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What did you do?
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Did you have a good weekend, Monica?
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Oh yeah, it was great.
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So what did you do?
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On Saturday, I went to the theater with my parents.
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What play did you see?
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I saw Cinderella and it was an amazing show.
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What did you like the most?
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I like the costumes and the songs.
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What about Sunday?
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Did you do anything special?
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I read a book in the morning.
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Then I did my homework,
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though I didn't feel like it,
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but I knew I had to.
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The weather was so beautiful and warm,
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so we went on a picnic in the park in the afternoon.
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We ate some sandwiches and drank some fresh orange juice.
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After lunch, we stood on the stream bank and fed the ducks.
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Then we took a nice stroll through the park.
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A moment later it started to rain so we ran as fast as we could.
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As soon as I got home I took a hot bath.
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I enjoy spending time with my family.
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How about you?
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How was your weekend?
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Well, on Saturday, I went shopping with my mom.
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I needed a dress for my cousin's birthday party,
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so I trained many dresses.
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So did you finally find your address?
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Yeah, I did.
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I found the perfect dress for the party.
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So how was the party?
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It was great fun!
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There were lots of beautiful decorations in the room.
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The cake looked amazing!
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My cousin blew out the candles and cut the cake.
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We sang the birthday song.
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Then we played lots of games and I won many times.
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Where was the party held?
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It was held at a party center.
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How was the food?
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The food was delicious but I ate too much and felt a little sick.
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And I also drank too much juice.
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So were you able to stay until the end of the party?
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Yes, I was because I only started to feel sick at the end of the party.
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When I got home, my mom made me some tea and I felt much better after drinking it.
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Anyway, I loved the party.
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It was awesome.
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I had a wonderful time this weekend too.
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We went to visit our grandparents on Saturday morning.
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We traveled by train.
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It was a journey of around 3 hours,
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and there was a lot to see outside the window.
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In the afternoon, I went fishing in a boat with my grandpa,
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for the first time.
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Really?
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Where did you go?
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We went to a lake,
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not far away from his house.
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He taught me cool stuff about fishing,
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and I tried to do everything he said.
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So did you catch any fish?
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Yes, we did.
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We caught a lot of fish.
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I was so excited.
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We took the fish home,
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and later we had grilled fish for dinner.
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It was such a delicious meal.
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I was really sad yesterday when I had to say goodbye to my grandparents.
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Did you have a good day at school today?
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It was okay.
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Did you like your lessons at school?
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I enjoyed the grammar lesson and the PE,
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but I didn't like math.
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We had a test.
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So, how was the test?
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I didn't do so well on the test.
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I made a few mistakes.
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What was the best thing that happened at school today?
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The time I spent with my friends during recess was the best thing that happened today.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “What Did You Do? Simple Past Tense”. Las palabras que más se repiten: fish, Saturday, weekend, test. Este vídeo tiene 80 frases y 577 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:04. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 114 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. 21 de sus 80 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
lesson sustantivo/ˈlɛs.ən/lección
juice sustantivo/d͡ʒuːs/zumo, jugo
delicious adjetivo/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/delicioso, sabroso
meal sustantivo/ˈmiːl/comida, pitanza
bath sustantivo/bɑːθ/bañera
cousin sustantivo/ˈkʌz(ə)n/primo, prima
theater sustantivo/ˈθi(ə)tɚ/teatro
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/adiós, hasta luego
duck sustantivo/dʌk/pato, ánade
costume sustantivo/ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/traje
grammar sustantivo/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/gramática
mathematics sustantivo/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/matemáticas, matemática
homework sustantivo/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/deberes, tarea
candle sustantivo/ˈkæn.dəl/vela, candela
grill sustantivo/ɡɹɪl/rejilla

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
blow out verboapagar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • What play did you see?
  • What did you like the most?
  • Did you do anything special?
  • Did you have a good day at school today?
  • Did you like your lessons at school?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 3 contracciones y formas reducidas, como didn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: bath /bɑːθ/, theater /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: juice /d͡ʒuːs/, sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como lesson, juice, delicious.

¿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.

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