Shadowing Practice: Fruit at the Market - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Let's buy some fruit, Tom.
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There are so many colours!
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What fruit do you like?
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I like apples. This one is red.
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It is big and round.
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And these are green pears.
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Let's take four apples.
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Look! The bananas are long and yellow.
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Monkeys love bananas!
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I love bananas too!
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The oranges are sweet and juicy.
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Wow! What is that big green fruit?
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It's a watermelon.
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It's red inside!
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Yes, and it has black seeds.
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Our basket is full now.
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Can I carry it, Mum?
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Of course. You are very strong!
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Let's make a fruit salad at home!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 19 sentences and 98 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:43. The speaker talks at a steady 137 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.

Key vocabulary in this video

14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
banana noun/bəˈnænə/An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
seed noun/siːd/Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
colours nounFlag denoting the nationality of a vessel, flown from the stern.
salad noun/ˈsæl.əd/A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often…
basket noun/ˈbæskɪt/A lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
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…
juicy adjective/ˈd͡ʒuːsi/Having lots of juice.
pear noun/pɛɹ/An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.
fruit noun/fɹut/A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically
yellow adjective/ˈjɛloʊ/Of a yellow hue.
orange noun/ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
apple noun/ˈæpəl/The fruit of the tree Malus domestica, chiefly with a green, red, or yellow skin, cultivated in temperate climates for cidermaking, cooking, and eating.
sweet adjective/swit/Tasting of sugars.
carry verb/ˈkæɹ.i/To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like banana, seed, colours.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →