A2 · Weather and Seasonal Plans
Choosing an Indoor Activity
- CEFR level:
- A2
- Sentences:
- 10
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Choosing an Indoor Activity" is an A2-level English conversation about weather and seasonal plans, 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
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
Our walk may not happen because of the heavy rain.
- Line 2Emma 0:02
I agree. The paths in the park will be muddy.
- Line 3Tom 0:06
Would you rather visit the museum or see a movie?
- Line 4Emma 0:10
The museum sounds better because we haven't been there recently.
- Line 5Tom 0:14
There's a new exhibition about city history.
- Line 6Emma 0:16
Great. Do we need to buy tickets online?
- Line 7Tom 0:20
Only weekend tickets need to be booked ahead.
- Line 8Emma 0:23
Then we can buy them when we arrive tomorrow.
- Line 9Tom 0:26
Let's meet inside the front entrance at eleven.
- Line 10Emma 0:29
Good. We can have lunch at the museum café afterward.
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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.
- happen /ˈhæpən/ verb
to take place or occur
- agree /əˈɡri/ verb
to have the same opinion or consent to something
- paths /pæθs/ noun
ways or routes from one place to another
- rather /ˈræðər/ adverb
somewhat; preferably; instead
- museum /mjuˈziəm/ noun
a place where important objects are displayed
- better /ˈbɛtər/ adjective
more excellent or desirable than another
- recently /ˈrisəntli/ adverb
not long ago
- history /ˈhɪstəri/ noun
past events or the study of the past
- tickets /ˈtɪkəts/ noun
passes for travel, entry, or service
- booked /bʊkt/ adjective
reserved in advance; fully scheduled
- good /ɡʊd/ adjective
of high quality or pleasant
- afterward /ˈæftɚwɚd/ adverb
at a later or subsequent time