Shadowing Practice: Basic English Speaking Questions for Beginners – Common English Questions – Basic English Practice - Learn English Speaking with Video
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What is your name?
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What is your address?
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What is your phone number? Where are you from? Where do you live?
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What language do you speak?
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When did you come to the USA?
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What is she doing? Where is the car? Where is the dog?
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What is the dog doing? Where are you?
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What are you doing?
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What are they doing? Where is the cat? Who is she?
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What's her name?
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Where is she in this photograph?
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What is that building behind her? Where is the school?
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Where is the post office?
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Where is the royal bank?
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Where is the gas station?
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Where is the barber shop? May I help you?
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What's your favorite color? Are you sure? Are you married?
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What is your name?
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What's your cousin's name?
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How old is she? Is she single?
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How are you going?
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Are you free Friday night? Where are you going?
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Do you want anything else?
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How old is she? Are you ready?
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How do you like it?
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What happened?
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What are you doing here?
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How do you do?
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How do you do? Are you sure? Where is Jane?
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Where are Bill and Mary?
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What is she doing?
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Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the nearest bank?
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Excuse me, is this your umbrella?
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Is Alice young or old?
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Is Bill tall or short?
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Is Albert's apartment big or little?
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Were the last examinations easy or difficult?
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Is Julie married or single?
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Can I get you something to drink?
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What do you drink with supper?
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How about a drink tonight? Where can we meet?
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What are you taking for your throat?
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Are you going to work today?
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Do you like my new coat?
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How much was it?
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Where did you get it?
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What's the temperature? Is it cold out? Where are you going?
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How many do you want? Do you like snow?
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How far is it to work?
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Are we going to get much snow? When is your vacation? Where are you going?
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Do you swim a lot?
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Why are you going to the shore?
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Who are you playing with?
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Are you a good soccer player?
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What time does the game begin?
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Why don't you come with me?
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How old is she?
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What are you getting Jim for his birthday?
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Would you like anything else?
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How do you take it? Are there any plates?
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Are there any chairs in here? Where is your meeting?
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What flight are you taking?
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What are you thinking of doing?
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How's your new job?
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What's your boss like?
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Did you see my car keys?
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Do you want me to go with you?
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Is your bank near here?
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When can I see Dr. No?
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Can I make an appointment?
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How about tomorrow at 10 o 'clock?
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Can you make it at 9?
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Excuse me, may I see your license?
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Could we have the bill, please?
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Can I put it all on one bill?
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How do you spell your last name?
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I'm sorry, could you repeat that?
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Why do you need a loan?
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What's wrong with your car?
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How much will a new car cost?
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What kind of work do you do?
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Do you like your job?
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How are you settling in?
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Have you found a school for Jerry?
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Is there a bakery near here?
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Why are you going to the bakery? Whose birthday is it?
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Will you get some bread for me?
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What about a Barbie doll set?
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Can I get some tickets for plays?
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What plays are on tonight?
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Are there any seats left for tomorrow night?
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How many tickets do you want?
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Where would you like to sit?
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How much is it in the middle section?
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What time does the play start?
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What time will the play be over?
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What time does the movie begin?
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What's the time now?
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What kind of job?
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Why didn't you call me? Do you smoke?
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When did you start smoking?
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How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?
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Have you ever tried to quit?
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Did you hear about the Smith family?
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When is your daughter's wedding?
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How have you been?
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Did you have a nice visit?
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How's everything with his kids?
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Is there any other language you can speak?
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Is that street Bridge Street? Can you see that?
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Have you been waiting long?
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Have you thought of any names for the baby?
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Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the nearest bank?
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Excuse me, is this your umbrella?
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Basic English Speaking Questions for Beginners – Common English Questions – Basic English Practice”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: excuse, bill, bank, drink. This video has 114 sentences and 740 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:59. The speaker talks slowly, about 93 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 93% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 141 of its 114 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| umbrella noun | /ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/ | A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun. |
| bakery noun | /ˈbeɪ.kə.ɹi/ | A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold. |
| soccer noun | /ˈsɑk.ɚ/ | Association football. |
| clock noun | /klɑk/ | A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day. |
| vacation noun | /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ | An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure. |
| settle verb | /ˈsɛtəl/ | To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc). |
| spell noun | /spɛl/ | Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. |
| coat noun | /ˈkoʊ̯t/ | An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms. |
| shore noun | /ʃɔɹ/ | Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond. |
| throat noun | /ˈθɹoʊt/ | The front part of the neck. |
| examination noun | /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ | The act of examining. |
| photograph noun | /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/ | A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc. |
| swim verb | /swɪm/ | To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. |
| cigarette noun | /ˈsɪɡəɹɛt/ | A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking. |
| doll noun | /dɑl/ | A small figure resembling a human being that is used as a toy. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Why don't you come with me?
- I'm sorry, could you repeat that?
- What's wrong with your car?
- Why didn't you call me?
- When is your daughter's wedding?
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 | Have you found · Have you ever tried · have you been |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the nearest |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | is she doing · are you doing · are they doing |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will a new car cost · Will you get · will the |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as didn't, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, shore /ʃɔɹ/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.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 umbrella, bakery, soccer.
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.