Shadowing Practice: 25 daily phrases to practice your connected speech - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I got it.
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Do you need help?
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What are you doing?
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Hey everyone, it's Hadar.
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Today we are going to practice connected speech and we're gonna do
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that while practicing very common daily expressions that we use in our day-to-day conversations.
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So we're gonna achieve two things.
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The first, we are going to practice connected speech.
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And the second, we are going to practice
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and make more available common daily phrases so you can feel more confident using them regularly.
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But first, let's talk a little bit about connected speech.
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Connected speech is the way we connect a thought or an idea or a part of a sentence together.
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In English, when we think of a thought inside a sentence, all the words are connected within the same breath.
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So, it actually feels like it's one long word like I'm doing right now.
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We don't separate the speech word by word.
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However, a lot of speakers of English as a second language tend to do that because they want to sound more clear,
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or maybe these are habits that they bring into English from their first language.
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And while that's totally valid, sometimes in the attempt at sounding clearer,
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it actually prevents them from sounding clear because people are used to hearing thoughts grouped together,
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so it makes it easier for you to be understood and to deliver your message when you connect words together.
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I actually have a long video giving you some tips on how to use connected speech.
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I'm going to link it in the description below.
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But today we're not going to go deep into connected speech, just learn the idea through practice.
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And like I said, the practice is going to be a very, very useful phrases so that you can start using them more confidently in your day-to-day life.
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Now to make it even better, I created a free PDF and audio practice so that after this video,
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You can download it for free and practice it with me on the go
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so that you can make it a habit through repetition
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and through practice and not just like learning it once and that's it.
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Okay?
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So don't say I'm not trying to make it easy for you.
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I am, but you will have to do a little bit as well by practicing with me.
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So click to download the PDF for free.
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All right, so let's get started with the 25 most common daily phrases.
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Have a great day.
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Have a great day.
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Have a great day.
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I'll let you know.
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I'll let you know.
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I'll let you know.
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I'll let you know.
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Do you need help? Do you need help?
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Do you have a minute?
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Do you have a minute?
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Do you have a minute?
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Do you have a minute?
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Do you have a minute?
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What should I do?
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WHAT SHOULD I DO? what should I do?
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What are you up to?
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What are you up to?
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What are you up to today?
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What are you up to today?
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What are you doing?
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What are Yuh?
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What are ya doing?
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What are you doing?
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What-do-you doing?
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What-do-you-want?
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What-do-you-want?
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What do-you-want?
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What-do-you-want?
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What-do-you-wa-to you?
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You can even reduce it even more.
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What-do-you-wa-to want?
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What-do-you-what-do-you-what-do-you-want?
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How much is it?
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How much is it?
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How much Is it?
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How much?
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How much IS it?
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How have you been?
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Can I get some coffee?
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Can I get some coffee?
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Can I get some coffee?
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Can I get some coffee?
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Can I get some coffee, please?
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Can I get some coffee?
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Can I get some?
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Can I get some?
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Can I get some?
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Can I get some coffee?
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where's the bathroom?
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Where's the bathroom?
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Where is the bathroom?
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Where is the bathroom? Can you repeat that?
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Can you re-peat that?
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Can you repeat that?
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Or, could you repeat — could you repeat that?
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Could you repeat that? Could ya? Could ya? Could ya?
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— Don't worry about it.
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Don't worry about it.
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Don't worry about it.
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Come here for a minute.
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Come here for a minute.
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Come here for a minute.
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I got it.
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I got it.
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I got it.
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I got it.
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are you serious are you serious are you serious are you serious are you serious
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what time is it what time is it what time is
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it what time is it what time is it what is it?
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What time is it?
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That's a good idea.
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That's a good idea.
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That's a good idea.
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That's a good idea.
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I'll be right back.
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I'll be right back.
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I'll be right back.
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I'll be right back.
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I'll be right back.
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I'll be right back.
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I'll be right back.
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I don't mind.
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I don't mind.
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I don't mind.
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Or, I don't mind.
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No tea.
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I don't mind.
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I don't mind.
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Take your time.
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Take your time.
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Take your time.
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Take your time.
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Take your time.
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Let's call it a day.
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Let's call it a call it a day.
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Let's call it a day.
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What about it?
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What about it?
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What about What about it?
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What about it?
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All right, that is it.
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Connected speech in 25 very common conversational phrases.
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I hope you found it helpful, and if you did, make sure you download the PDF
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and audio practice so you can continue practicing it through repetition and connected speech practice.
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You see what we did there?
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How we connected the words together and all of a sudden, there was a mishmash of syllables, but when you put it together, it just sounds like the phrase like the phrase.
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Confusing, but then when you zoom out you're like, oh, I get it.
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Now remember that connected speech will help you sound clearer, but also it will really help you understand speakers better because when you practice it,
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your brain understands how it works and then you are more likely to understand it when you hear it,
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to recognize it, to recognize those connections and to make sense of it.
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So this practice is not less important for comprehension than it is for pronunciation.
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Okay?
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So remember that.
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Keep practicing.
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You got this.
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Thank you so much for being here.
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Have a beautiful, beautiful rest of the day and I will see you next week in the next video.
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Bye!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “25 daily phrases to practice your connected speech”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: practice, connected, speech, coffee, phrase. This video has 151 sentences and 1083 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:12. The speaker talks at a steady 118 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 65 of its 151 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| phrase noun | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | A short written or spoken expression. |
| repetition noun | /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/ | The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated. |
| habit noun | /ˈhæb.ɪt/ | An action performed on a regular basis. |
| confidently adverb | /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/ | In a confident manner; with confidence; with strong assurance; positively. |
| conversational adjective | /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/ | Easy in conversation, chatty. |
| mishmash noun | /ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ/ | A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things. |
| syllable noun | /ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/ | A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants. |
| pronunciation noun | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken. |
| comprehension noun | /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/ | A thorough understanding. |
| confuse verb | /kənˈfjuːz/ | to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand |
| zoom verb | /zuːm/ | To move fast with a humming noise. |
| breathe verb | /bɹiːð/ | To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| zoom out verb | /ˌzuːm ˈaʊt/ | To decrease the focal length of a zoom lens in order to obtain a reduced magnification of the image, or a wider-angle view. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Do you have a minute?
- What are you up to?
- What are you up to today?
- What-do-you-wa-to you?
- What-do-you-wa-to want?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are connected · be understood |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should I do |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | start using · Keep practicing |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will have · I'll let · I'll be |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 31 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'll, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/, conversational /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/, mishmash /ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/
- Long words — get the stress right: repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/, confidently /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/, conversational /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like phrase, repetition, habit.
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.