Shadowing Practice: Friendly Fours’ Beach Day | S7 E2 | Learn Times Tables | @Numberblocks - Full Episode - Learn English Speaking with Video
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, number blocks!
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6, 7, 8, 9, 10, number blocks!
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1, and another one is 2, and another one is me!
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That's 3!
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5, 4, 3, 2, 1, time for some number fun!
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You can count on us with a number block!
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Great job, Forty!
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These huts are going to make the Friendly Fours' beach day better than ever.
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Everyone has their own hut.
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I'm ten fours.
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And this is the tenth beach hut.
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So it must be mine.
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Forty!
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I'm exhausted after all that.
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Time for 40 winks.
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A nice nap.
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But who gets the other huts?
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I'm sure I can figure it out. Although...
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I could always use some help.
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Two fours are...
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Octoblock to the rescue!
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Hot number two, for you know who.
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Eight.
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But who gets the others?
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"I know !" "You know what sixteen is !" "Four fours !" "Which means I get the fourth hat !"
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16. - - Four, eight, a gap, then me!
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Who are my neighbors?
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Hello, 12.
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You need a hut.
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No, twelve is greater than eight.
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But less than sixteen.
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So I should be somewhere in between.
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There!
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Hut number three.
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Three fours are twelve.
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Here comes 20!
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Which hat's mine?
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I'm two tens or switch!
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Four fives!
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Wait!
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If you're four fives, you're also five fours!
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You get the fifth hut.
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Twenty!
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That's the first five huts sorted.
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4, 8, 12, 16, 20 But who gets the next one?
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Whoever is for more than you.
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- - 24!
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Welcome to the Friendly Fours Beach Day!
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Super -duper!
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Twenty -four! So who gets those?
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Maybe Four can help.
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We already have our huts eight. So...
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I'm two fours.
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Double up!
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So I'm four fours.
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Double up!
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And I'm eight fours.
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Thirty -two.
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So you get hut eight here.
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Thirty -two!
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Nobody's in hut seven yet.
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I wonder who our neighbour is.
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It'll be whoever is four more than you and four less than me.
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Four more than me is...
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28!
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Good to see you, neighbour.
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Grab a hut.
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28. Forty.
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Look at the huts.
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We've got...
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4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32.
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But who's next door to me?
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It'll be whoever is four less than you.
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36!
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There's only one hut left.
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Hut number nine.
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Is that right?
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You tell me, I'm a big square made of squares.
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And if we could be four nines, we could also be nine fours.
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You are in the right place.
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36. Now we've got our beach huts, we just need the rest of the friendly fours.
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4, 8, 12, 16, 20 24,
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28, 32, 36, 40 Now who's for a sandcastle competition?
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Hooray!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Friendly Fours’ Beach Day”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: hut, eight, beach, Forty, whoever. This video has 79 sentences and 389 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:49. The speaker talks slowly, about 81 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 79% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| hut noun | /hʌt/ | A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials. |
| whoever | /huˈɛvɚ/ | Who ever: an emphatic form of who. |
| thirty noun | /ˈθɝti/ | A commercial lasting 30 seconds. |
| twelve noun | /twɛlv/ | A group of twelve items. |
| neighbour noun | /ˈneɪbɚ/ | A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or… |
| rescue verb | /ˈɹɛs.kjuː/ | To save from any violence, danger or evil. |
| tenth adjective | /tɛnθ/ | The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth. |
| exhaust verb | /ɪɡˈzɔst/ | To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely. |
| duper noun | /ˈdu.pɚ/ | a person who dupes another |
| sandcastle noun | /ˈsæn(d)ˌkæsəl/ | A sculpture made of sand and resembling a miniature castle; typically, but not always, made for fun by a child on a beach. |
| wink noun | /ˈwɪŋk/ | An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking. |
| friendly adjective | /ˈfɹɛnd.li/ | Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character. |
| twenty noun | /ˈtwɛnti/ [-ɛɾ̃i] | The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29). |
| switch noun | /swɪt͡ʃ/ | A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow. |
| grab verb | /ˈɡɹæb/ | To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| double up verb | /ˈdʌb.əl ʌp/ | To double the quantity, amount or duration of something |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I'm exhausted after all that.
- I'm sure I can figure it out.
- Who are my neighbors?
- I'm two tens or switch!
- If you're four fives, you're also five fours!
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Comparatives -er than / more … than — comparing two things | better than · greater than |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | It'll be |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 14 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, it'll, we've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thirty /ˈθɝti/, tenth /tɛnθ/
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 hut, whoever, thirty.
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.