Shadowing Practice: B1 Preliminary for Schools Trainer 1 - Listening Part 2 Test 5 (2020 + Transcript + Key) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Practice Test 5, Listening Part 2, Questions 8 to 13.
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For each question, choose the correct answer.
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8. You will hear a boy telling his friend about a snowboarding trip.
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Hi Frankie, how was snowboarding?
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The first few days were great.
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The snow was perfect and I was learning some great new tricks.
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Don't tell me.
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You hit a tree and had to stop.
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That's what happens to some people, isn't it?
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A broken leg.
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In my case, it was a lot more boring.
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My stomach found it hard getting used to the local food, so I had to spend a few days in bed.
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Then my sister borrowed my board and managed to drop it from the ski lift.
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It didn't break, but we never got it back.
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Oh no!
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Now listen again.
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Hi Frankie!
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How was snowboarding?
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The first few days were great!
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The snow was perfect and I was learning some great new tricks.
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Don't tell me.
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You hit a tree and had to stop.
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That's what happens to some people, isn't it?
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A broken leg.
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In my case, it was a lot more boring.
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My stomach found it hard getting used to the local food, so I had to spend a few days in bed.
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Then my sister borrowed my board and managed to drop it from the ski lift.
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It didn't break, but we never got it back.
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Oh no!
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9. You will hear two friends talking about the new library at their school.
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The new school library's great!
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Everything being self -service takes a bit of getting used to.
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I found it quite useful having someone there to ask if you couldn't find something.
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True, but the new system works well.
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It's pretty quiet there too.
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I can't concentrate at home because of my little sister, so I always stay now to get everything done for the next day's lessons.
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Good idea.
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Yes, and of course I'd never have the books I needed because I always forgot to get them before I went home,
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which isn't a problem if I stay.
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Now listen again.
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The new school library's great.
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Everything being self -service takes a bit of getting used to.
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I found it quite useful having someone there to ask if you couldn't find something.
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True, but the new system works well.
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It's pretty quiet there too.
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I can't concentrate at home because of my little sister, so I always stay now to get everything done for the next day's lessons.
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Good idea.
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Yes, and of course I'd never have the books I needed because I always forgot to get them before I went home,
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which isn't a problem if I stay.
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10. You will hear two friends talking about a new clothes shop.
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I like that new clothes shop.
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Me too.
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The one I usually use is so far out of town I hardly ever go there.
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Me neither.
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And you have to get two different buses.
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The people who work at the new shop couldn't be nicer.
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The lady who served me was a bit miserable, actually, but the others seemed OK.
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It's not too expensive, either.
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Maybe it's because it's only just opened, but I found the range of styles they had was quite narrow.
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I think the other shop definitely has a bigger variety of things for teenagers.
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Now listen again.
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I like that new clothes shop.
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Me too.
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The one I usually use is so far out of town I hardly ever go there.
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Me neither.
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And you had to get two different buses.
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The people who work at the new shop couldn't be nicer.
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The lady who served me was a bit miserable actually, but the others seemed okay.
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It's not too expensive either.
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Maybe it's because it's only just opened, but I found the range of styles they had was quite narrow.
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I think the other shop definitely has a bigger variety of things for teenagers.
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11. You will hear two friends talking about a new classmate.
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What do you think of the new boy Finian?
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He seems pretty cool to me.
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He certainly knows lots of jokes and funny stories.
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We could hardly stop him talking at break time.
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Not that we really wanted him to.
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And he answered at least twice as many questions as I did during the maths class.
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You're really good at maths too.
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Maybe, but he also knew a lot about what we were discussing in our groups in the history class.
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I tried to get him to come to training for the school football team, but I didn't manage to persuade him.
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Now listen again.
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What do you think of the new boy Finian?
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He seems pretty cool to me.
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He certainly knows lots of jokes and funny stories.
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We could hardly stop him talking at break time.
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Not that we really wanted him to.
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And he answered at least twice as many questions as I did during the maths class.
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You're really good at maths too.
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Maybe, but he also knew a lot about what we were discussing in our groups in the history class.
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I tried to get him to come to training for the school football team, but I didn't manage to persuade him.
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12. You will hear a girl talking about her big brother going away to college.
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Has your brother gone away to college yet?
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Yeah, he left yesterday.
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I thought I'd be relieved not to have to listen to music coming from his bedroom all evening.
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I couldn't believe it when tears actually started running down my cheeks last night, and this morning too, when he wasn't at breakfast.
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I never knew you two were so close.
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We weren't.
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You just get used to someone being there, though.
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And when they're suddenly not, it's strange.
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Even though I know he hasn't gone hundreds of kilometers away like some students do, he'll probably be back most weekends.
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Now listen again.
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Has your brother gone away to college yet?
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Yeah, he left yesterday.
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I thought I'd be relieved not to have to listen to music coming from his bedroom all evening.
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I couldn't believe it when tears actually started running down my cheeks last night, and this morning too, when he wasn't at breakfast.
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I never knew you two were so close.
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We weren't.
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You just get used to someone being there, though.
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And when they're suddenly not, it's strange.
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Even though I know he hasn't gone hundreds of kilometers away like some students do, he'll probably be back most weekends.
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13. You will hear two friends talking about playing tennis.
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Are you still having tennis coaching?
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Yes, but I'm progressing really slowly.
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The teacher wants me to learn each skill well before we move on to the next.
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Does your coach do that?
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Pretty much, yes.
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Even though I practice between the sessions with my family, I'm sure I'd improve more quickly if someone showed me a few other skills.
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That's why I need your help.
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When I watch you play, I can see you doing loads of things I'd like to be able to do,
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but I forget how you do them as soon as I go home.
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Now listen again.
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Are you still having tennis coaching?
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Yes, but I'm progressing really slowly.
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The teacher wants me to learn each skill well before we move on to the next.
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Does your coach do that?
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Pretty much, yes.
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Even though I practice between the sessions with my family, I'm sure I'd improve more quickly if someone showed me a few other skills.
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That's why I need your help.
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When I watch you play, I can see you doing loads of things I'd like to be able to do,
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but I forget how you do them as soon as I go home.
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That is the end of part two.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “B1 Preliminary for Schools Trainer 1 - Listening Part 2 Test 5”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: listen, shop, hear. This video has 133 sentences and 1305 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:30. The speaker talks at a steady 137 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| skill noun | /skɪl/ | A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. |
| mathematics noun | /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/ | An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them. |
| tennis noun | /ˈtɛnɪs/ | A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets. |
| cloth noun | /klɒθ/ | A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes… |
| trick noun | /ˈtɹɪk/ | Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| bedroom noun | /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ | A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping. |
| stomach noun | /ˈstʌmək/ | An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion. |
| narrow adjective | /ˈnæɹəʊ/ | Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth. |
| tear verb | /tɛɹ/ | To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. |
| teenager noun | /ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/ | A person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive). |
| concentrate verb | /ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt/ | To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force. |
| miserable adjective | /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/ | In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor. |
| borrow verb | /ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/ | To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. |
| cheek noun | /t͡ʃiːk/ | The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| run down verb | To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- That's what happens to some people, isn't it?
- It didn't break, but we never got it back.
- Has your brother gone away to college yet?
- Are you still having tennis coaching?
- Does your coach do that?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | hasn't gone |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be relieved |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | people who work |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was snowboarding · was learning · were discussing |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 42 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'd, couldn't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, cloth /klɒθ/
- Long words — get the stress right: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, miserable /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/
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 skill, mathematics, tennis.
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.