Shadowing Practice: Past Simple in Conversation | What Did You Do Yesterday? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi, I'm Julie with English Panda News.
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Today I'm on the street asking people a simple question.
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What did you do yesterday?
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This is Bob.
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He works in an office and loves exercise.
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Bob, what did you do yesterday?
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Yesterday?
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Well, I woke up early because I like to exercise before work.
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I left home around 5 a.m and walked to the gym.
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Once I arrived at the gym,
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I stretched and did some cardio to warm up.
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Great!
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What cardio did you do?
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I usually ride a stationary bike.
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I jogged for 20 minutes to loosen up my muscles.
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Then I lifted weights for an hour.
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Yesterday was an arm day.
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Oh, I hate those.
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What did you do after you finished your workout?
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I finished at 8.30 and I went straight to work.
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I had meetings all morning and worked on a project during the afternoon.
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It sounds like you were very busy.
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What time did you finish work?
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I finished work at my normal time, around 5 o'clock.
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Then I went to meet a friend at a restaurant nearby.
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We had a really nice dinner.
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I had steak and she had pasta.
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I got home around 8 o'clock and I watched TV for a while.
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I was exhausted after a busy day and I actually fell asleep on the couch.
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Nice.
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Thanks for your time.
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Excuse me.
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I'm interviewing some people and asking,
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what did you do yesterday?
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Can you tell us about your day?
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Sure.
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Yesterday was a school day,
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so I woke the kids up at 6 o'clock and made breakfast for the family.
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We had pancakes, our favorite.
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My husband drove the kids to school,
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so I gave them each a big kiss and a big lunch.
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How nice of you!
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You had the house to yourself.
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Did you relax?
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I wish!
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I did chores all morning.
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First I did the laundry,
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then I washed the breakfast dishes and made the beds.
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Did you relax then?
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Ha!
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No!
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Then I vacuumed the floors and cleaned the bathrooms.
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So then did you get a chance to relax?
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Yes, finally!
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I read my book for about 20 minutes.
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It was almost 3 o'clock and I had to pick up the kids from school.
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We stopped for ice cream on the way home.
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And at 5 o'clock I took them to their swimming lesson and chatted with the other parents.
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We had such a nice time catching up.
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My husband came home right after we did and we prepared dinner together.
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He is a great cook.
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After we ate dinner, I helped the kids with their homework.
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It was my turn.
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They played a game for a while and then I put them to bed at 9 o'clock.
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Woo!
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That's a lot.
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Yeah, I went to bed right after that.
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Excuse me, what did you do yesterday?
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I'm on vacation, so I slept in until 10 o'clock.
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I love hotel beds.
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After I got up, I started the day with coffee.
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Well, actually, two cups of coffee.
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My hotel didn't offer breakfast,
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so I went to a restaurant and had eggs and toast.
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And more coffee.
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After I got ready, I went sightseeing around the city,
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and I took lots of pictures of all the beautiful and interesting things.
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The architecture, statues, parks.
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Your city is amazing.
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Yes, there's so much to see and do.
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Did you see everything?
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No, I didn't go to any museums,
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but I saw a lot.
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My feet were tired after walking so much.
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So I chilled in a cafe for a few hours and posted some pics on social media.
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Great!
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Did you meet anyone interesting?
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Yes, actually.
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I met a cool group of locals there and they invited me to a live music show.
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In the evening I met up with them and they took me to a really cool bar with a great band playing.
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The singer was really energetic and what a voice.
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We had a few drinks,
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shared some food and had a super interesting conversation.
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They were great company.
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Wow, look who it is!
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My friend John!
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Hi Julie!
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Wow, cool camera!
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John, do you have time to tell the viewers what you did yesterday?
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Sure!
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I didn't sleep well the night before because I stayed up late to study.
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And I had to wake up early because I had to attend class at 7 o'clock.
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I spent a few hours in the library studying and studying and studying some more.
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I also did homework for my math class and researched some topics for an assignment.
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Wow, you sound really busy.
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Yeah, that's the student life.
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I promised my parents that I would do well and make them proud.
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I'm sure they are very proud.
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Did you even have time to eat with all that studying?
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Yes, I took a few breaks throughout the day and gave myself an hour to have a nice lunch.
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Then I took a test in the afternoon.
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It was an important one.
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I hope I did well.
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Wow!
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I hope you were able to relax when you got home.
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Hi!
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What did you do yesterday?
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I took the day off work because I had a lot of chores to do.
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First, I went grocery shopping at the local supermarket.
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I also bought a birthday gift for a friend at the mall.
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What did you get for your friend?
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I printed a lovely photo of the two of us and bought a nice frame to put it in.
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She looks great in the picture.
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I think she'll love it.
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Oh, I'm sure she will.
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What else did you do?
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On the way to the mall,
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I picked up a package from the post office and I dropped off some clothes for dry cleaning.
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My internet wasn't working well,
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so after I got home,
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I called the internet company to get it fixed.
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I was on hold for an hour,
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but finally I could speak to someone and they sent a technician to my house in the afternoon.
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I was hungry after all of that running around,
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so I cooked myself a nice meal.
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The rest of my day was pretty quiet,
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so I listened to some music and fell asleep.
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What about you?
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What did you do yesterday?
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Let us know in the comments below.
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This is Julie with English Panda News, signing off.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Past Simple in Conversation”. Las palabras que más se repiten: yesterday, hour, relax, studying, bed. Este vídeo tiene 142 frases y 1072 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:10. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 131 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 79 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
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| relax verbo | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | relajar, aflojar |
| cardio sustantivo | /ˈkɑɹ.di.oʊ/ | cardio |
| chore sustantivo | /t͡ʃoɹ/ | mandado, tarea |
| homework sustantivo | /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ | deberes, tarea |
| mall sustantivo | /mɔːl/ | centro comercial, shopping |
| loosen verbo | /ˈluːsən/ | aflojar, soltar |
| pancake sustantivo | /ˈpæn.keɪk/ | hot cake, pancake |
| sightseeing sustantivo | turismo, excursionismo | |
| stationary adjetivo | /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/ | estacionario |
| technician sustantivo | /tɛkˈnɪʃən/ | técnico |
| energetic adjetivo | /ˌɛn.əɹˈdʒɛt.ɪk/ | enérgico, energético |
| viewer sustantivo | /ˈvju.ɚ/ | vidente |
| supermarket sustantivo | /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/ | supermercado |
| exhaust verbo | /ɪɡˈzɔst/ | agotar |
| pasta sustantivo | /ˈpɑ.stə/ | pasta |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| pick up verbo | coger, asir | |
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | despertarse, recordar |
| catch up verbo | enredar | |
| drop off verbo | dormirse, caer | |
| get up verbo | levantarse | |
| sign off verbo | firmar, aprobar | |
| stay up verbo | quedarse despierto, empalmar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- What did you do yesterday?
- Bob, what did you do yesterday?
- What cardio did you do?
- What did you do after you finished your workout?
- What time did you finish work?
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 12 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, didn't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: cloth /klɒθ/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: stationary /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/, technician /tɛkˈnɪʃən/, dish /dɪʃ/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: stationary /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/, energetic /ˌɛn.əɹˈdʒɛt.ɪk/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stationary /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/, steak /steɪk/, statue /ˈstæt͡ʃu/, swim /swɪm/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: viewer /ˈvju.ɚ/, vacuum /ˈvæ.kjuːm/, invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/
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 relax, cardio, chore.
¿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.