Shadowing Practice: When NOT to use 'to' in English - Learn English Speaking with Video
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are you going to home are you going home where are
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you going what are you doing you're watching a video my
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name is Ronnie I'm going to teach you one trick finally you will understand why
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in English we say I'm going to school or I'm going to work but when we talk about our beautiful,
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warm, and cozy home.
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We don't say to.
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Why?
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Why?
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Why?
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I don't know.
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It's just English, isn't it?
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I can give you some clues.
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I'll give you some words.
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You will get this right away.
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It will be easy for you to do.
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Mm -hmm.
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So, if you look at this sentence, It's, are you going home?
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A very, very big mistake that everyone says will be, are you going to home?
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And I go, no, no, no, don't say to, don't say to, no, no, no, no, no, no. Okay, okay, okay, are you going home?
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Yes, yes, yes, yes, don't say to, but why?
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You learned that when you are going someplace, you say to, for example, are you going to bed?
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We don't say to the bed, by the way.
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We just say bed.
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Are you going to bed?
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Are you going to work?
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Or you can use the past tense, okay?
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Did you go to work?
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Did you go to school?
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Did you go to www .engvid .com today and check out a new lesson?
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but when you say home you do not use to hmm
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so you know the rule may be
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that this is a noun this is a noun so
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when you use going to a place which is a noun you have to say to
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and then you come along and find this beautiful home
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and ronnie freaks out because you say to
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and then you don't understand why I don't know
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but I will give you a list of words that are places
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but all of these words on this board you cannot use with to.
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So, are you going abroad?
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You cannot ask someone, are you going to abroad?
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If you look in a dictionary, one of those books, or if you look on an online dictionary,
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it'll tell you that these are adverbs of location, whereas the other ones that you've learned are nouns.
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Huh?
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But hold on, home is a noun.
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Home is just this big exception going, no, I am a noun, I don't want to have to.
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All of these ones are not proper nouns, they're adverbs of location.
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Let's go through.
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Underground.
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Woo!
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Underneath the surface of the land.
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If you have ever been to London, there is a big system called the tube.
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It's also called the underground.
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Most places in the world call it the underground.
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In Canada, we call it the subway.
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Sub means under.
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So, So you can say, I'm going underground.
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I'm going underground.
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If you know the jam, wow, what an amazing band, Ronnie, I know.
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You will know the song called, I'm going underground.
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Maybe by the magic of video, we'll put that video for you.
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I'm going underground.
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I'm going downtown.
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Or you could say, uptown.
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I will just sing songs for everything, uptown girls, little bit of Billy Joel for you,
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uptown, downtown, you don't need the two,
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there, here, anywhere, nowhere, somewhere, you don't need two, in,
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inside, out, outside, upstairs, downstairs, don't use two, they're not nouns, their places.
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One other thing to be very careful about, please, when you say this, you want to say, up stairs and down stairs.
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Too many times, I hear people say, I went downstair.
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Oh, only one?
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Just one stair.
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Oh, I've made it.
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I went upstair.
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And then what did you do?
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You just stood there?
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Wow.
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Don't say downstair, upstair.
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Please use all of the stairs.
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Go up, okay?
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That'll be fun, more exciting.
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You can fall down the stairs, too.
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That's fun one, but again we don't say two.
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I'm going downstairs.
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I'm coming upstairs.
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If you are confused or if you have ever been confused about when to use two,
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the only advice I can give you is please remember this list of words.
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Once you have remembered this list,
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You'll go, oh, that was easy. That was easy.
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Yes, it was.
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Thank you.
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Goodbye.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 91 frases y 720 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:01. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 120 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| noun sustantivo | /naʊn/ | nombre, nombre sustantivo |
| underground adjetivo | /ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/ | subterráneo, soterraño |
| stairs sustantivo | /ˈstɛɹz/ | escalera, gradas |
| confused adjetivo | /kənˈfjuːzd/ | confundido |
| downtown sustantivo | /ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/ | centro, centro/núcleo urbano/ciudadano/citadino |
| abroad adverbio | /əˈbɹɔːd/ | en el extranjero, en el exterior |
| dictionary sustantivo | /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/ | diccionario, tumbaburros |
| upstairs adverbio | /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/ | arriba |
| downstairs adverbio | /daʊnˈstɛɹz/ | abajo |
| trick sustantivo | /ˈtɹɪk/ | truco, artimaña |
| lesson sustantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lección |
| whereas | /(h)wɛɹˈæz/ | mientras que (locution) |
| nowhere adverbio | /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ | en ninguna parte, en ningún lugar |
| tube sustantivo | /tuːb/ | tubo, chisguete |
| exception sustantivo | /əkˈsɛpʃən/ | excepción, salvedad |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| check out verbo | investigar, chequear |
| come along verbo | avanzar, marchar |
| go through verbo | atravesar |
| go up verbo | subir |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | you've learned · have ever been · I've made |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | are you doing · are going · are you going |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | will understand · I'll give · will get |
| Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venir | are you going to home · I'm going to teach · are you going to abroad |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 35 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, they're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, exception /əkˈsɛpʃən/
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 noun, underground, stairs.
¿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.