Shadowing Practice: Free time – A1 English Listening Test - Learn English Speaking with Video

בחר מצב תרגול

כל מצב פותח חדר תרגול במסך מלא.

45 משפטים
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1
What do you do in your free time, Ella?
2
I love cooking.
3
Great!
4
What sort of food do you cook?
5
International food, like Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Italian… That's interesting.
6
How do you learn?
7
I get books from the library.
8
And I watch programmes on television.
9
And last year I did a Japanese cooking course at the college.
10
And of course I study food technology at school.
11
Great!
12
Tell me more about your Japanese cooking course.
13
Well, the classes were every Monday from 7 o'clock until half past 9.
14
It lasted 8 weeks.
15
At the end we had a big party.
16
We cooked lots of Japanese food and invited all our family and friends.
17
It sounds great.
18
I'm doing a course at the college too at the moment. Are you?
19
What?
20
Music technology.
21
I'm learning how to record music and set up microphones at concerts.
22
That sounds interesting.
23
Do you play an instrument?
24
Well, I played the violin when I was young.
25
I was quite good, but I don't like classical music.
26
I like rock music.
27
You don't usually hear violins in rock music.
28
I tried to learn the guitar, but I was terrible at it.
29
I tried the drums too.
30
I was quite good at that.
31
But my parents didn't want me to play them.
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They said they're too noisy.
33
So I decided to learn music technology.
34
Then I can enjoy rock music without playing it.
35
Good idea.
36
Do you go to many concerts?
37
Oh yes, I love them.
38
I went to six last year and this year I already have tickets for four concerts.
39
I'm going to two this month.
40
I'd like to see more but they are expensive.
41
Yes, they are.
42
Well, I have to go now.
43
Have a great time at your concerts.
44
Thanks.
45
Bye.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 45 sentences and 295 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:57. The speaker talks at a natural 152 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
guitar noun/ɡɪˈtɑɹ/A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
invite verb/ɪnˈvaɪt/To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
classical adjective/ˈklæs.ɪ.k(ə)l/Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
instrument noun/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/A device used to produce music.
drum noun/ˈdɹʌm/A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
violin noun/ˌvaɪ.əˈlɪn/A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.
microphone noun/ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfəʊn/A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.
noisy adjective/ˈnɔɪzi/Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound
violins nounthe violin section of an orchestra
cook verb/kʊk/To prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc.
concert noun/kənˈsɝt/An agreement in a design or plan; a union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; an accordance in a scheme; harmony; a simultaneous action.
ticket noun/ˈtɪk.ɪt/A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.
programme noun/ˈpɹoʊˌɡɹæm/UK, New Zealand, and India standard spelling of program.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
set up verb/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/To make ready for use.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 8 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like guitar, invite, classical.

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