Shadowing Practice: Daily Routines | Beginner English - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Daily Routines We have a daily routine at home.
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I wake up at 6 a.m every day.
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My husband usually wakes up at 6.30 a.m.
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The kids wake up shortly after him.
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Together, we cook breakfast for the entire family.
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Afterward, I take a shower and get dressed.
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My husband takes the bus to work.
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I drive the children to school.
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Then I go to work at the library.
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After work is over, I run errands.
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For example, I go to the grocery store to buy food.
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Sometimes I go to the bank to pay bills.
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In the afternoon, I pick up our children from school.
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We go home, and they do their homework.
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I start dinner, and we all eat a nice meal together.
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After dinner, we play a board game or watch television.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Daily Routines”. This video has 16 sentences and 135 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:10. The speaker talks at a steady 115 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| meal noun | /ˈmiːl/ | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity. |
| shortly adverb | /ˈʃɔɹtli/ | In a short or brief time or manner; quickly. |
| afterwards adverb | /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ | At a later or succeeding time; after that; |
| routine noun | /ɹuˈtin/ | A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. |
| homework noun | /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ | Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class. |
| grocery noun | /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ | Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies. |
| errand noun | /ˈɛɹənd/ | A mundane mission of no great consequence, concerning household or business affairs (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc.) |
| cook verb | /kʊk/ | To prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc. |
| breakfast noun | /ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/ | The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning. |
| shower noun | /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/ | A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation. |
| wake verb | /ˈweɪ̯k/ | (often followed by up) To stop sleeping. |
| husband noun | /ˈhʌzbənd/ | A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse. |
| dinner noun | /ˈdɪnɚ/ | The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening. |
| library noun | /ˈlaɪˌbɹɛɹ.i/ | An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various… |
| television noun | /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/ | An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shortly /ˈʃɔɹtli/, shower /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/, television /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/
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 meal, shortly, afterwards.
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.