A2 · Delivery and Pickup
Helping a Driver Find the Entrance
- CEFR level:
- A2
- Sentences:
- 10
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Helping a Driver Find the Entrance" is an A2-level English conversation about delivery and pickup, 10 lines long (about 1 minute) between Emma & Tom. 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 1Emma 0:00
Hi, are you outside with my food order?
- Line 2Tom 0:03
Yes, but I can't find the entrance to your building.
- Line 3Emma 0:06
Are you near the supermarket on Park Road?
- Line 4Tom 0:09
Yes, I'm standing across from it now.
- Line 5Emma 0:12
Walk past the bank and turn into the narrow street.
- Line 6Tom 0:15
I see a blue door beside a flower shop.
- Line 7Emma 0:18
That's the right entrance. Press number twelve.
- Line 8Tom 0:22
Great. Should I bring the order upstairs?
- Line 9Emma 0:25
No, I'll come down and meet you at the door.
- Line 10Tom 0:28
Perfect. I'll wait beside the blue door.
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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.
- food /fud/ noun
things eaten to provide energy and nutrition
- order /ˈɔrdər/ noun
an arrangement, request to buy, or instruction.
- building /ˈbɪldɪŋ/ noun
a structure with a roof and walls, such as a house, factory, or office
- standing /ˈstændɪŋ/ noun; adjective; present participle
being upright; status or reputation; lasting
- bank /bæŋk/ noun
a financial establishment that invests money, pays out deposits, and lends funds
- turn /tɝn/ verb
to move or change direction
- narrow /ˈnɛroʊ/ adjective
not wide; limited in range
- right /raɪt/ adjective/adverb/noun
correct; on the right side; a legal claim
- great /ɡreɪt/ adjective
very good or important
- upstairs /ˌʌpˈstɛrz/ adverb, noun
on or to a higher floor
- come /kʌm/ verb
to move toward or arrive at a place
- wait /weɪt/ verb
to stay until something happens