Pratica di Shadowing: Learn All English Verb Tenses (Easiest Method) - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Hi, I'm Brian Wiles, and in this video I'm going to explain how to use all 12 tenses in English.
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Let's get started.
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As you might be aware, English has four present tenses, and you're probably familiar with the present simple,
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as in "I study." We use this tense when talking about facts, habits, and schedules.
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That is my phone.
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Fact.
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He studies every day habit.
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On weekends, we play soccer.
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Schedule.
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The present simple is by far the most common verb tense in English, so you'll get plenty of practice with this over time.
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The present continuous: I am studying.
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We use the present continuous to describe actions that are happening right now, as in: you are watching this video right now.
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I am speaking on camera.
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An airplane is flying through the sky.
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With this tense, the action is happening as we speak.
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The Present Perfect I have studied.
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We use the present perfect when talking about how an action from the past describes the subject now,
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as in, "I have studied English for three years." In this sentence, "have studied English" is a past action,
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but we're using it to describe who I am now.
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It's my experience.
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And we often use the present perfect to talk about someone's experience or lack of experience.
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She has eaten breakfast already.
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He has lived there all his life.
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They have never been to Mexico.
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We're using past experience to describe who the subject is now, and that's why this is a present tense.
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And finally, the present perfect continuous:
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"I have been studying." We use the present perfect continuous to talk about an action
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that started in the past and continues non -stop into the present.
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"I have been studying Spanish for eight years." In other words, I started studying eight years ago,
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I never stopped, and I'm still learning now.
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I have been studying.
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We often use this tense to emphasize when an ongoing action first started, He has been sleeping for 12 hours.
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She has been working two jobs since February.
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They have been traveling for five weeks.
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OK, ready to talk about the past?
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Let's do it.
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And again we have four tenses.
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First up is the past simple: "I studied." This tense is very straightforward and very common.
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We use it when talking about an action that started in the past and finished in the past.
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For example, "She worked last night." In other words, "She started work last night,
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and she finished work last night." he ate eggs for breakfast.
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He ate eggs then, he's not eating them now.
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I lived in Chicago when I was a child.
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I lived there then and I don't live there now.
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Why?
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Because an action in the past simple is always finished in the past.
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Great, now we have the past continuous.
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I was studying.
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We use the past continuous to describe an action
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that continued over a period of time in the past: "I was studying." But more specifically,
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we almost always use this tense to give context
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or background for another action: "I was studying
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when the phone rang." "We were living in Canada when we got engaged." "He was running when he caught the ball."
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The past perfect: "I had studied." This tense is also used to provide context for another action in the past.
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But the past perfect always comes beforehand.
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Sarah had already left by the time he got home.
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In other words, Sarah left before he got home.
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It could have been a minute before, an hour before, or a year before.
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All we know is she had already left.
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Let's look at two more examples.
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I had already booked the tickets when the concert sold out.
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In other words, I booked the tickets before the concert sold out.
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We had eaten a big lunch so we weren't hungry when we got to the hotel.
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In other words, we ate a big lunch before we got to the hotel, so we weren't hungry.
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And finally, the past perfect continuous: "I had been studying." And again, we almost always use this tense to give context.
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But the past perfect continuous describes an action that continued over time and then stopped at the moment of another action.
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"I had been watching TV when the power went out." I was watching, I was watching, I was watching, power went out, no more watching.
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pizza every day when he started the diet.
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Eating pizza, eating pizza, eating pizza, started the diet.
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We had been talking about going to France for years and finally decided to go.
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Talking about going, talking about going, talking about going, decided to go.
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Congratulations, we've now covered all the past tenses of English.
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Excellent work.
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We're on to the final stretch, the future.
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And again, we've got four tenses.
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Let's begin with the future simple: I will study.
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We use the future simple to talk about actions that we believe will happen in the future.
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I will call you tomorrow.
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"We'll bring cupcakes to the party." "He'll be there by 6 :00 p .m." And yes,
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most of the time, English speakers shorten the word "will" to "ll," as in "I'll study," "You'll study," "He'll study," etc.,
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etc. And there's another form of the future simple that you might already be familiar with going to or gonna,
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as in, I'm going to call you tomorrow.
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We're gonna bring cupcakes to the park.
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He's gonna be there by 6 :00 p .m.
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The will and going to forms have the same meaning, but going to or gonna is more casual.
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The Future Continuous: I will be studying.
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We use the Future Continuous to talk about an action
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that we believe will continue over a period of time in the future.
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For example, "We will be eating dinner from 6 to 7 p .m." "I'll be running errands all afternoon." And again,
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we can also use "going to" instead of "will." they're going to be traveling all summer.
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the baby's gonna be sleeping when you arrive.
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The future perfect: "I will have studied." We use the future perfect to talk about actions
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that will be finished by a certain time in the future.
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For example, "She will have moved to a new apartment before the end of the year." In other words,
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here's the end of the year and she'll move to a new apartment sometime before
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that could be a day before a week before a month before any time Let's look at two more examples.
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He will have finished his homework by the time dinner is ready.
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So, dinner is ready and he finished his homework sometime before that.
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They will have come home by the spring.
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So, spring comes and they came home sometime before that.
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The action will be finished before a given time in the future.
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And finally, the future perfect continuous: I will have been studying.
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So this time we're talking about a continuous action that will be completed at a given time in the future.
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He will have been driving for six hours straight when he arrives.
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Now honestly, English speakers rarely use this tense, but when we do, it's to emphasize the duration of an action, how long it will take.
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We will have been living in Los Angeles for a decade this December.
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at the company for 40 years when she retires.
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And that's it!
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We've covered all 12 tenses of English.
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Congratulations!
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If you have any questions or comments, please let me know, and as always, thanks for watching.
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Cos'è che imparerai

Questo video ti aiuterà a dominare le basi delle 12 tempi verbali inglesi, con un focus sulle quattro forme del presente e del passato. Imparerai a distinguere tra azioni abituali (presente semplice: "I study"), azioni in corso (presente continuo: "I am studying"), esperienze passate che influenzano il presente (presente perfetto: "I have studied") e azioni prolungate che continuano oggi (presente perfetto continuo: "I have been studying"). Queste competenze sono essenziali per una pratica di conversazione in inglese fluida, poiché ti permettono di esprimere tempi e contesti con precisione.

Ascolta questi suoni

Nella conversazione, nota come il speaker usa il linking (collegamento tra parole) e le riduzioni. Ad esempio, "I'm going" diventa "I'm goin'" (senza la "g" finale), o "have studied" si sente spesso come "hav studied" (con la "e" di "have" ridotta). Questi dettagli della lingua connessa rendono il discorso più naturale e ti aiutano a capire meglio le conversazioni reali. Per esercitarti, usa un shadowing site che ti permetta di ascoltare e ripetere frasi a velocità normale, focalizzandoti su questi collegamenti.

Parla come un madrelingua

Il ritmo e l'accento sono chiave per imitare un madrelingua. Nel video, il speaker mette l'accento sulle parole chiave: in "I have studied English for three years", l'accento è su "studied", "English" e "three". Per seguire questo modello, usa la tecnica del shadowing in inglese (o "shadowspeak"): ascolta una frase, pausa e ripetila immediatamente, cercando di copiare il tono, la lunghezza delle sillabe e l'emfasi. Questo esercizio migliora non solo la pronuncia, ma anche la fluidità, rendendo il tuo discorso più naturale. Ricorda: nel passato semplice ("I studied"), l'accento è sulla fine della parola, mentre nel passato continuo ("I was studying"), è sulla forma verbale "was".

Con questi consigli, la pratica di conversazione in inglese diventerà più efficace. Il shadowing, in particolare, è un metodo potenti per internalizzare i tempi verbali e la pronuncia: prova a usarlo ogni giorno con frasi dal video, e noterai progressi rapidi nella tua capacità di esprimerti chiaramente e naturalmente.

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — un’azione iniziata prima e ancora in corsohave been studying · has been sleeping · has been working
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohave studied · has eaten · has lived
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fais always finished · will be finished · will be completed
Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passatowas studying · were living · was watching

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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