Shadowing Practice: HEADWAY 5TH EDITION Beginner UNIT-10 What did you do last weekend - Learn English Speaking with Video
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What do you usually do at the weekend?
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Do you go to the cinema with friends?
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Watch TV with your family? Or surf the internet?
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How about last weekend?
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What did you do last weekend?
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Did you have a good weekend?
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Yes, it was lovely.
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What did you do?
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I went to the shops.
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What did you buy?
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I bought bread and milk.
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Who did you go with?
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I went with my friend.
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Did you have a good time?
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It was OK.
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Did you have a good weekend?
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Yes, I had a great weekend.
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What did you do last weekend?
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I went to the cinema with my friends.
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What did you see?
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We saw Get Out.
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Did you have a good time?
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Yes, I had a very good time.
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Did you have a good weekend?
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Yes, it was quite nice, thank you.
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What did you do?
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I was in the library for the whole weekend.
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Who were you with?
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I was with my friend, James.
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Did you have a good time?
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Not really.
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What did you do last weekend?
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I went out for dinner.
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Who did you go with?
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My friends Kyle and Leila.
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What did you eat?
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I ate a curry and rice.
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Did you stay out late?
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No, I didn't.
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Did you have a good time?
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Yes, I did.
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What did you do last weekend?
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I played tennis.
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Who did you play with?
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I played with my friends.
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Where did you play?
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We played in the park.
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Did you go out in the evening?
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No, I didn't.
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Did you have a good weekend?
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Yes, I did.
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Did you have a good weekend?
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Did you go to an exciting new place?
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Did you visit an interesting museum in a city?
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Or did you go for a walk in the quiet countryside?
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Where did you go last weekend?
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Did you have a good weekend?
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I had a nice weekend.
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What did you do?
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I went to London.
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Who did you go with?
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I went with my wife.
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How did you travel?
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We caught the bus.
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How long did you stay?
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Just for one day.
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Did you enjoy it?
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It was very good.
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Did you have a good weekend?
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Yeah, it was great.
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What did you do last weekend?
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On Saturday we went to Windsor to check out the castle and just wandered around, watched the change of God ceremony.
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And on Sunday we just hung out with family, checked out the parks.
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Who did you go with?
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Family.
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How long did you stay in Windsor?
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Just for the day, from morning to evening.
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Did you enjoy it?
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It was great, yeah, great weather.
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Did you have a good weekend?
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Yes, I had a great weekend, thank you.
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What did you do?
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I was in Zurich, in Switzerland.
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What did you do there?
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I was at an art exhibition.
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Who did you go with?
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I went by myself.
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Where did you stay?
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I stayed in a hotel.
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How did you travel?
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I went by plane.
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Did you enjoy it?
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Yes, I had a great time.
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What did you do last weekend?
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I went to Galway.
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Where's Galway?
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Galway is in the west of Ireland.
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How did you travel?
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I travel by car.
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Who did you go with?
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I went with my family.
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How long did you stay?
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Before the weekend.
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Did you have a good weekend?
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Yes, I had a fantastic weekend.
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What did you do?
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Last weekend I was on holiday in Venice.
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What did you see?
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I saw lots of beautiful buildings.
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Where did you stay?
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I stayed in a really nice hotel.
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Who did you go with?
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I went with my girlfriend.
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How did you travel?
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I flew to Venice.
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Did you try some Italian food?
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Yes, I had some pizza and some pasta and some seafood.
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Did you enjoy it?
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I had a really good time.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “HEADWAY 5TH EDITION Beginner UNIT-10 What did you do last weekend”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: weekend, travel, enjoy, Galway, played. This video has 119 sentences and 649 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:49. The speaker talks at a steady 135 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 65 of its 119 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| cinema noun | /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/ | A movie theatre, a movie house. |
| castle noun | /ˈkɑːsəl/ | A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or… |
| pizza noun | /ˈpi.tsə/ | A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables. |
| ceremony noun | /ˈsɛɹ.əˌmoʊ.ni/ | A ritual, with religious or cultural significance. |
| exhibition noun | /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/ | An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited. |
| tennis noun | /ˈtɛnɪs/ | A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets. |
| curry noun | /ˈkʌ.ɹi/ | One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce. |
| countryside noun | /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/ | An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area. |
| pasta noun | /ˈpɑ.stə/ | Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating. |
| surf verb | /sɝf/ | To ride a wave on a surfboard; to pursue or take part in the sport of surfing. |
| wander verb | /ˈwɑndɚ/ | To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood. |
| seafood noun | /ˈsiːfuːd/ | Food from the sea, including that derived from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, seaweed, algae, marine mammals, and other marine organisms. |
| excite verb | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. |
| stay out verb | To spend time out of one's house. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What do you usually do at the weekend?
- Do you go to the cinema with friends?
- What did you do last weekend?
- Did you have a good weekend?
- Who did you go with?
Pronunciation to watch
- Long words — get the stress right: ceremony /ˈsɛɹ.əˌmoʊ.ni/, exhibition /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/
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 cinema, castle, pizza.
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.