A2 · Hobbies and Leisure
Discussing a Recent Movie
- CEFR level:
- A2
- Sentences:
- 10
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Discussing a Recent Movie" 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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- Line 1Tom 0:00
Did you see the new space movie this weekend?
- Line 2Emma 0:02
Yes, I saw it on Sunday with my brother.
- Line 3Tom 0:06
What did you think of it?
- Line 4Emma 0:07
The pictures were amazing, but the story was predictable.
- Line 5Tom 0:11
Was it better than the director's last movie?
- Line 6Emma 0:13
It looked better, but the older story was more interesting.
- Line 7Tom 0:18
Then I might wait until it's available online.
- Line 8Emma 0:20
That's reasonable. The cinema tickets were quite expensive.
- Line 9Tom 0:25
Could you recommend something else for tonight?
- Line 10Emma 0:27
Sure. I'll send you the name of a good comedy.
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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.
- space /speɪs/ noun; verb
an area or room; to place apart
- think /θɪŋk/ verb
to use the mind or have an opinion
- story /ˈstɔri/ noun
an account of real or imagined events
- predictable /prɪˈdɪktəbəl/ adjective
easy to know or guess in advance
- better /ˈbɛtər/ adjective
more excellent or desirable than another
- last /læst/ adjective
coming after all others; most recent
- looked /lʊkt/ verb
past tense of look; directed the eyes or seemed
- reasonable /ˈrizənəbəl/ adjective
fair, sensible, or not excessive
- tickets /ˈtɪkəts/ noun
passes for travel, entry, or service
- expensive /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/ adjective
costing a lot of money
- else /ɛls/ adverb
in addition to or instead of what was mentioned
- good /ɡʊd/ adjective
of high quality or pleasant