Shadowing Practice: Complete Key for School - Workbook - Unit 7 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 7.
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Listening, Part 4.
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Exercise 1.
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For each question, choose the correct answer.
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1. You will hear a boy telling a friend about a film he has just seen.
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What did he enjoy most about it?
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How was the film?
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Well, I've read the book, so I was really interested to see how they told the story but it wasn't what I expected.
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They played rock music all the way through it and that was what I liked most.
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How about the actors in it?
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I didn't recognise any of them and they weren't that great really.
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2. You will hear a girl phoning her grandma to thank her for a present.
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What was the present?
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Grandma, thanks for my birthday present.
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I thought you'd sent me one of your lovely scarves, so I was really surprised when I opened it.
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We had them after dinner last night.
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Delicious!
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I love anything with chocolate in it.
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I hope you enjoyed the story Marcus sent you as well.
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He wants to be a famous writer one day.
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Thanks again!
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3. You will hear a boy telling a friend about his visit to a gallery.
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What did he enjoy about the visit?
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So, how was the gallery?
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Well, we saw some of the paintings our teacher showed us in class.
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Some weren't as good as I'd remembered, but I really liked one of them, so I did a drawing of it in my notebook.
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That was fun.
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And how was your picture?
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Not very good.
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Maybe I need to join a class and learn how to do it properly.
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4. You will hear Naomi talking about her train journey to her aunt's house.
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What was the problem on her journey?
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5. You will hear a boy describing something in his garden.
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What is he describing?
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I love our garden.
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It's not like our neighbours.
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That's full of flowers and has got more colour than ours.
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And he has a cat too, so he doesn't get as many birds as we do, especially ones from the forest nearby.
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We love hearing them sing, so we put out lots of food and they come flying down to eat.
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They're beautiful!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Complete Key for School - Workbook - Unit 7”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: hear, boy, present. This video has 40 sentences and 359 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:21. The speaker talks slowly, about 107 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 9 of its 40 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 |
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| grandma noun | /ˈɡɹænmɑː/ | Grandmother. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| notebook noun | /ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/ | A book (physical or digital) in which notes or memoranda are written. |
| neighbour noun | /ˈneɪbɚ/ | A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or… |
| scarf noun | /skɑːf/ | A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck. |
| journey noun | /ˈd͡ʒɝni/ | A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage. |
| describe verb | /dɪˈskɹaɪb/ | To represent in words. |
| gallery noun | /ˈɡæləɹi/ | An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art. |
| writer noun | /ˈɹaɪ.təɹ/ | A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer". |
| exercise noun | /ˈɛk.sə.saɪz/ | Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability. |
| actor noun | /ˈæk.tɚ/ | Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent. |
| properly adverb | /ˈpɹɑpɚli/ | In a proper manner, appropriately, suitably; correctly, justifiably |
| bird noun | /ˈbɜːd/ | An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of… |
| painting noun | /ˈpeɪ.nɪŋ/ | An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
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| put out verb | To blind (eyes). |
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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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has just seen · I've read |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will hear |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as weren't, didn't, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 grandma, flower, delicious.
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.