Shadowing Practice: Day 3 - House & Living Space | 21days speaking challenge - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 9 sentences and 88 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:37. The speaker talks at a steady 142 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

8 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• bedroom /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ (noun) — A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
• sofa /ˈsoʊ̯fə/ (noun) — An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.
• cosy /ˈkoʊzi/ (adjective) — Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social and comfortable.
• favourite /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/ (adjective) — Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
• comfortable /ˈkʌm(p)f.tə.bəl/ (adjective) — Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
• kitchen /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ə)n/ (noun) — A room or area for preparing food.
• spend /spɪnd/ (verb) — To pay out (money).
• hello /hɛˈloʊ/ — A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• live in (verb) — To reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like bedroom, sofa, cosy.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video: