Taking a Taxi
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Taking a Taxi" is an A1-level English conversation about travel and directions, 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
Hello! Are you available?
- Line 2Emma 0:02
Yes, get in! Where are you heading?
- Line 3Tom 0:05
Please take me to Central Park.
- Line 4Emma 0:07
Sure thing. Please put on your seatbelt.
- Line 5Tom 0:10
How long will the ride take?
- Line 6Emma 0:12
Traffic is light, so about fifteen minutes.
- Line 7Tom 0:16
Wonderful. I have a meeting at three.
- Line 8Emma 0:19
Don't worry, we will be there on time.
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.
- available /əˈveɪləbl/ adjective
able to be used, obtained, or free to do something
- take /teɪk/ verb/noun
to get, carry, use, or require something
- central /ˈsɛntrəl/ adjective
located in the middle or most important
- put /pʊt/ verb
to place something somewhere
- long /lɔŋ/ adjective
having great length or lasting much time
- ride /raɪd/ verb/noun
to travel on or in something; a trip
- traffic /ˈtræfɪk/ noun
vehicles moving on roads
- light /laɪt/ noun
brightness that makes it possible to see
- minutes /ˈmɪnəts/ plural noun
units of sixty seconds; meeting notes
- meeting /ˈmitɪŋ/ noun
a planned gathering for discussion
- worry /ˈwɝi/ verb
to feel anxious or concerned
- time /taɪm/ noun
what clocks measure; a point or period