A1 · Home and Daily Life
Taking Out the Trash
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Taking Out the Trash" is an A1-level English conversation about home and daily life, 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
The trash bag is full now.
- Line 2Tom 0:02
I'll take it downstairs.
- Line 3Emma 0:04
Please tie it tightly first.
- Line 4Tom 0:06
Good call. It was almost leaking.
- Line 5Emma 0:09
New bags are under the sink.
- Line 6Tom 0:11
Great. I'll put a fresh one in.
- Line 7Emma 0:14
Can you sort the recycling bottles too?
- Line 8Tom 0:16
Yes, I'll drop them in the blue bin.
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.
- full /fʊl/ adjective
containing as much as possible; having no space left
- tie /taɪ/ verb
to fasten with string or a knot
- tightly /ˈtaɪtli/ adverb
firmly or closely
- first /fɝst/ adjective
coming before all others
- good /ɡʊd/ adjective
of high quality or pleasant
- call /kɔl/ verb
to give a telephone ring, or to speak in a loud voice to attract attention
- almost /ˈɔlmoʊst/ adverb
not quite; nearly
- leaking /ˈlikɪŋ/ verb
letting liquid, gas, or information escape
- new /nu/ adjective
recently made, found, or started
- great /ɡreɪt/ adjective
very good or important
- put /pʊt/ verb
to place something somewhere
- drop /drɑp/ verb
to let something fall