# At the Pharmacy: ESL Listening Dialogue (A2)

> Free A2 ESL listening dialogue. A customer with a cold asks a pharmacist for medicine. Script, vocabulary, questions and AI audio.

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Last updated: 2026-10-20

CEFR A2 • Health English

A A2 English listening dialogue. A customer with a cold asks a pharmacist for medicine. Use it for listening practice, role play or homework, and generate the audio in a US, UK or Australian accent.

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## Dialogue Script (2 speakers)

Pharmacist: Hi, how can I help? Customer: I have a sore throat and a bad cough. Pharmacist: How long have you had it? Customer: Since Monday. About three days. Pharmacist: Do you have a fever? Customer: No, I don't think so. Pharmacist: Okay. Try this syrup. Take one spoon twice a day, after meals. Customer: Are there any side effects? Pharmacist: It can make you a bit sleepy, so don't drive after you take it. Customer: Okay. And if I don't feel better? Pharmacist: If it doesn't get better in a week, see a doctor.

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## Key Vocabulary

sore throat

Pain in your throat, often when you have a cold.

cough

A noise when air comes out of your throat suddenly.

twice a day

Two times every day.

side effects

Other effects of a medicine, for example feeling sleepy.

## Comprehension Questions

1. What is wrong with the customer?
2. How often should the customer take the medicine?
3. What is the side effect?

Tip: after you generate the audio, open its **Lesson view** for a printable transcript, vocabulary list and quiz with answers.

## How to Use It in Class

- **Before listening:** pre-teach the key vocabulary and ask students to predict what happens.
- **First listen:** students answer the comprehension questions without the script.
- **Second listen:** give out the script and have students underline useful phrases.
- **Speaking:** pairs role-play the dialogue, then change one detail and improvise.

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