Shadowing Practice: Ferdinand's Birthday at school ๐๐๐ซ Simon | 1hr Compilation | S3 Full episodes - Learn English Speaking with Video
ืืืจ ืืฆื ืชืจืืื
ืื ืืฆื ืคืืชื ืืืจ ืชืจืืื ืืืกื ืืื.
ืืืจื ืืคืืืงืฆืื
ืื ืื ืฉืืชื ืฆืจืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืฉืืฃ

ืืืชื ืขืจืืฅ
ืืืืฅ ืขื ืกืจืืื
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video โFerdinand's Birthday at school ๐๐๐ซ Simonโ. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Simon, super, mummy, Gaspard, grandpa. This video has 1284 sentences and 6423 words to shadow. The speech runs for 53:02. The speaker talks at a steady 121 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 204 of its 1284 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| mummy noun | /หmสm.i/ | An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native Americanโฆ |
| bunny noun | /หbสni/ | A rabbit, especially a juvenile one. |
| scare verb | /skษษ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| grandpa noun | /หษกษนรฆm.pษห/ | grandfather. |
| daddy noun | /หdรฆdi/ | Also used as a term of address: a father; one's father. |
| spider noun | /หspaษชฬฏdษ/ | Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey. |
| po adjective | /pษส/ | Thinner; with more water added to dilute it. |
| whoa | /woส/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| rabbit noun | /หษนรฆbษชt/ | A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. (Those of the larger kind are instead called hares) |
| mega adjective | /หmษษกษ/ | Very large. |
| costume noun | /หkษsหt(j)um/ | A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people. |
| rubbish noun | /หษนสbษชส/ | Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash. |
| trick noun | /หtษนษชk/ | Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle. |
| float verb | /flษสt/ | To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object). |
| kite noun | /หkiหtษ/ | A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| look out verb | To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger. | |
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| come out verb | /หkสm หaสt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| go ahead verb | /หษกoส ษหhษd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| go away verb | To depart or leave a place. | |
| take up verb | To pick up. | |
| come along verb | To accompany. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Why don't we play football?
- You haven't seen a superhero costume, have you?
- Your grandpa didn't teach you that?
- You weren't even scared one little bit?
- Do you think it's gone?
ืืงืืืง ืืกืจืืื ืืื
ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืืฉืคืื ืชื ืื (Conditional sentences) if + clause, will/would + verb โ ืชื ืื ืืชืืฆืื ืฉืื | if it was Meeloo kids we'd be ยท If I lost Meeloo I'd be |
| ืืืื ืืืฉืื (Present perfect) have/has + past participle โ ืคืขืืื ืฉืงืจืชื ืืขืืจ ืืขืืืื ืืฉ ืื ืืฉืืืืช ืื ืืฉืคืขื ืขืืฉืื | we've looked ยท haven't seen ยท haven't even played |
| ืืฉืคืื ืืืงื (Relative clauses) who / which + clause โ ืืืืข ื ืืกืฃ ืขื ืืื ืื ืืืจ | one who found ยท one who gets |
| ืฉื ืชืืืจ ืืืืืง (Superlatives) the -est / the most โฆ โ ืืฆืืื ืืช ืืืืื ืื ืื ืืื ืืืืชืจ ืืงืืืฆื | the greatest ยท the biggest ยท the best |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 251 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: rubbish /หษนสbษชส/, sheet /สit/, imagination /ษชหmรฆdอกสษหneษชสษn/, shore /สษษน/
- Long words โ get the stress right: imagination /ษชหmรฆdอกสษหneษชสษn/, superhero /หs(j)upษhษชษนoส/, amazingly /ษหmeษชzษชลli/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like mummy, bunny, scare.
ืืื ืืื ืืงืช ืืฉืืืืืื ื?
ืฉืืืืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืงืช ืืืืืช ืฉืคื ืืืืกืกืช ืืืข ืฉืคืืชืื ืืืงืืจ ืืืืฉืจืช ืืชืืจืืื ืื ืืงืฆืืขืืื ืืคืืคืืืจืืช ืขื ืืื ืืคืืืืืืื ื"ืจ ืืืืกื ืืจ ืืจืืืืืก. ืืฉืืื ืคืฉืืื ืื ืขืืฆืืชืืช: ืืชื ืืงืฉืื ืืืืืื ืืื ืืืืช ืืืืืืช ืืืืืจ ืขืืื ืืงืื ืจื ืืื โ ืืื ืฆื ืืขืืงื ืืืจื ืืืืืจ ืขื ืขืืืื ืฉื 1โ2 ืฉื ืืืช ืืืื. ืื ืืืื ืืืืื ื ืคืกืืืืช ืื ืชืจืืืื ืืงืืืง, ืฉืืืืืื ื ืืืจืื ืืช ืืืื ืืืฉืจืืจืื ืืคื ืืขืื ืืืฉืืืจ ืืคืืกื ืืืืืจ ืืืืชืืื ืื ืืื ืืช. ืืืงืจืื ืืจืืื ืฉืื ืืฉืคืจ ืืฉืืขืืชืืช ืืช ืืืืง ืืืืืื, ืืืื ืืื ืฆืื, ืืงืฆื, ืืืืืืจ ืืืืืืจ, ืืื ืช ืืฉืืืขื ืืฉืืฃ ืืืืืืจ โ ืื ืฉืืืคื ืืืชื ืืืืช ืืฉืืืืช ืืืขืืืืช ืืืืชืจ ืืืื ื ืIELTS Speaking ืืืชืงืฉืืจืช ืืื ืืืืช ืืขืืื ืืืืืชื.




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