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What is your name?
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What is your address?
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What is your phone number? Where are you from? Where do you live?
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What language do you speak?
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When did you come to the USA?
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What is she doing? Where is the car? Where is the dog?
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What is the dog doing? Where are you?
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What are you doing?
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What are they doing? Where is the cat? Who is she?
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What's her name?
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Where is she in this photograph?
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What is that building behind her? Where is the school?
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Where is the post office?
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Where is the royal bank?
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Where is the gas station?
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Where is the barber shop? May I help you?
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What's your favorite color? Are you sure? Are you married?
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What is your name?
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What's your cousin's name?
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How old is she? Is she single?
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How are you going?
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Are you free Friday night? Where are you going?
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Do you want anything else?
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How old is she? Are you ready?
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How do you like it?
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What happened?
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What are you doing here?
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How do you do?
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How do you do? Are you sure? Where is Jane?
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Where are Bill and Mary?
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What is she doing?
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Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the nearest bank?
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Excuse me, is this your umbrella?
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Is Alice young or old?
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Is Bill tall or short?
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Is Albert's apartment big or little?
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Were the last examinations easy or difficult?
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Is Julie married or single?
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Can I get you something to drink?
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What do you drink with supper?
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How about a drink tonight? Where can we meet?
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What are you taking for your throat?
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Are you going to work today?
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Do you like my new coat?
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How much was it?
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Where did you get it?
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What's the temperature? Is it cold out? Where are you going?
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How many do you want? Do you like snow?
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How far is it to work?
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Are we going to get much snow? When is your vacation? Where are you going?
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Do you swim a lot?
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Why are you going to the shore?
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Who are you playing with?
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Are you a good soccer player?
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What time does the game begin?
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Why don't you come with me?
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How old is she?
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What are you getting Jim for his birthday?
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Would you like anything else?
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How do you take it? Are there any plates?
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Are there any chairs in here? Where is your meeting?
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What flight are you taking?
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What are you thinking of doing?
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How's your new job?
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What's your boss like?
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Did you see my car keys?
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Do you want me to go with you?
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Is your bank near here?
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When can I see Dr. No?
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Can I make an appointment?
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How about tomorrow at 10 o 'clock?
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Can you make it at 9?
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Excuse me, may I see your license?
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Could we have the bill, please?
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Can I put it all on one bill?
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How do you spell your last name?
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I'm sorry, could you repeat that?
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Why do you need a loan?
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What's wrong with your car?
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How much will a new car cost?
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What kind of work do you do?
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Do you like your job?
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How are you settling in?
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Have you found a school for Jerry?
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Is there a bakery near here?
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Why are you going to the bakery? Whose birthday is it?
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Will you get some bread for me?
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What about a Barbie doll set?
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Can I get some tickets for plays?
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What plays are on tonight?
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Are there any seats left for tomorrow night?
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How many tickets do you want?
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Where would you like to sit?
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How much is it in the middle section?
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What time does the play start?
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What time will the play be over?
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What time does the movie begin?
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What's the time now?
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What kind of job?
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Why didn't you call me? Do you smoke?
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When did you start smoking?
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How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?
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Have you ever tried to quit?
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Did you hear about the Smith family?
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When is your daughter's wedding?
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How have you been?
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Did you have a nice visit?
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How's everything with his kids?
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Is there any other language you can speak?
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Is that street Bridge Street? Can you see that?
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Have you been waiting long?
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Have you thought of any names for the baby?
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Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the nearest bank?
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Excuse me, is this your umbrella?

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “Basic English Speaking Questions for Beginners – Common English Questions – Basic English Practice”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: excuse, bill, bank, drink. Deze video bevat 114 zinnen en 740 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 7:59. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 93 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 93% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen. 141 van de 114 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
umbrella zelfstandig naamwoord/ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/paraplu, regenscherm
bakery zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbeɪ.kə.ɹi/bakkerij
soccer zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsɑk.ɚ/voetbal
clock zelfstandig naamwoord/klɑk/teller, kilometerteller
vacation zelfstandig naamwoord/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/vakantie
spell zelfstandig naamwoord/spɛl/toverspreuk, betovering
coat zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkoʊ̯t/mantel, jas
shore zelfstandig naamwoord/ʃɔɹ/kust, oever
throat zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈθɹoʊt/keel
examination zelfstandig naamwoord/ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/onderzoek
photograph zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/foto
swim werkwoord/swɪm/zwemmen
cigarette zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsɪɡəɹɛt/sigaret
doll zelfstandig naamwoord/dɑl/pop
barber zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbɑɹ.bɚ/kapper, haarkapper

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • Why don't you come with me?
  • I'm sorry, could you repeat that?
  • What's wrong with your car?
  • Why didn't you call me?
  • When is your daughter's wedding?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltHave you found · Have you ever tried · have you been
Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groepthe nearest
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtis she doing · are you doing · are they doing
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingwill a new car cost · Will you get · will the

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 3 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals didn't, don't, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, shore /ʃɔɹ/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, photograph /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, photograph /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/, cigarette /ˈsɪɡəɹɛt/

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als umbrella, bakery, soccer.

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?

Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.

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