Shadowing Practice: 31. Cambridge English Vocabulary In Use || Elementary || Unit 31|| Animals - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Lesson 31.
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Animals.
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Part A.
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Farm animals.
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Horse.
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Chicken.
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Hen.
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Pig.
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Sheep.
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Goat.
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Cow.
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Let's move on.
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And we have a table.
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And this table has three columns.
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Animal.
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Produce.
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Baby.
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Horse, hare, meat, foal, cow,
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produces milk, leather, meat, which we call beef, and a baby of a cow is called calf.
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Sheep produces wool, meat, we call it lamb,
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be silent, do not say it And a baby is called lamb Pig,
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meat, pork, bacon, ham, and a baby is a piglet Chicken,
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hen produces eggs, meat, we call chicken and a baby is a chick Goat produces milk,
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meat, a baby is a kid Part B
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Wild or zoo animals Wild means to live in natural conditions So we have elephant,
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snake, monkey, tiger, lion and giraffe Part C.
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Fish, cat, rabbit, parrot, dog, tortoise.
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Tortoise.
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The transcription is like that.
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Tortoise.
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expressions take your dog for a walk every day long
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or don't forget about it because we also have a verb work
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and here we have a sound a walk walk walk walk
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that is the difference You must feed your animals and give them water every day.
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Do you have any pets?
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Let's move on.
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And we have exercises 31 .1.
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Complete these sentences.
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Number one is done.
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A tortoise goes to sleep in winter.
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So, number two.
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An animal.
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This animal has a very long neck that is a giraffe.
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Giraffe, if I'm not mistaken.
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No, that is not correct.
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Giraffe, like this, yeah, Giraffe,
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double F Number three These animals are birds Parrots And hens Oh,
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chickens Number four These animals are large cats Oh,
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that is easy Tigers And lions Number five.
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You can ride a horse and an elephant.
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Elephant.
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Number six.
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So, swim and fly.
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Fish swim. And birds fly.
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Number seven.
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So, these animals are farm birds.
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Chicken.
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Chicken or just hens.
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Number eight.
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These animals are very good at hopping and jumping.
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Rabbits.
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Number nine Don't forget to the cat and to eat some water Don't forget to feed,
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give food the cat and to give it some water Number ten I,
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my dog, for a walk every day before school I take my dog for a walk every day before school.
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31 .2.
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Match the animal with its meat and with its baby.
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So we have goat, goat meat, baby Okay.
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Sheep.
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Then we have lamb.
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B is silent.
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And baby is a lamb.
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Cow.
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Cow.
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Meat.
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Beef.
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A baby calf.
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L is silent.
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Hen, meat, chicken and baby is a chick.
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Just short E.
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Pig, pork and a baby is a piglet. So, 31 .3.
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Look at the animals opposite.
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Find three animals which eat meat.
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Lions, tigers, cats, dogs, etc. Number two.
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Give us things that we wear.
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Cows, sheep, perhaps hen for feathers.
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feathers cows hands yeah sheep hands number three produce their babies in eggs okay chicken
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parrot parrot parrot uh parrot also fish Number four.
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We can eat hen, pig,
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cow, fish, but it's better to use plural here.
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Hands, pigs, cows and fish We do not use it in plural
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31 .4 Look at the pictures and complete the crossword Number 1.
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Parrot Number 2.
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Monkey So number 2, where is it?
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Number four.
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Sheep.
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Sheep.
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Long E.
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Sheep.
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We have a long E here.
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Number five, tiger.
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Let's move on.
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Across.
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Number three, cats.
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Number six, lion.
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Number seven, horse.
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This is not it.
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Number eight and number nine.
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Number eight elephant and number nine hen.
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Okay, so thank you guys for being with me.
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This is it for today.
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See you next time in the next lesson.
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Bye -bye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “31. Cambridge English Vocabulary In Use |”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: animal, baby, meat, cow, hen. This video has 111 sentences and 599 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:00. The speaker talks slowly, about 67 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 73% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| sheep noun | /ˈʃiːp/ | A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis. |
| tiger noun | /ˈtaɪɡə/ | Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia. |
| lion noun | /ˈlaɪən/ | A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe. |
| elephant noun | /ˈɛlɪfənt/ | A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia. |
| goat noun | /ɡoʊt/ | Any ruminant of the genus Capra. |
| lamb noun | /ˈlæm/ | A young sheep; especially, one younger than nine months. |
| silent adjective | /ˈsaɪ̯lənt/ | Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. |
| cow noun | /kaʊ/ | An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| egg noun | /ɛɡ/ | An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell… |
| beef noun | /bif/ | The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults. |
| swim verb | /swɪm/ | To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. |
| chick noun | /t͡ʃɪk/ | A young bird. |
| monkey noun | /ˈmʌŋki/ | A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails… |
| rabbit noun | /ˈɹæbɪt/ | A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. (Those of the larger kind are instead called hares) |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: feather /ˈfɛðə/, leather /ˈlɛðɚ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sheep /ˈʃiːp/, transcription /tɹænˈskɹɪpʃən/
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 sheep, tiger, lion.
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.