Shadowing Practice: Free Time Activities | A1 English Conversation - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the Two Voice English podcast.
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Hello, hello, welcome back.
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I am Zara.
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And I am Sam.
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Hello, Zara, how are you?
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I am great, Sam, thank you.
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How are you?
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I am very good.
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Today we have a fun topic.
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Oh, a fun topic.
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What is it?
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Today we talk about free time, things we do for fun.
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Yay!
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I love free time.
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It's my favorite time.
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Me too.
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So, Zara, I have a question for you.
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Okay, what is your question?
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What do you do in your free time?
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Hmm, and my free time.
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I do many things.
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I love reading books.
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You love reading.
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Nice.
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What else do you do?
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I also like listening to music, and I go swimming.
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Wow, swimming.
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When do you go swimming?
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I usually go swimming on the weekend, on Saturday.
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That is great.
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Do you go with friends?
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Sometimes.
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I sometimes go with my friend Sarah.
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Okay, Sam, what about you?
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What do you do in your free time?
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Oops, you ask me now.
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Yes, what do you do?
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Well, I play football.
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I love playing football.
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Football.
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That is cool.
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Who do you play with?
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I always play with my friends.
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We play at the park.
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Fun.
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When do you play?
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We usually play every weekend.
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We love it.
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What else do you like doing?
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I like playing video games.
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Video games.
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Do you play often?
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Yes, I play often.
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I like new games.
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So, Zara, you like swimming.
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What about running?
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Do you like running?
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Running?
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Oh, no, I don't like running.
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I never go running.
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Haha, okay, no running.
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But you like doing yoga, right?
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Yes, I love doing yoga.
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It is very relaxing.
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I do yoga once a week.
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Now, let's talk about other activities.
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Do you play an instrument, like the guitar?
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No, I don't play the guitar.
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Do you play the guitar, Sam?
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No, I don't.
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But I like listening to music.
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Me too.
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I always listen to music.
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What about movies?
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Do you go to the cinema?
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Yes, I do.
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I sometimes go to the cinema.
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I like watching movies.
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What kind of movies do you like?
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I like funny movies.
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They make me happy.
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Me too.
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I love funny movies.
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I don't like sad movies.
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Okay, another question.
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Do you go shopping?
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Go shopping.
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Hmm.
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I sometimes go shopping, not often.
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What about you, Zara?
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Do you like going shopping?
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Yes, I love going shopping with my friends.
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It's fun.
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Okay, I have a different activity.
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Do you play chess?
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Chess?
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No, I don't play chess.
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It's very difficult.
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I agree.
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I don't play chess.
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What about puzzles?
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Do you do puzzles?
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Oh, yes.
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I love doing puzzles.
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It's so relaxing.
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I like puzzles, too.
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I do puzzles on rainy days.
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That's a great idea.
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Okay, let's think.
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We have play, go, do.
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What about karate?
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Do you do karate?
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Karate?
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Wow.
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No, I don't do karate. Do you?
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No, I don't.
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But my friend Tom does karate.
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He loves it.
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Oh, cool.
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What about photography?
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Do you do photography?
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Photography.
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Taking pictures.
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Yes, I like doing photography.
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It's fun to take pictures of trees and flowers.
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I like photography, too.
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I take pictures of my cat.
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A cat.
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That is so cute.
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So Zara, let's review.
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You love playing football.
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Yes, I do.
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You like playing video games.
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Yes, that's right.
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And you don't like playing chess.
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No, I do not.
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Correct.
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And you, Zara, you love reading.
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I do.
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I love reading.
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You like going swimming.
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Yes.
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But you don't like running.
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No, I never go running.
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You are right.
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We have so many different free time activities.
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Yes, it is important to have fun in our free time.
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Yes, it is.
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Free time is for relaxing and doing things you love.
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So to everyone listening, what do you do in your free time?
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Yes, do you play football?
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Do you go swimming?
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Do you do puzzles?
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You can tell us in the comments below.
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This was a lot of fun, Zara.
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Thank you.
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Thank you, Sam.
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I had fun, too.
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Well, that is all our time for today.
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Yes.
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If you like our podcast, please remember to like the video.
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And subscribe to our channel.
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It helps us a lot.
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Thank you for listening, everyone.
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Yes, thank you.
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Goodbye.
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Goodbye, Sam.
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See you next time.
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Bye-bye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Free Time Activities”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Zara, running, swimming, puzzles, Sam. This video has 169 sentences and 742 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:48. The speaker talks at a natural 155 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 41 of its 169 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| swim verb | /swɪm/ | To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. |
| puzzle noun | /ˈpʌzəl/ | The state of feeling confused or mystified because one cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.; bewilderment, confusion; (countable) often in… |
| photography noun | /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/ | The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart. |
| chess noun | /t͡ʃɛs/ | A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the… |
| karate noun | /kəˈɹɑ.ti/ | An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting. |
| guitar noun | /ɡɪˈtɑɹ/ | A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick). |
| relax verb | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | To make something loose. |
| yoga noun | /ˈjoʊ.ɡə/ | Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system… |
| topic noun | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest. |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. |
| cinema noun | /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/ | A movie theatre, a movie house. |
| podcast noun | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on… |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| instrument noun | /ˈɪnstɹəmənt/ | A device used to produce music. |
| subscribe verb | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name). |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What do you do in your free time?
- What else do you do?
- When do you go swimming?
- Do you go with friends?
- Yes, what do you do?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as don'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 swim, puzzle, photography.
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.