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A2 · Family and Daily Plans

Helping Look After a Child

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

"Helping Look After a Child" is an A2-level English conversation about family and daily plans, 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

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  1. Emma 0:00

    Could you help watch my nephew tomorrow afternoon?

    Line 1
  2. Tom 0:03

    Sure. How long do you need help for?

    Line 2
  3. Emma 0:05

    Just one hour while I visit the dentist.

    Line 3
  4. Tom 0:09

    That's fine, although I haven't watched him before.

    Line 4
  5. Emma 0:12

    He's quiet and loves drawing animals.

    Line 5
  6. Tom 0:15

    Great. I'll bring some colored pencils.

    Line 6
  7. Emma 0:18

    Thanks. He may ask for a snack.

    Line 7
  8. Tom 0:21

    What can he have?

    Line 8
  9. Emma 0:22

    There's fruit in the fridge, but no chocolate.

    Line 9
  10. Tom 0:26

    Got it. I'll come over before two.

    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.

  • help /hɛlp/ verb

    to make it easier for someone to do something

  • nephew /ˈnɛfju/ noun

    the son of one's brother or sister

  • tomorrow /təˈmɑroʊ/ adverb

    on the day after today

  • long /lɔŋ/ adjective

    having great length or lasting much time

  • need /nid/ verb

    to require something

  • hour /ˈaʊɚ/ noun

    a period of sixty minutes

  • visit /ˈvɪzɪt/ verb

    to go to see a person or place

  • watched /wɑtʃt/ verb

    past tense of watch

  • quiet /ˈkwaɪət/ adjective, noun, verb

    with little noise; calm; to make less noisy

  • great /ɡreɪt/ adjective

    very good or important

  • ask /æsk/ verb

    to pose a question or request information

  • come /kʌm/ verb

    to move toward or arrive at a place

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