Shadowing Practice: English Vocabulary: House Cleaning - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Oh, hey, guys.
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I'm Alex.
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Thanks for clicking.
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And welcome to this lesson on house cleaning vocabulary.
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So most of us, we have to deal with house cleaning.
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Cleaning our homes is one of the most basic things that we do on our weekends or during the week.
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So let's look at some common verbs as well as some common nouns that you can use to talk about house cleaning.
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Number one, obviously, the most basic verb is clean.
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So you can use the verb clean to talk about anything.
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You can clean the floor,
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clean the window, clean a wall,
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clean a table, clean a chair.
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That's all you need to know about the verb clean.
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Next, we have the verb sweep.
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So sweep the floor with a broom.
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Does anyone know what a broom is?
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That's right.
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This is a broom.
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Okay?
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And sweeping is the action of doing this.
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So you sweep the floor with a broom.
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Okay?
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Now, once you sweep the floor,
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you might want to, you know,
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clean it a little more,
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maybe with some water and some soap.
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And if you want to clean the floor with some water and some soap,
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what you are doing is you're probably mopping the floor with a mop.
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Now, I don't have a mop with me today,
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but it's best to think of a mop as like a broom with a wet part at the end.
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So mopping, you're going...
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mopping the floor with a mop.
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The verb and the noun are the exact same thing.
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Next up, we have vacuum.
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Now, what is a vacuum?
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Let me show you.
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There we have a vacuum.
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And it's similar to mop where the verb and the noun are the exact same thing.
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So you can vacuum with a vacuum just like you can mop with a mop.
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All right?
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Next, we have the verb wipe,
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and wipe can be used in many contexts as well.
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So if I have, let's say,
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let's imagine this is a piece of cloth.
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I can wipe off the table with a cloth, for example.
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Or I can wipe off the board if it's dirty.
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So to wipe is this action.
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Okay?
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So, and again, you can use the preposition off as a phrasal verb.
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So you can wipe off a table or wipe off a board, for example.
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Next, we have the verb scrub.
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Now, scrub is very often used when you're cleaning,
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you know, your bathroom or the bathtub or the walls in your bathroom.
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And if you have tiles,
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which are, again, the square pieces like in a bathroom,
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you can scrub them.
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Okay?
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And normally, what you need is a brush to scrub,
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not a toothbrush, but you know,
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a cleaning brush, or what you can call a scrubbing pad.
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So to really get that hard clean,
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to scrub stuff around your toilet or around your bathtub or around the walls in your bathroom.
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Okay?
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And finally, you can use the word dust or dust off the table with a duster.
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Now, dust is something which accumulates over time on tables on pretty much anything.
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Imagine it as being the little particles that build up over time if you don't touch something.
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So if you can do this to a book or to a table,
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you will see dust flying off of it,
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and you need a duster to dust off the dust.
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Okay?
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So to review, the most common verb you can use in house cleaning is clean.
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You can sweep the floor with a broom.
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You can mop the floor with a mop.
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You can vacuum the floor or the carpet with a vacuum.
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You can wipe a table with a cloth.
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And you can scrub tiles with a brush or a scrub pad.
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And you can also dust a table with a duster.
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If you'd like to test your understanding of this vocabulary,
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as always, you can check out the quiz on www.engvid.com.
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And don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “English Vocabulary: House Cleaning”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: clean, verb, floor, mop, wipe. Deze video bevat 81 zinnen en 682 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:35. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 149 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 77% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| verb zelfstandig naamwoord | /vɝb/ | werkwoord |
| scrub werkwoord | /skɹʌb/ | schrobben |
| wipe werkwoord | /waɪp/ | vegen, smeren |
| vacuum zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈvæ.kjuːm/ | vacuüm |
| broom zelfstandig naamwoord | /bɹum/ | bezem |
| sweep werkwoord | /swiːp/ | vegen |
| duster zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdʌstɚ/ | stofdoek |
| mop zelfstandig naamwoord | /mɑp/ | zwabber, dekzwabber |
| noun zelfstandig naamwoord | /naʊn/ | zelfstandig naamwoord, substantief |
| cloth zelfstandig naamwoord | /klɒθ/ | doek, kleed |
| brush zelfstandig naamwoord | /bɹʌʃ/ | borstel, (paint-) verfborstel |
| bathtub zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbæθtʌb/ | badkuip, ligbad |
| tile zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtaɪ.əl/ | tegel, dakpan |
| vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | woordenschat, vocabulaire |
| soap zelfstandig naamwoord | /soʊp/ | zeep |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| check out werkwoord | onderzoeken |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
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| Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groep | the most basic · the most common |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurt | are doing · you're going · you're cleaning |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 8 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, you're, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: cloth /klɒθ/, bathtub /ˈbæθtʌb/, toothbrush /ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: brush /bɹʌʃ/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, toothbrush /ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, accumulate /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: verb /vɝb/, scrub /skɹʌb/, bathtub /ˈbæθtʌb/, quiz /kwɪz/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: vacuum /ˈvæ.kjuːm/, bathtub /ˈbæθtʌb/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/
- /w/ — met ronde lippen: wipe /waɪp/, sweep /swiːp/, quiz /kwɪz/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als verb, scrub, wipe.
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.