Shadowing Practice: Easy English Conversation for Beginners | Taking a Lunch Break | Daily English Speaking Practice - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 12 sentences and 55 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:23. The speaker talks at a steady 142 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• hungry /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ (adjective) — Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
• afterwards /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ (adverb) — At a later or succeeding time; after that;
• juice /d͡ʒuːs/ (noun) — A liquid made from plant, especially fruit.
• relax /ɹɪˈlæks/ (verb) — To make something loose.
• sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/ (noun) — A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food.
• lunch /lʌnt͡ʃ/ (noun) — A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
• fruit /fɹut/ (noun) — A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically
• excuse /ɪksˈkjuz/ (verb) — To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• eat in (verb) — To eat a meal at home.
• get back to (verb) — Return to (an activity)

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 hungry, afterwards, juice.

Grammar in this video

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