Talking About Favorite Sports
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Talking About Favorite Sports" is an A1-level English conversation about leisure and social 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
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- Line 1Emma 0:00
What sport do you enjoy the most?
- Line 2Tom 0:02
I enjoy badminton on weekends.
- Line 3Emma 0:05
Nice. I like running in the park.
- Line 4Tom 0:08
Do you run every morning?
- Line 5Emma 0:10
Not daily, only three times a week.
- Line 6Tom 0:13
That's still a strong routine.
- Line 7Emma 0:15
Maybe I can try badminton too.
- Line 8Tom 0:17
Sure, I'll teach you basic shots.
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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.
- weekends /ˈwikˌɛndz/ noun plural
Saturdays and Sundays
- like /laɪk/ verb
to enjoy or approve of someone or something
- run /rʌn/ verb
to move fast on foot or operate something
- daily /ˈdeɪli/ adjective
happening every day
- times /taɪmz/ noun
occasions, periods, or clock readings
- week /wik/ noun
a period of seven days
- still /stɪl/ adverb
continuing up to now
- strong /strɔŋ/ adjective
having great power or force
- routine /ruˈtin/ noun
a regular way of doing things
- maybe /ˈmeɪbi/ adverb
perhaps; possibly
- teach /titʃ/ verb
to help someone learn knowledge or skills
- basic /ˈbeɪsɪk/ adjective
forming an essential foundation or starting point; simple