A2 · Lost Items and Everyday Help
Collecting a Recovered Item
- CEFR level:
- A2
- Sentences:
- 10
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Collecting a Recovered Item" is an A2-level English conversation about lost items and everyday help, 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
Hello, I received a message saying my lost tablet was found.
- Line 2Emma 0:04
Great news. Please tell me your claim number first.
- Line 3Tom 0:08
It's CL-3097 from yesterday's report.
- Line 4Emma 0:12
Thank you. The tablet is ready at service counter two.
- Line 5Tom 0:16
What documents should I bring to collect it?
- Line 6Emma 0:18
Bring your ID and a screenshot of the report message.
- Line 7Tom 0:22
I can arrive around six thirty this evening.
- Line 8Emma 0:25
That works. Counter two closes at seven thirty.
- Line 9Tom 0:29
Perfect, I'll come before seven with everything.
- Line 10Emma 0:32
Excellent, we'll verify and return it immediately.
Native audio, line-by-line recording and pronunciation scoring for this dialogue are in the EngTalk app.
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.
- saying /ˈseɪɪŋ/ verb
speaking or expressing words
- lost /lɔst/ adjective
unable to be found or not knowing the way
- news /nuz/ noun
new information about recent events
- claim /kleɪm/ verb
to state something as a fact without proof
- first /fɝst/ adjective
coming before all others
- yesterday's /ˈjɛstərˌdeɪz/ adjective
belonging to or occurring on the day before today
- report /rɪˈpɔrt/ noun
a spoken or written account
- service /ˈsɜrvəs/ noun
help, work, or a provided function
- collect /kəˈlɛkt/ verb
to gather together things or information
- screenshot /ˈskrinˌʃɑt/ noun
an image of what is shown on a screen
- works /wɝks/ verb
does a job or functions successfully
- immediately /ɪˈmidiətli/ adverb
now; without delay