is there any dot or underscore between Tom and Hill?
- Line 6Tom 0:19
No, no spaces or dots, just tomhill all together.
- Line 7Emma 0:24
Perfect, I just sent the files to your inbox.
- Line 8Tom 0:27
Awesome! I see the email right now. Thanks!
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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.
- email /ˈiˌmeɪl/ noun
a message sent electronically over the internet
- address /əˈdrɛs/ noun
the particulars of the place where someone lives or an organization is situated
- send /sɛnd/ verb
to cause something to go somewhere
- photos /ˈfoʊtoʊz/ noun
pictures made with a camera
- first /fɝst/ adjective
coming before all others
- part /pɑrt/ noun; verb
a piece of something; to separate
- spaces /ˈspeɪsəz/ plural noun; verb
areas or gaps; places apart
- together /təˈɡɛðər/ adverb
with each other or in one group
- sent /sɛnt/ verb
past tense and past participle of send
- files /ˈfaɪlz/ plural noun
stored documents or collections of information
- see /si/ verb
to notice with the eyes or understand
- right /raɪt/ adjective/adverb/noun
correct; on the right side; a legal claim