Shadowing Practice: A1 A2 B1 B2 English Comprehensible Input... While I Make Coffee! | DAY 1 PART 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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so today we're going to be doing some comprehensible input
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which means that i'll just be talking naturally like a native speaker hopefully you can keep up today
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and you learn a few new words
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comment down below what words you do learn today or if you feel more confident using the words you already know,
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but now you can use it in a sentence.
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So it is the morning, which means that I need to have some coffee because I'm quite tired.
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I'm tired because I didn't sleep much last night.
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This is coffee.
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It comes from a coffee bean that comes from a bush, I'm pretty sure.
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So anyways we're gonna make some coffee
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so i'm gonna grab the kettle the kettle
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and then i'm going to bring it over to the sink
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which is a little bit messy but not too bad
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so i've brought my kettle to the sink this is the sink
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and these are the clean dishes that are dry
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that i should put away but I won't because I'm lazy okay
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so so I'm gonna put some water in here because it's empty do you hear
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that there's not much in there as you can see on the kettle there's a line
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that you have to fill it up to that is the minimum amount
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so that's the smallest amount you can put in
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and i haven't got enough so i'm going to fill it up
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so that it's full this is the tap this is the handle there's no water coming out and there's water coming out
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So the water is up to here.
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It was there and now it's been filled up halfway.
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It's half full because it's not completely full.
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If it was full, it would be up to the max line.
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Max is short for maximum.
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So that's the most amount that you can do.
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Okay.
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So we have the kettle filled half full
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and now to heat up the water to make it very hot
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so if i touch it i'll get burnt oh you know burnt
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so i don't want to get burnt and hurt myself
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and have to go to the hospital
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so i'm going to be very very careful okay
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so i'm going to boil it
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which means make it very very hot the maximum hotness
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that you can make water is boiling so that's when it hits a hundred degrees Celsius.
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Now you might be moving to a country
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that doesn't use the temperature metrics Celsius degrees but
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if you're in America the USA in America they use Fahrenheit
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so that's like an F with a circle and England uses Celsius as well the same as Australia.
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So when you're talking about temperatures and you read something on a label here
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so here it says up here you have to turn on the oven to 170 to 190 degrees celsius
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and that's what the c is so
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if you're in america it'll be an f
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and the numbers will be a little bit different
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but anyways water boils at 100 degrees celsius and 212 fahrenheit okay
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so it's a bit different but it's the same actual temperature
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but america england and australia use different ones england
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and australia uses the same temperature metric so hopefully that helps you with some of your cooking but anyway so
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chuck that on you can hear it it's on on off on
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and it lights up so there's a light
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so the light is off the light is on so while that's happening i'm gonna brush my hair
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i'm brushing my hair
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because i want my hair to look good i want it to look nice
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and you know i don't want to look messy so
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so i'm brushing my hair
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so in this case to brush my hair what i would do is grab my brush my hair
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and when i start to do it i wouldn't say i brush my hair
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because that would be a statement about something I do.
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While I'm doing the action of having the brush in my hair, I'd say, I'm brushing my hair.
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Brush -ing.
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Doing.
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I'm doing it right now.
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I'm brushing my hair.
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Another example would be, right now I'm standing, and now I'm walking.
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Now I'm dancing.
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I like to dance, so I'm dancing i'll do another video on verbs
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and how to use them so you know how to use the right words correctly
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because if you were on your phone and using your phone you wouldn't say i'm phoning
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you wouldn't do that you'd say i'm on my phone right now
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or i'm using my phone right now
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so that's something you want to practice on so
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that you can speak fluent english
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so i'm brushing my hair right now I brush my hair every single day that means
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that I brush my hair Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday those are all the days of the week
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so today is the 28th of August this is the month August
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and there are 31 days in the month of August and all the months together are a full year.
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So one year has all the months in it.
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365 days in a year.
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Alrighty, so it looks brush my hair so that I can get up and have my coffee.
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I'm brushing my hair.
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This side is very easy because I brushed it earlier today.
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You know, when I woke up and I got out of bed, I got up, I brushed my hair, and then I got busy doing something else.
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So I haven't brushed the other side.
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So this side is very knotty.
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As you can see, it's knotty, it's painful, and it's gonna be hard to brush.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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I'll just give you like an example of what you might say to someone before doing something, while you're doing something, and then after you've done something.
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So before you brush your hair you would say i'm going
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to brush my hair i'm going to brush my hair
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because you haven't done it yet okay i'm going to brush
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my hair i'm going to find my brush with my eyes where's my brush
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i found it i'm brushing my hair okay all done nice
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so now i have brushed my hair my hair is done
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I've brushed it I can put I can I can throw the brush
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so now that my hair is brushed we can make some coffee
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and I am really desperate for a coffee
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because I am very tired like I said before
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so well I'm gonna grab a cup I'm gonna grab my coffee spoon okay I'm scooping
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and now I'm pouring it you could also say I just
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transferred now that's something you might say at work you wouldn't say it with a friend
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but there are more words you can learn so
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that you sound more professional at work so say
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if you move something from one place to another in the
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workplace you'd say I transferred it I'm going to add some more
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because I'm very tired and then to make it sweet I'm gonna put some sugar in
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so a little bit of sugar
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or like a spoon of sugar then I'm grabbing some milk
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from a cow this is cow milk then I'm pouring the milk inside the cup
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I don't know.
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Thank you.
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I'm not going to be able to do that.
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I'm not going to be able to do that.
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I'm not going to be able to do that.
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I'm not going to be able to do that.
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I'm not going to be able to do that.
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I'm not going to be able to do that.
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I'm not going to be able to do that.
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I'm not going to be able to do that.
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I'm not going to be able to do that.
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I'm not going to be able to do that.
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I'm not going to be able to do that.
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and then i'm going to put the milk away into the fridge
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and then i'm going to put the hot water from the kettle in the cup
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so i'm pouring it in it's very hot nice mix it all together now mix it all together
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that just means all my ingredients my sugar my coffee my milk
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and my water those are all items so
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when you put all those items in the same place you say you put them together right okay
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so now I'm gonna taste the coffee which I'm very excited to do
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and it's pretty good it's perfect it's not too bitter
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and it's not too sweet bitter is like the opposite of sweet
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so coffee is bitter it tastes bitter on the tongue and sugar tastes sweet on the tongue and
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if I had something like um if I had something like soy sauce
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that you have on sushi that would be salty a salty taste
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so i'm gonna put this back in the fridge let me know
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if you put your soy sauce in the fridge
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because that's what people do in australia so i don't know
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if that's normal but okay so let me know if
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that was helpful in any way i didn't want to make this video too long
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but let me know if i'm being a little bit too like
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if it's boring because it's too simple or if you like the way
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that i explain things i'm going to start my day
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so i'm going to make another video of me going down into my house underneath my house in my garage
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and then i'm going to take some old clothes to the
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op shop go to the next video let me know
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if you've learnt any new words or
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if you feel more confident using certain words so i have my coffee i have my brushed hair.
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I'm going to go get ready to start my day, but make sure you follow this channel for many,
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many English type lessons and many comprehensible English types of videos.
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But I will be making videos on verbs and words. So yeah.
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Bye!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 154 sentences and 1697 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:55. The speaker talks at a steady 131 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% 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:

WordPronunciationMeaning
brush noun/bɹʌʃ/An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including…
kettle noun/ˈkɛ.təl/A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
bitter adjective/ˈbɪ.tɚ/Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
sink verb/ˈsɪŋk/To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
pour verb/poɹ/To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
boil verb/bɔɪ(ə)l/To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
anyways adverb/ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
metric adjective/ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/Of or relating to the metric system of measurement.
spoon noun/spuːn/An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
messy adjective/ˈmɛsi/In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
salty adjective/ˈsɔlti/Tasting of salt.
verb noun/vɝb/A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
naturally adverb/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/In a natural manner.
lesson noun/ˈlɛs.ən/A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
helpful adjective/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
come out verb/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/To be discovered; to be revealed.
get up verbTo move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
fill up verbTo make (something) completely full.
get out of verbTo leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
heat up verbTo heat, to cause to become hotter.
keep up verbTo maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling.
light up verbTo illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
put away verbTo put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 105 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “th” sounds: underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, cloth /klɒθ/
  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: brush /bɹʌʃ/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/, dish /dɪʃ/, sushi /ˈsuːʃi/
  • Long words — get the stress right: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, comprehensible /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like brush, kettle, bitter.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its resultIf it was full, it would be · if i touch it i'll get · if you're in america it'll be
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowi've brought · it's been filled · haven't brushed
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itbeen filled · is done · is brushed

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