Shadowing Practice: Easy English Action Verbs for Beginners | Lesson 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Get a pan and put it on the stove.
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Turn on the heat.
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Wait the pan to get warm.
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Take out two slices of bread and place them on the pan.
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You toast one side in 1-2 minutes.
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Flip the bread and toast the other side in 1-2 minutes.
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Make sure the bread turns to golden brown color.
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And now you can take out the bread and place them on the plate.
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Cut the avocado.
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Cut it again.
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Remove the seeds.
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Peel the avocado and slide it.
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Place the avocado on the bread.
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Turn on the heat.
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Add some cooking oil to the pan.
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Wait the pan to get hot.
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Get an egg and crack the egg into the pan.
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Wait until the egg white is fully cooked.
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Turn off the heat and take the egg out of the pan.
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and place it on the bread.
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Add a little salt on the egg.
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Now my toast with avocado and fried egg is ready.
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Let's enjoy!

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 23 sentences and 163 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:00. 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
toast noun/toʊst/Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).
crack noun/kɹæk/A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
seed noun/siːd/Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
slide noun/ˈslaɪ̯d/An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
flip verb/flɪp/To throw so as to turn over.
slice noun/slaɪs/That which is thin and broad.
fry verb/fɹaɪ/To cook (something) in hot fat.
peel verb/piːl/To remove the skin or outer covering of.
stove noun/stoʊv/A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
avocado noun/ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
bread noun/brɛd/A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
cook verb/kʊk/To prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc.
golden adjective/ˈɡəʊl.dən/Made of, or relating to, gold.
salt noun/sɒlt/A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative.
plate noun/ˈpleɪ̯t/A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
take out verbTo remove.
turn off verbTo power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality 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 toast, crack, seed.

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.

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