Shadowing Practice: Get Ready for STARTERS - UNIT 4 Listening | Lớp Học Thầy Mol - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Listening 15.
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Listen and read.
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then act.
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One.
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That's a big breakfast.
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Eggs, sausages, tomatoes and beans.
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What do you eat for breakfast?
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Bread and fruit.
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2. What do you eat for lunch, Sam?
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Look, I eat meat, bread and fruit.
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I eat fish, rice and pineapple.
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3. What would you like for dinner this evening, Sam?
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Burgers and chips, please.
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4. What's your favourite meal?
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Dinner.
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I like burgers and chips.
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Listening 15.
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Listen and read.
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then act.
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One.
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- That's a big breakfast.
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Eggs, sausages, tomatoes and beans.
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What do you eat for breakfast?
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Bread and fruit.
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2. What do you eat for lunch, Sam?
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Look, I eat meat, bread and fruit.
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I eat fish, rice and pineapple.
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3. What would you like for dinner this evening, Sam?
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Burgers and chips, please.
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4. What's your favourite meal?
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Dinner.
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I like burgers and chips.
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Listening 16.
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Lucy's mum is at a shop.
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Listen and circle the things she buys.
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Good morning, Mrs Hall.
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How are you?
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Oh, great, thanks.
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And what would you like today?
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I'd like some sausages, please, and some burgers.
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And would you like a nice chicken or some fish?
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Err, no thank you.
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Not today.
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But can I have some rice, please?
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Yes.
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Here you are.
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Thank you.
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Now, some fruit.
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Have you got a watermelon?
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Yes.
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Here it is.
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Thanks.
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And I'd like a pineapple, please.
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OK.
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And would you like some pears?
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No thanks.
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The children don't like them.
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Oh.
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I see.
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Have you got onions?
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I can't see them.
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Yes, they're here.
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Can I have some, please?
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Yes, of course.
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Oh, thanks.
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And one more thing.
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Can I have some bread, please?
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Yes, brown or white.
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Brown, please.
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Here you are.
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Oh, thank you.
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Now, how much do I owe you?
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Listening 16.
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Lucy's mum is at a shop.
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Listen and circle the things she buys.
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Good morning, Mrs Hall.
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How are you?
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Oh, great thanks.
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And what would you like today?
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I'd like some sausages, please, and some burgers.
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And would you like a nice chicken or some fish?
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Err, no thank you.
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Not today.
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But can I have some rice, please?
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Yes.
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Here you are.
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Thank you.
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Now, some fruit.
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Have you got a watermelon?
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Yes.
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Here it is.
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Thanks.
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And I'd like a pineapple, please.
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OK.
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And would you like some pears?
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No thanks.
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The children don't like them.
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Oh.
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I see.
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Have you got onions?
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I can't see them.
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Yes.
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They're here.
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Can I have some, please?
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Yes, of course.
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Oh, thanks.
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And one more thing...
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Can I have some bread, please?
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Yes, brown or white.
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Brown, please.
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Here you are.
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Oh, thank you.
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Now, how much do I owe you?
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Listening 17.
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Starters Practice Test.
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Listening Part 3 Look at the pictures.
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Now listen and look.
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There is one example. Which is Mrs Green?
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Can you see Mrs. Green?
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Is she in the kitchen?
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No, she's in the living room.
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Oh!
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What's she doing?
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Is she eating an orange?
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No, she's eating a banana.
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Can you see the tick?
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Now you listen.
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and tick the box.
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1. What's Pat's favourite food?
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Do you like chicken, Pat?
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Yes, I do.
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And do you like sausages?
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They're okay, but burgers are my favourite.
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Oh!
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2. What does Dan eat for breakfast?
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What do you eat for breakfast, Dan?
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Well...
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I like eggs, but not for breakfast.
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Oh.
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So what do you eat then?
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"'I have bread.' And do you have fruit?
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Yes, I do.
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Three.
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Where's Sue's phone?
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Where's my phone, Mum?
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Is it in the living room?
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No, it's in your bedroom, Sue, on your desk.
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Well, it's in my bedroom, Mum, but it's under my desk, not on it.
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Oh, Sue.
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4. Which is Mark's house?
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Tell me about your house, Mark.
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Well, it's very nice.
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There are two trees in the garden.
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Two trees?
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That's nice.
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And it's quite big.
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There are four windows.
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Four windows.
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Great.
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Do you like your house?
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Yes, I love it.
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Listening 17.
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Starters practice test.
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Listening Part 3 Look at the pictures.
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Now listen and look.
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There is one example. Which is Mrs. Green?
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Can you see Mrs. Green?
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Is she in the kitchen?
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No, she's in the living room.
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I've...
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What's she doing?
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Is she eating an orange?
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No, she's eating a banana.
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Can you see the tick?
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Now you listen.
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and tick the box.
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One.
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What's Pat's favourite food?
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Do you like chicken, Pat?
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Yes, I do.
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And do you like sausages?
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They're okay, but burgers are my favourite.
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Oh!
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2. What does Dan eat for breakfast?
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What do you eat for breakfast, Dan?
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Well, I like eggs, but not for breakfast.
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Oh.
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So what do you eat then?
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I have bread.
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And do you have fruit?
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Yes, I do.
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Three.
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Where's Sue's phone?
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Where's my phone, Mum?
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Is it in the living room?
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No, it's in your bedroom, Sue, on your desk.
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Well, it's in my bedroom, Mum, but it's under my desk, not on it.
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Oh, Sue.
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4. Which is Mark's house?
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Tell me about your house, Mark.
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Well, it's very nice.
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There are two trees in the garden.
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Two trees?
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That's nice.
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And it's quite big.
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There are four windows.
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Four windows.
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Great!
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Do you like your house?
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Yes, I love it.

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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 4 Listening”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: eat, breakfast, burgers, bread, fruit. This video has 210 sentences and 867 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:28. The speaker talks slowly, about 92 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 66 of its 210 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:

WordPronunciationMeaning
burger noun/ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/A hamburger.
sausage noun/ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic…
bedroom noun/ˈbɛdˌɹum/A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
egg noun/ɛɡ/An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell…
desk noun/dɛsk/A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a…
chip noun/t͡ʃɪp/A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
tick noun/tɪk/A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
pineapple noun/ˈpaɪnəpəl/A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
meal noun/ˈmiːl/Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
starter noun/ˈstɑɹ.tɚ/Someone who starts, or who starts something.
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.
bean noun/ˈbi(ː)n/Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
onion noun/ˈʌn.jən/A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
tomato noun/təˈmeɪ.toʊ/A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
pear noun/pɛɹ/An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • What do you eat for breakfast?
  • What's your favourite meal?
  • Have you got a watermelon?
  • Can I have some, please?
  • Can I have some bread, please?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 13 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'd, they're, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 burger, sausage, bedroom.

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