A1 · Family and Friends
Talking About Pets
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Talking About Pets" is an A1-level English conversation about family and friends, 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
Do you have any pets at home, Emma?
- Line 2Emma 0:02
Yes, I have a ginger cat. Her name is Mimi.
- Line 3Tom 0:06
Oh, cute! How old is she?
- Line 4Emma 0:09
She's almost two years old. She loves sleeping in the sun.
- Line 5Tom 0:13
Cats are so sweet. I have a golden retriever named Max.
- Line 6Emma 0:17
A golden retriever! Is he very playful?
- Line 7Tom 0:21
Yes, he always wants to play fetch in the yard.
- Line 8Emma 0:25
That's adorable. Dogs have so much energy!
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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.
- home /hoʊm/ noun
the place where someone lives
- name /neɪm/ noun
a word used to identify a person or thing
- old /oʊld/ adjective
having lived or existed for a long time.
- almost /ˈɔlmoʊst/ adverb
not quite; nearly
- years /jɪrz/ noun
plural of year; periods of twelve months
- sleeping /ˈslipɪŋ/ verb/adjective
resting in sleep; used for sleep
- named /neɪmd/ verb
gave a name to; called
- max /mæks/ noun
the maximum amount or level
- always /ˈɔlweɪz/ adverb
at all times; on all occasions; constantly
- wants /wɑnts/ verb
third-person singular of want
- play /pleɪ/ verb
to take part in a game, music, or activity
- energy /ˈɛnɚdʒi/ noun
the strength and ability to be active