Shadowing Practice: COMPLETE PRELIMINARY For Schools (PET) 2020 WORKBOOK UNIT 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 2.
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Listening, Part 1.
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Exercise 1.
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For each question, choose the correct answer.
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1. What subject does the boy want to study at university?
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It's really hard to decide what to study at university because I like science a lot, especially doing experiments.
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But my history teacher is brilliant this year and I've really enjoyed everything we've done with him.
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Anyway, in the end, I think IT is the future.
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I mean, there are more jobs working with technology than jobs which involve knowing things about the past, so that's what I've chosen.
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2. Where is the girl's physics book?
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Dad, have you seen my physics book?
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I think I left it on the kitchen table last night, but it's not there now.
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You know you should get your school bag ready in the evening.
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Where were you studying yesterday?
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In my room, but then I decided to read on the sofa downstairs for a while.
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Look, here it is, under the cushion.
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3. When is the chemistry exam?
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Hi, Danny.
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I'm just phoning you because I was ill yesterday and I missed the chemistry class.
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Did the teacher say when the next exam is?
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Yes, he wanted us to do it next Tuesday, but there's a school trip that day, so he changed the exam to the end of the week.
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Oh, that's great.
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If it's on a Friday, we'll have more time to study.
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Right, it's in the second class.
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Don't forget we've got to do our biology presentations on Thursday morning as well.
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Oh, no. 4.
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Which after-school activity is most popular?
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There's a wide range of activities to choose from in our after-school clubs.
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You can join the Art and Design group.
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There are plenty of spaces in that one, and it's a friendly group.
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Or there's computer programming, but that might be difficult to get in, because more students have already joined this year.
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If you like sport, we've also got a multi-sport group.
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They do a different sport each term, but the more unusual ones, you know, like badminton or squash.
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5. What did they do when it started to rain?
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How was your trip to the mountains, Jenny?
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It was great at first.
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It was really hot and we found a fantastic place to have lunch under some trees.
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But in the afternoon the weather changed and it began to rain really hard.
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It was a long way to the car, but we found a cave where we waited for it to stop.
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The sun came out again on our way back, so we didn't get wet at all.
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6. What was the first prize in the competition?
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Now we have good news for the students from Oak End School.
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The winner of our nature photography competition this year is Mark Young from Year 10.
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His school will be presented with a video camera for his photo of sunlight on the trees in the playground.
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The second prize, which is cinema tickets,
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goes to Freddie Lawson's class in Green Hill School for his photo of a snail.
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Thanks to all the schools that took part, they will all receive a certificate.
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7. Why did the boy go to bed late?
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You look tired, Sam.
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Did you go to bed late last night?
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Yeah, I was watching that TV series about detectives in New York when my brother phoned.
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The one who lives in Australia?
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That's right.
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He didn't remember that it was late for us, but anyway, we were talking until after midnight.
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Is he okay?
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He's having a great time, although he's working hard in a restaurant every evening.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “COMPLETE PRELIMINARY For Schools (PET) 2020 WORKBOOK UNIT 2”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: exam, sport, study. This video has 56 sentences and 600 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:45. The speaker talks at a steady 126 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 14 of its 56 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| examination noun | /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ | The act of examining. |
| badminton noun | /ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/ | A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over… |
| cushion noun | /ˈkʊʃən/ | A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support. |
| squash noun | /skwɔʃ/ | Cucurbita maxima, including hubbard squash, great winter squash, buttercup squash, and some varieties of pumpkins. |
| snail noun | /sneɪl/ | Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell. |
| downstairs adverb | /daʊnˈstɛɹz/ | Down the stairs. |
| playground noun | /ˈpleɪɡɹaʊnd/ | A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). |
| sofa noun | /ˈsoʊ̯fə/ | An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people. |
| sunlight noun | /ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/ | All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun; especially, that in the visible spectrum and that bathes the Earth. |
| cinema noun | /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/ | A movie theatre, a movie house. |
| cave noun | /keɪv/ | A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside. |
| detective noun | /dɪˈtɛktɪv/ | A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator. |
| biology noun | /baɪˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ | The study of all life or living matter. |
| involve verb | /ɪnˈvɑlv/ | To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include. |
| certificate noun | /səˈtɪf.ɪ.kɪt/ | A document containing a certified statement. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Where is the girl's physics book?
- Dad, have you seen my physics book?
- Where were you studying yesterday?
- Did you go to bed late last night?
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 | I've really enjoyed · I've chosen · have already joined |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | prize, which is · one who lives |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was watching · were talking |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | we'll have · will be · will all |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as we've, didn't, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, cushion /ˈkʊʃən/, squash /skwɔʃ/, presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/
- Long words — get the stress right: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, biology /baɪˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, certificate /səˈtɪf.ɪ.kɪt/
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 examination, badminton, cushion.
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.