Shadowing Practice: 20 expressions to Improve Your English Speaking Skills Today! - Learn English Speaking with Video
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If you want to sound more fluent in English or if you are trying to pass the TOEFL,
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IELTS or TOEIC exam, I have one tip for you.
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Stop saying very.
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Instead of very good, say excellent.
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Instead of very tired, say exhausted.
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Hi and welcome back to my channel.
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If you don't know me, I'm Kirsty.
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I teach English in France and I help English learners speak with confidence.
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If you are an English learner, then this is your place to grow.
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So hit the subscribe button and let's dive in to today's lesson.
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Don't say your food is very good.
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Say your food is outstanding.
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Another great word is superb.
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These cookies are superb.
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You must give me your recipe.
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Don't say the movie was very bad.
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Say, oh that movie was dreadful.
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The actors were wooden don't you think?
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Dreadful sounds more expressive.
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After work.
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Are you very tired or are you exhausted?
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Here is another good word.
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I'm absolutely drained today.
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I've had back-to-back meetings and customer complaints non-stop.
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At family reunions, are you very happy or are you overjoyed?
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Or perhaps you are thrilled.
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I was thrilled to see my family again.
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It's not often that we all manage to get together.
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she looked very sad becomes she seemed devastated she was heartbroken
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when her dog died i felt
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so sorry for her don't say this is a very big house try this is a gigantic house
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or this is an enormous house.
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These words are great for exaggeration also.
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The spider in my hotel room was gigantic.
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Quick question.
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What is one very phrase you use all the time?
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Is it I'm very happy?
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I'm very excited?
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Comment below and I will give you a better option.
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Your apartment isn't very small.
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It's tiny.
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Another good word is minuscule.
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My apartment is minuscule, but it's all I could find for now.
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Apartment hunting in New York is a nightmare.
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Summer is coming.
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Forget the boring phrase, very hot try this instead.
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It's sweltering today, seriously it's scorching on that beach.
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Replace it's very cold with freezing.
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The water is freezing, we have to call a plumber.
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Here's a good one for all of you.
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You are not my very smart students,
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You are my brilliant students and I absolutely love hearing from my intelligent students.
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So don't forget to say hi below in the comments.
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Describing someone or something as very pretty is fine but you can sound sophisticated by saying the sunset was stunning.
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We were all captivated by the horizon.
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It was a magical moment.
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Okay, let's look at the opposite of stunning now.
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Instead of saying very ugly, try saying unsightly or that sweater.
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If you really want my honest opinion, it's hideous.
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All right, let's do a quick recap with a quiz.
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Can you complete this sentence? sentence.
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I was when I got the job.
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Thrilled, overjoyed, or ecstatic are all good answers.
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I was thrilled when I got the job.
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Let's try another one.
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After hiking for five hours, I felt absolutely exhausted.
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Worn out or drained are all perfect.
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After hiking for five hours, I felt absolutely drained.
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Here's one more.
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The soup wasn't just hot,
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it was boiling or scorching.
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The soup wasn't just hot, it was scorching.
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How about this?
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She didn't just look good, she looked stunning.
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She didn't just look good, she looked stunning.
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Now it's your turn.
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Take any sentence you've said today and upgrade one word.
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Then post it in the comments below.
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If you found this lesson helpful please give it a like so that more English learners can find it
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and if you are not drained or exhausted
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and you would like to do some more English with me today then click on one of these
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and I'll see you there
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About This Lesson
You're practicing English with "20 expressions to Improve Your English Speaking Skills Today!" using the Shadowing technique — a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.
Focus on sounding like the speaker — not just repeating words. With 15–30 minutes of daily practice, you'll build real-world speaking confidence.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.