Shadowing Practice: GS9 Everything Green II GSU9AV - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Everything green.
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I know an old man who likes everything green.
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He lives in a greenhouse at the top of a tree.
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Thank you.
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He likes his treehouse because it is green.
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Light green and dark green are his favorite colors.
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He uses a green cup, a green plate, and green bowls.
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He likes to eat apples, but only if they are green.
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He has a green fence with a pretty green gate.
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He made a green house for his little pet mouse.
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Inside his house everything is green, both upstairs and downstairs.
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He has a green picture, a green face, and green lamps.
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He likes all of these things because they are green.
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He washes his green clothes in a green washing machine.
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He uses the green sink when he wants to get clean.
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He doesn't sweep his floor with a broom.
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He cleans his floor with this big green machine.
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He uses a green oven.
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to cook all his food.
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He drinks from a green mug or very tall glasses.
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He eats dinner on a green sofa in his green living room.
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He doesn't use a fork, knife, or spoon.
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He likes to use his chopsticks because they are green.
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He talks on a green phone as he watches TV.
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He's happy at home because everything is green.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “GS9 Everything Green II GSU9AV”. This video has 25 sentences and 220 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:27. The speaker talks slowly, about 90 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 78% 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:

WordPronunciationMeaning
wash verb/wɑʃ/To clean with water.
gate noun/ˈɡeɪ̯t/A doorlike structure outside a house.
knife noun/ˈnaɪ̯f/A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge…
mouse noun/maʊs/Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail.
fence noun/fɛns/A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
sink verb/ˈsɪŋk/To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
lamp noun/ˈlæ̝mp/A device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
oven noun/ˈʌ.vn̩/A chamber used for baking or heating.
cloth noun/klɒθ/A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
fork noun/fɔɹk/A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting, or for serving food.
sweep verb/swiːp/To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
spoon noun/spuːn/An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
upstairs adverb/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.
sofa noun/ˈsoʊ̯fə/An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.
greenhouse noun/ˈɡɹːnˌ(h)aʊs/A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or…

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 wash, gate, knife.

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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