A1 · Family and Friends
Talking About Family
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Talking About Family" is an A1-level English conversation about family and friends, 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
Do you have any brothers or sisters?
- Line 2Tom 0:02
Yes, an older brother. What about you?
- Line 3Emma 0:06
I have two sisters.
- Line 4Tom 0:08
Do you all live together?
- Line 5Emma 0:10
Yes, we live in a big house.
- Line 6Tom 0:13
That sounds fun and lively.
- Line 7Emma 0:15
Yes, it's never quiet at home!
- Line 8Tom 0:18
I'd love to meet them someday.
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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.
- older /ˈoʊldər/ adjective
having more age than someone or something else.
- brother /ˈbrʌðɚ/ noun
a boy or man in relation to other sons and daughters of his parents
- live /lɪv/ verb
to be alive or have your home in a place
- together /təˈɡɛðər/ adverb
with each other or in one group
- big /bɪɡ/ adjective
of considerable size or extent; large
- house /haʊs/ noun
a building where people live
- sounds /saʊndz/ plural noun; verb
things heard; seems or makes noise
- fun /fʌn/ noun
enjoyment or an entertaining experience
- never /ˈnɛvər/ adverb
not at any time
- quiet /ˈkwaɪət/ adjective, noun, verb
with little noise; calm; to make less noisy
- home /hoʊm/ noun
the place where someone lives
- meet /mit/ verb
to come together or encounter someone