Shadowing Practice: Flyers 2 Write a Story Test 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Welcome to Miss Wynne's English class.
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Flyer 2 Test 1.
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Write a story.
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First, look at the tree pictures.
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They show a story about a penguin family who were hungry and wanted some help.
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Now, let's tell the story with me.
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There was a penguin family who lived in the North Pole.
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They were very hungry, but they couldn't find any fish to eat because there was ice and snow everywhere.
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They saw a man who was going to fish.
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They came and asked him for help.
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The man was kind and he decided to help them.
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He dug a hole in the ice and started to fish.
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After a while, he caught a big fish.
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The penguin family was very delighted.
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The man gave the fish to them.
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They thanked the man and had a nice meal.
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Now, let's read the story again.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Flyers 2 Write a Story Test 1”. This video has 19 sentences and 152 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:01. The speaker talks slowly, about 76 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 85% 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
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| penguin noun | /ˈpɛŋ.ɡwɪn/ | Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual… |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| meal noun | /ˈmiːl/ | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity. |
| subscribe verb | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name). |
| delight noun | /dəˈlaɪt/ | Joy; pleasure. |
| everywhere adverb | /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/ | In or to all locations under discussion. |
| hole noun | /hoʊl/ | A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure. |
| snow noun | /snoʊ̯/ | The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation… |
| fish noun | /ˈfɪʃ/ | A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod. |
| welcome | /ˈwɛl.kəm/ | Greeting given upon someone's arrival. |
| catch verb | /kæt͡ʃ/ | To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape). |
| tree noun | /tɹiː/ | A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches. |
| fly noun | /ˈflaɪ̯/ | Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | man who was |
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 penguin, hungry, meal.
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.