Shadowing Practice: Fetty Wap - Trap Queen (Lyrics) 🎵 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Fetty Wap - Trap Queen (Lyrics) 🎵”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: baby, kitchen, cookin, pies, gettin. This video has 50 sentences and 688 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:38. The speaker talks fast, about 189 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 75% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pie noun | /paɪ/ | A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie"… |
| mall noun | /mɔːl/ | A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct. |
| snatch verb | /snæt͡ʃ/ | To grasp and remove quickly. |
| bind verb | /ˈbaɪ̯nd/ | To tie; to confine by any ligature. |
| whip noun | /ˈwɪp/ | A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a… |
| chill verb | /tʃɪl/ | To lower the temperature of something; to cool. |
| stove noun | /stoʊv/ | A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room. |
| gram noun | /ˈɡɹæm/ | A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g. |
| prop noun | /pɹɑp/ | An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports. |
| dope noun | [doʊp] | Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface. |
| sack noun | /sæk/ | A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with… |
| remix noun | /ˈɹiːˌmɪks/ | A rearrangement of an older piece of music, possibly including various cosmetic changes. |
| lamb noun | /ˈlæm/ | A young sheep; especially, one younger than nine months. |
| bout noun | /ˈbaʊt/ | A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness. |
| myth noun | /mɪθ/ | A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| put up verb | To place in a high location. | |
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)… |
| stand up verb | To rise from a lying or sitting position. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might snatch |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | I'll be · I'll run |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | gonna go · gonna save |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 28 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'll, ain't. 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.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like pie, mall, snatch.
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.












