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A2 · Work Hours and Leave

Swapping Shifts with a Colleague

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

"Swapping Shifts with a Colleague" is an A2-level English conversation about work hours and leave, 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

    Emma, can we swap Friday shifts this week?

    Line 1
  2. Emma 0:03

    Maybe. Which shift do you need from me exactly?

    Line 2
  3. Tom 0:07

    I need your morning shift; I can take your evening shift instead.

    Line 3
  4. Emma 0:11

    Why the change? I need to check my plans first.

    Line 4
  5. Tom 0:15

    My sister has a school event at nine.

    Line 5
  6. Emma 0:18

    I see. I can do morning if you cover Monday evening too.

    Line 6
  7. Tom 0:22

    Deal, I can cover both evening shifts.

    Line 7
  8. Emma 0:26

    Great, let us inform the supervisor together now.

    Line 8
  9. Tom 0:30

    Agreed. I'll send the swap request form first.

    Line 9
  10. Emma 0:33

    Perfect, once approved we update the roster.

    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.

  • shifts /ʃɪfts/ noun

    changes or work periods

  • week /wik/ noun

    a period of seven days

  • maybe /ˈmeɪbi/ adverb

    perhaps; possibly

  • exactly /ɪɡˈzæktli/ adverb

    precisely; in every detail

  • instead /ɪnˈstɛd/ adverb

    as an alternative

  • change /tʃeɪndʒ/ verb

    to make or become different

  • plans /plænz/ noun

    ideas or arrangements for doing things

  • first /fɝst/ adjective

    coming before all others

  • supervisor /ˈsupərˌvaɪzər/ noun

    a person who oversees work or workers

  • agreed /əˈɡrid/ adjective

    settled or accepted by common consent

  • request /rɪˈkwɛst/ noun

    an act of asking for something

  • form /fɔrm/ noun

    a document with spaces for information

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