Shadowing Practice: Get ready for Starters/ Unit 1 Animals - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Bird Bird Bird Bird Cat Cat
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Cat Cat
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Chicken Chicken C -H -I -C
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-K -E -N chicken chicken
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cow cow cow
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cow cow crocodile crocodile
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C -R -O -C -O -D -I -L -E Crocodile Crocodile
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Dog Dog D -O -G Dog Dog Duck Duck
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duck duck duck
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elephant elephant elephant elephant elephant elephant elephant elephant elephant elephant
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frog frog frog frog frog
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giraffe giraffe g i r a f f e giraffe giraffe Giraffe.
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Goat.
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Goat.
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G -O -A -T.
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Goat.
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Goat.
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Hippo.
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Hippo.
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H -I -P -P -O.
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Hippo.
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Hippo.
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Horse Horse H -O -R -S -E Horse Horse
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Lizard Lizard L -I -Z -A -R -D Lizard Lizard
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Mice Mice M -I -C -E Mice Mice
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Monkey Monkey M -O -N -K
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-E -Y Monkey Monkey
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Monkey Mouse Mouse Mouse Mouse Mouse
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Snake Snake S -N -A -K -E Snake Snake
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Spider Spider S -P -I -D -E -R Spider Spider.
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Tiger.
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Tiger.
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T -I -G -E -R.
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Tiger.
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Tiger.
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The End
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But when one yellow chicken accidentally falls, there'll be eight yellow chickens sitting on the wall.
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Eight yellow chickens sitting on the wall.
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Eight yellow chickens sitting on the wall.
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But when one yellow chicken accidentally falls, there'll be seven yellow chickens sitting on the wall.
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Seven yellow chickens sitting on the wall Seven yellow chickens sitting on the wall
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But when one yellow chicken accidentally falls There'll be six yellow chickens sitting on the wall Five, four, three,
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two, one One yellow chicken sitting on the wall One yellow chicken sitting on the wall
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But when one yellow chicken accidentally falls There'll be no yellow chicken sitting on the wall
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My name is Ringo Ringo the dog I
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am brown I've got four legs two ears and a long tail
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I live with my family in a beautiful house.
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I like eating meat and I drink lots of water.
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I like playing in the garden.
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The children throw my ball.
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I run and catch it in my mouth.
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I've got many friends.
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This is Sally, the cat.
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And this is Molly, the mouse.
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This is Lucy, the horse, and this is Fred, the hedgehog.
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Goodbye!
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yellow chicken accidentally falls there'll be nine yellow chickens sitting on the wall
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nine yellow chickens sitting on the wall nine yellow chickens sitting on the wall but
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when one yellow chicken accidentally falls there'll be eight yellow chickens
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sitting on the wall eight yellow chickens sitting on the wall eight yellow chickens sitting on the wall eight
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When one yellow chicken accidentally falls, there'll be seven yellow chickens sitting on the wall.
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Seven yellow chickens sitting on the wall.
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Seven yellow chickens sitting on the wall.
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But when one yellow chicken accidentally falls, there'll be six yellow chickens sitting on the wall.
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Five, four, three, two, one.
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One yellow chicken sitting on the wall, one yellow chicken sitting on the wall.
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But when one yellow chicken accidentally falls, there'll be no yellow chicken sitting on the wall.
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My name is Ringo.
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Ringo the dog.
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I am brown.
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I've got four legs, two ears, and a long tail.
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I live with my family in a beautiful house.
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I like eating meat and I drink lots of water.
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I like playing in the garden.
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The children throw my ball.
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I run and catch it in my mouth.
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I've got many friends.
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This is Sally, the cat, and this is Molly, the mouse.
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This is Lucy, the horse, and this is Fred, the hedgehog.
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Goodbye!
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Get ready for Starters/ Unit 1 Animals”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: chicken, yellow, sitting, wall, elephant. This video has 81 sentences and 587 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:30. 64% 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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| elephant noun | /ˈɛlɪfənt/ | A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia. |
| accidentally adverb | /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/ | In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly. |
| mouse noun | /maʊs/ | Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail. |
| duck noun | /dʌk/ | Any of certain aquatic birds of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet, distinguished from swans and geese by generally being smaller and… |
| tiger noun | /ˈtaɪɡə/ | Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia. |
| goat noun | /ɡoʊt/ | Any ruminant of the genus Capra. |
| ear noun | /ˈɪə̯/ | The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea. |
| tail noun | /ˈteɪ̯l/ | An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something. |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. |
| giraffe noun | /d͡ʒəˈɹæf/ | A ruminant in the genus Giraffa of the African savannah with long legs, a highly elongated neck, yellow fur patterned with dark spots typically in the form of… |
| crocodile noun | /ˈkɹɑkədaɪl/ | Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the… |
| hippopotamus noun | /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/ | A semi-aquatic, herbivorous, African hoofed mammal of the family Hippopotamidae. |
| hedgehog noun | /ˈhɛd͡ʒ.hɔɡ/ | A small mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked, native to… |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 13 contractions and reduced forms, such as there'll, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, hippopotamus /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/
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 elephant, accidentally, mouse.
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.