II. Listening Exercises

Listen to the conversation again by pressing the Play Audio button and read along with the conversation. Review the Key Vocabulary and the sample sentences.

Girl: Dad, I'm bored today. Can I go to a movie? Dad: A movie today? Well, I don't know. Here. Let me look at the newspaper. Okay. Ah, here's a movie starts in the afternoon at 2:45. Well should we take mommy with us? Girl: Yeah. Dad: Okay, we have to wait for mommy because she's at a meeting right now. Girl: Okay. Dad: Alright. And what should we do after we see the movie? Girl: Go on a little walk. Dad: Well, where would you like to go on a walk? Would you like to go down to the beach or through the park? Girl: To the beach. Dad: To the beach. Well that sounds great. And then maybe we can go out to eat tonight. Does that sound okay? Girl: Yeah [alright].

Key Vocabulary [Top]

• yeah (adverb): informal for yes; also yep
  - May I use your pen.
  Yeah, sure.

• mommy (noun): an informal word for mother usually used by children; also mom.
  - Mommy. May I watch TV?