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A2 · Hobbies and Leisure

Arranging Music Practice

CEFR level:
A2
Sentences:
10
Duration:
1 min
Speakers:
Tom & Emma

"Arranging Music Practice" is an A2-level English conversation about hobbies and leisure, 10 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

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  1. Tom 0:00

    Could we practice our new song before Friday?

    Line 1
  2. Emma 0:02

    Sure, but I'm not free on Thursday evening.

    Line 2
  3. Tom 0:06

    How about Wednesday at seven?

    Line 3
  4. Emma 0:08

    Seven is fine. Should we practice at your place?

    Line 4
  5. Tom 0:12

    My neighbors complained about the noise last time.

    Line 5
  6. Emma 0:15

    Then we could rent the small room at the music center.

    Line 6
  7. Tom 0:19

    Good idea. It's cheaper before eight o'clock.

    Line 7
  8. Emma 0:22

    Let's start at six thirty and book one hour.

    Line 8
  9. Tom 0:25

    I'll reserve the room during my lunch break.

    Line 9
  10. Emma 0:28

    Thanks. I'll bring the music and an extra cable.

    Line 10

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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.

  • practice /ˈpræktɪs/ noun

    repeated activity to improve a skill

  • wednesday /ˈwɛnzdeɪ/ noun

    the day of the week after Tuesday and before Thursday

  • place /pleɪs/ noun

    a location or position

  • neighbors /ˈneɪbərz/ noun

    people who live near you

  • complained /kəmˈpleɪnd/ verb

    past tense of complain; expressed dissatisfaction

  • noise /nɔɪz/ noun

    unwanted or unpleasant sound

  • last /læst/ adjective

    coming after all others; most recent

  • time /taɪm/ noun

    what clocks measure; a point or period

  • rent /rɛnt/ noun

    money paid to use a place or item

  • small /smɔl/ adjective

    not large in size or amount

  • cheaper /ˈtʃipər/ adjective

    comparative of cheap; costing less money

  • reserve /rɪˈzɝv/ verb

    to book or keep for later

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