Shadowing Practice: Don't Say 'More Good'! ❌ How to Use Comparatives & Superlatives Correctly - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Oh no, how did that happen?
¡Oh no! ¿Cómo ha podido pasar eso?
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Did any other customers come back?
¿Volvieron otros clientes?
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A few.
Algunos.
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Well, all of them actually.
Bueno, en realidad todos ellos.
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I think I hadn't mixed the soap quite right.
Creo que no había mezclado bien el jabón.
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So I guess Ashley won the competition then?
Entonces, supongo que Ashley ganó la competición, ¿no?
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Yes, I had to give the people their money back, but I still think I'm a better salesman than Ashley.
Sí, tuve que devolverles el dinero a las personas, pero sigo pensando que soy mejor vendedor que Ashley.
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Maybe.
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I want to talk about better and the ways of comparing things.
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Comparative adjectives.
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Let's watch some bits again.
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This is harder than I thought.
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That looks a bit easier than painting.
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But you need to be more careful.
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Soap!
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That's a better idea than candles.
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OK, so the rules for this aren't very difficult.
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Let's start with short, one -syllable adjectives.
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One syllable?
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Yeah, like big, small, old, young.
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With those one -syllable adjectives, we make the comparative by adding E and R.
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This is harder than I thought.
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So, hard, harder.
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Big, bigger.
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Old, older.
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For two syllable adjectives that end in Y, happy, easy, crazy, we drop the Y and add I, E, R.
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That looks a bit easier than painting.
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Easy.
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Easier.
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And for longer adjectives, two or more syllables,
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like comfortable, beautiful, interesting, we add more before the adjective, like this.
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Why don't we make it a bit more exciting?
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But you need to be more careful.
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Exciting.
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More exciting.
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Careful.
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More careful.
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OK, I've got that.
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These rules work for almost all adjectives, but there are two important exceptions.
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Things that don't follow the rules.
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Do you know what they are?
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Good.
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Good.
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Soap.
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That's a better idea than candles.
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The comparative of good is better.
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That's a better idea.
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And the other important one is bad.
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The comparative of bad is worse.
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Right.
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Bad, worse.
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And then after comparatives, I usually teach my students about superlatives.
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Comparatives talk about two things.
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So, Canada is bigger than Britain, but Russia is the biggest country in the world.
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The biggest is the superlative of big.
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Let's have a look at some examples.
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Typical Ash, you choose the biggest thing in the market for your tiny flap.
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It's a candle making kit, one of the most popular products we sell.
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Whoever sells the most will be the best salesman and the best artist.
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So, small, one syllable adjectives like big, cold, small, we add E -S -T.
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Big, bigger, the biggest.
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You choose the biggest thing in the market for your tiny flap.
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Two syllable adjectives that end in Y, the Y changes to an I,
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and we add E -S -T, easy, easier, the easiest.
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And longer adjectives, two or more syllables, we add the most, the most beautiful, for example.
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It's a candle -making kit, one of the most popular products we sell.
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The most popular thing we sell, popular, more popular, the most popular.
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And what about our exceptions?
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Good, better, the best, and bad, worse, the worst.
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That's right.
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All these rules might sound difficult, but they're not really.
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Most students learn them pretty easily.
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It's not the most difficult thing in the world.
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That's right.
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Very good.
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Okay, thanks Rob.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 76 frases y 516 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:48. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 136 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 83 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
12 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| comparative adjetivo | /kəmˈpæɹətɪv/ | comparativo |
| candle sustantivo | /ˈkæn.dəl/ | vela, candela |
| soap sustantivo | /soʊp/ | jabón, sopín |
| exception sustantivo | /əkˈsɛpʃən/ | excepción, salvedad |
| salesman sustantivo | vendedor | |
| compare verbo | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | comparar, parangonar |
| whoever | /huˈɛvɚ/ | cualquier, cualesquiera |
| adjective sustantivo | /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/ | adjetivo |
| syllable sustantivo | /ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/ | sílaba |
| excite verbo | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | emocionar |
| flap sustantivo | /flæp/ | solapa, solape |
| superlative sustantivo | /suˈpɝlətɪv/ | superlativo |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 7 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, aren't, hadn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: comparative /kəmˈpæɹətɪv/, superlative /suˈpɝlətɪv/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como comparative, candle, soap.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | the biggest · the most popular · the most will |
| Comparativos -er than / more … than — comparar dos cosas | harder than · easier than · bigger than |
| Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesario | had to give · need to be |
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.