Shadowing Practice: Family and Friends 2 Unit 9 Where does she work! - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Where does he work?
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Listening 90 Listen and point Hospital School Airport
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Police station Fire station
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Shop Police station
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School Hospital Fire station
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Shop.
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Airport.
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Listen and repeat.
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Hospital.
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School.
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Airport.
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Police station.
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Fire station.
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Shop Listening 91.
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Listen and chant.
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Hospital, hospital, hospital School, school,
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school Airport, airport, airport
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Police station, police station, police station Fire station,
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fire station, fire station Shop,
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shop, shop
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Listening 92 Listen and read My dad's a policeman. Where does he work?
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He works in a police station. Does your grandma work?
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No, she doesn't. Does your mum work?
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Yes, she does.
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She works in a shop.
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There are lots of cakes here, Tim.
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Yes, I know.
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My mum works in a cake shop. Have a cake, boys.
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Oh, thank you.
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Fantastic!
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Listening 93.
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Listen and point.
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Station.
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Zoo.
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Supermarket.
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Bank.
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Garage.
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Supermarket.
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Garage.
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Station.
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Bank.
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Zoo.
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Listen and repeat.
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Station.
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Zoo.
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Supermarket.
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Bank.
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Garage Listening 94 Listen and sing Places to go
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Places to go, things to see Out and about,
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my mum and me We go to the bank We go to the park We go to the zoo
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Until it is dark Places to go,
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things to see Out and about,
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my mum and me We go to the shops or a supermarket.
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We put our shopping in a basket.
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Places to go, things to see out and about, my mum and me.
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We go to the airport.
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We see some planes.
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We go to the station and see some trains.
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Places to go, things to see, out and about, my mum and me.
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Listening 95.
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Listen and point.
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Magic E makes the vowel long.
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A, lake.
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A, gate.
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A, face.
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a plane Listen and repeat.
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a lake a
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gate a face a plane
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Listening 96.
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Listen and chant.
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Open the gate, the gate, gate, gate.
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See the lake, the lake, lake, lake.
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A smile on your face, your face, face, face.
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Here is a cake, a cake, cake, cake.
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Listening 97.
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Listen and complete the words.
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1. Cake 2.
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Plane 3.
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Gate 4.
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Lake 5.
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Face Listening 98.
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Listen and read.
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She works at a zoo.
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I'm at the zoo with Molly.
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Molly works at the zoo.
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She looks after the big animals.
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Elephants, giraffes, lions and tigers.
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Molly says, My favourite animals are the elephants.
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At the moment, we've got six elephants at the zoo.
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Two of the elephants are babies.
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They're very cute.
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Molly gets up every day at six o'clock.
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She starts work at seven o'clock.
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First, she feeds the lions and tigers.
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They eat meat.
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Then she feeds the giraffes and the elephants.
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They eat vegetables.
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All the animals drink water.
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Molly says, I go home at three o'clock.
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I'm always happy as I love my job.
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Listening 99.
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Listen and circle.
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This is Peter.
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He works at the zoo with Molly.
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One.
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He looks after the little animals.
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Two.
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My favourite animals are the monkeys.
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They are very funny.
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Three.
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We've got 23 monkeys at the zoo at the moment.
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4. He also looks after parrots.
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We've got four parrots at the zoo.
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5. My favourite parrot is called Fred.
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He is blue and green.
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6. Fred can talk.
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He can say, Hello!
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I'm a pretty parrot!
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Everyone loves Fred.
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Fluency Time 3.
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Listening 100.
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Listen, read and say.
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1. Are you free after school today?
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Sorry, I'm not free today.
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How about on Tuesday?
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Yes, that's fine.
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Two We can play with my doll's house.
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Great!
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I'll ask my mum.
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Oops!
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Oh, thank you, Ellie.
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Sorry, Mrs Smith.
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Listening 101 Listen and number 1.
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Are you free after school on Monday? On Monday?
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No, I'm not free.
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I go swimming on Mondays.
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2. How about Thursday?
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Yes, Thursday is fine.
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I'm free on Thursday.
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That's great!
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I'll ask my grandma.
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Okay.
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We can play football.
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That's great!
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I love football!
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So, that's after school on Thursday for football!
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Brilliant!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Family and Friends 2 Unit 9 Where does she work!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: station, Listen, Listening, zoo, shop. This video has 147 sentences and 630 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:22. 81% 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:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| gate noun | /ˈɡeɪ̯t/ | A doorlike structure outside a house. |
| elephant noun | /ˈɛlɪfənt/ | A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia. |
| supermarket noun | /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/ | A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods, and/or clothing. |
| garage noun | /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/ | A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items. |
| tiger noun | /ˈtaɪɡə/ | Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia. |
| lion noun | /ˈlaɪən/ | A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe. |
| grandma noun | /ˈɡɹænmɑː/ | Grandmother. |
| monkey noun | /ˈmʌŋki/ | A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails… |
| chant verb | /t͡ʃænt/ | To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music. |
| swim verb | /swɪm/ | To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. |
| basket noun | /ˈbæskɪt/ | A lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. |
| vegetable noun | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice… |
| policeman noun | /pəˈliːsmən/ | A police officer, usually a male. |
| oops | /ups/ | Used to acknowledge a small mistake or accident. |
| parrot noun | /ˈpæɹət/ | A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| see out verb | To accompany a guest to the door when he or she leaves (also used figuratively). |
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Does your grandma work?
- Does your mum work?
- I'm always happy as I love my job.
- We've got four parrots at the zoo.
- Are you free after school today?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 13 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we've, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 gate, elephant, supermarket.
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.