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A2 · Groceries and Daily Shopping

Correcting a Shelf Price

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

"Correcting a Shelf Price" is an A2-level English conversation about groceries and daily shopping, 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

    This cereal scanned at six dollars, not four.

    Line 1
  2. Emma 0:03

    Let me check the price shown on the shelf.

    Line 2
  3. Tom 0:06

    The label said four dollars until Sunday.

    Line 3
  4. Emma 0:09

    You're right, and today is Saturday.

    Line 4
  5. Tom 0:12

    Could you change it to the advertised price?

    Line 5
  6. Emma 0:14

    Of course. The system may not have updated correctly.

    Line 6
  7. Tom 0:18

    Thanks. I almost chose a different brand.

    Line 7
  8. Emma 0:21

    I've changed it to four dollars now.

    Line 8
  9. Tom 0:24

    Great. Do you need the shelf label?

    Line 9
  10. Emma 0:27

    No, but I'll ask someone to correct the system.

    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.

  • price /praɪs/ noun

    the amount of money needed to buy something

  • shown /ʃoʊn/ verb

    past participle of show

  • said /sɛd/ verb

    past tense of say

  • change /tʃeɪndʒ/ verb

    to make or become different

  • advertised /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzd/ adjective

    publicly announced or promoted

  • system /ˈsɪstəm/ noun

    a set of connected parts that work together

  • updated /ˌʌpˈdeɪtɪd/ verb, adjective

    made current or newer

  • chose /tʃoʊz/ verb

    past tense of choose; picked or selected

  • different /ˈdɪfərənt/ adjective

    not the same as another

  • brand /brænd/ noun

    a type of product manufactured by a particular company

  • changed /tʃeɪndʒd/ verb

    past tense of change; made or became different

  • ask /æsk/ verb

    to pose a question or request information

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