Shadowing Practice: Fruits Vocabulary - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Welcome to Kids Pages.
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Improve your vocabulary with fruits.
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Apple Pear Pear
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Peach Apricot Cherries
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Grapes
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Plums Strawberries strawberries raspberries
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blackberry Blueberries
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Cranberries Watermelon Avocado
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Orange Tangerine
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lemon Tangerine Lemon Lime Grapefruit
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Pineapple Mango Papaya
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Pomegranate Kiwi
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Bananas bananas coconut quince
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Apple, Pear, Peach, Apricot, Cherries,
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Grapes, Plum, Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberry,
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Blueberries, Cranberries, Watermelon, Avocado, Orange,
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Tangerine, Lemon, Lime, Grapefruit, Pineapple,
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Mango, Papaya, Pomegranate, Kiwi, Bananas, Coconut Quince.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Fruits Vocabulary”. This video has 18 sentences and 68 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:09.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
lemon noun/ˈlɛmən/A yellowish citrus fruit.
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.
strawberry noun/ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.
coconut noun/ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
grape noun/ɡɹeɪp/A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on female vines of most species of genus Vitis and the…
blackberry noun/ˈblækbɛɹi/A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
vocabulary noun/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
plum noun/plʌm/An edible, fleshy stone fruit of species Prunus domestica (European plum) and Prunus americana American plum, often of a dark red or purple colour.
quince noun/kwɪns/The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
fruit noun/fɹut/A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically
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.
welcome/ˈwɛl.kəm/Greeting given upon someone's arrival.
improve verb/ɪmˈpɹuːv/To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).

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 lemon, banana, strawberry.

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.

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