Shadowing Practice: How I Practice English While Cleaning - Learn English Speaking with Video

these are latex gloves but then

if you want to use present simple hi everybody welcome back

to my channel today we're doing something very glamorous we are cleaning the house

but while we clean i'm going to show you how many words

and expressions you can actually learn and practice

while doing everyday simple chores we're talking kitchen vocabulary bathroom vocabulary

living room vocabulary uh different tenses present simple past simple present perfect present perfect continuous

and you're practicing all this while getting things done at home.

It's a win -win.

Okay so let's get to work.

So I got my cleaning supplies ready here so what you want to do is name every single object that you have.

So I have my gloves, I have my dish soap, I have my stove cleaner,

I have my disinfectant and I have my glass cleaner

and then I also have some sponges so i'm going to start cleaning now

and i'm going to narrate everything i'm doing so

if you want you can repeat after me or shadow me

so then you're a little bit more comfortable

when you have to do it yourself okay i am putting

my gloves on these are latex gloves i am clearing the counter

so i could wipe underneath everything as you go you can also name everything you have I have coconut oil, I have peanut butter, I have honey,

I have ground flaxseed, I have my magnesium, I have my coffee pods and so on.

I am also going to wipe underneath the kitchen appliances so I'm gonna move them aside.

I am unplugging the toaster and I am unplugging the coffee machine.

Now I am wiping the counter and do you notice how we're using a lot of present continuous?

We are doing something.

But if you want to practice present simple for example

that would be things that you do every day or things that you do every week or every month.

So for example I try to clean this counter every day but I wipe underneath appliances every week or so.

And keep in mind most words

that you would use inside your house can be used outside your house too in other contexts

because English is just flexible like that.

So for example

if you have a dirty stove in your kitchen you can use the word dirty in

so many other contexts dirty screen dirty jokes dirty mouth dirty business dirty look dirty jobs dirty money

and a lot of other things

that can be actually soiled like dirty dirty now i am unloading the dishwasher

because i washed these dishes last night so i'm taking the bowls out

and putting them in the cupboard where they belong

and as you unload the dishwasher it's always good to just name every single object

that you take out you might not know what it's called

for example this is a lid i have another lid here

i have a wooden spoon a mug a ramekin a tiny ramekin

and then of course i have knives spoons forks

and teaspoons now i am loading the dishwasher with dirty dishes

and dirty glasses and dirty cutlery and dirty bowls

and dirty pots now i just cooked in this pan

so i'm going to soak it so i'm going to put some water in it

and let the water sit

so then it's easier to clean i am taking the garbage out

and then i'm going to take the recyclables out

which is going to be sorted into paper plastic

and glass can you actually take the garbage out also as

you're cleaning make sure you can name all the objects around you.

For example, apron, oven, microwave, tap, sponge, cutting board, kitchen towel, oven mittens.

Okay, now I'm going to open the vent hood

and then I'll open the window so we get some air draft going on just to refresh the air in the room.

Opening the windows.

So the point of this activity is for you to practice different expressions.

So then when you just replace the nouns, the verbs, the pronouns in them, you can use the same structures anywhere else.

For example, if you say, I need more paper towels, you can also say, I need more vegetables, or you can say, I need more employees, or I need more ink.

So you're not technically just practicing house vocabulary.

You're practicing saying these structures really fluently.

I need more.

Connected speech.

Okay, now my kitchen is clean, but before I move to the bathroom, let's take a break and have some coffee together.

How are you?

Can I help you?

So before you do this type of activity like we just did, it's always good to prepare for a few minutes before.

And since I'm on a break, let me tell you the easiest way to do that.

If you have a smartphone, you can do this.

You can use an app like Lerna AI, who is also the sponsor of today's video.

So huge thank you for their support.

You can review different vocabulary words or expressions and warm up by getting on a call with their AI tutor.

What tenses can I use while cleaning my kitchen?

For your plans and routines.

you can use the present simple

and present continuous tenses this will help you feel more relaxed before you do any english speaking

so that's why i recommend doing this before an interview for example

or before going to work or before any conversations

that you might have in english and this app has a role play feature

and you can practice different scenarios both in casual

or formal settings this is like going to the gym you need to stretch

and warm up before you do the actual workout

so it's not painful and awkward you can do this

while you're on the train while you're having lunch

or you're getting ready

but still have it in a structured progress tracking format hey lerna you know

that sponge used to apply makeup what's it called

that sponge is commonly called a beauty blender or makeup sponge

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You can find the download link and more info in the description below, so you can literally start now.

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Well, after watching my video.

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Sit.

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Good boy.

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All right, break over.

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Back to cleaning.

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Welcome to the bathroom.

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Let's commence the cleaning.

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May the odds be in our favor.

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I just braided my hair because I don't wanted to get into the toilet and stuff.

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I am removing the things off this little shelf.

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I am spraying the mirror.

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I am wiping the mirror.

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I am spraying the shelf.

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I am wiping the shelf and I am putting the things back on the shelf.

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This is a glass with some of my makeup and brushes.

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This is my SPF and moisturizer.

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This is a CC cream.

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I have a pair of tweezers here.

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I have my deodorant, my hair oils.

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I'm wiping the sink and wiping the tap.

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Wiping the tap.

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Wiping the tap.

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And you can say it multiple times so then it becomes a tongue twister.

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Wiping the tap.

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Wiping the tap.

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Wiping the tap.

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Wiping the tap.

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This is a drain.

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I am rinsing the cloth.

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Now I'm going to refill the cotton pad and q -tip holders.

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I'm opening the plastic bag and I'm taking the q -tips out and I'm putting the lid back on the holder.

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Now I am disinfecting the toilet seat.

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I'm being pretty vulnerable right now.

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I'm like literally showing you my toilet.

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I will also apply the toilet bowl cleaner just around the toilet bowl.

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Okay I hate the smell of bleach but

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when it smells like bleach it smells clean so I have a love -hate relationship with this smell.

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Okay now for the shower part

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when you're in the shower make sure you actually name everything you have around you like every product every tool

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that you use for example I have soap

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and I have a soap holder

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and then I have shower gel I have a face wash

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I have a shampoo I have a conditioner then we have a shower head then I have a scrubbing glove

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and then is this called a squeegee I have to look that up squeegee squeegee.

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I think it's a squeegee.

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And then these are tiles and they are marble tiles, not real marble, but marble design tiles.

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And this is a drain that is used to catch, you know, hair and random things.

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This is a hook where I hang my towels on.

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This is a bathrobe and this is a bath towel.

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I just replaced the towels.

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So these are clean towels.

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I'm just going to fold them

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and place them on the towel holder sometimes i put my clothes here

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when i change or i get dressed

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so super convenient to have this thing i also have two bath mats here i have one near the shower

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and i have one here near the sink okay now i'm gonna do some laundry

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so i'm gonna take a detergent pod

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and put it inside the washing machine this goes in first

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and then i'm taking whatever I need to wash out of the hamper.

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This is a hamper and put it in the washing machine as well.

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Now in the dryer you have to clean the lint filter which is this one right here.

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You open it and there's going to be a lot of lint.

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Now let's say while you're doing all this cleaning you have some words that you don't know or you can't remember.

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Make a mental note and after the activity go

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and look them up

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and then next time you're going to do the activity you're going to have this mini vocabulary bank for that room, for that activity.

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And then the same goes with your passive vocabulary.

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You'll be surprised by how many words you thought you knew, but when you need them in very simple day -to -day activities around your house,

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you don't know exactly how to say them.

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Like for example, phrasal verbs, you know, like take off, take out, put on.

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If you like this style of videos, please let me know in the comments.

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I can do more routines.

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I can do grocery shopping and cooking and all of that.

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I just need to know that you enjoy watching this type of video.

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All right.

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Thank you so much for being here and I'll see you in the next one.

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Bye.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “How I Practice English While Cleaning”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: dirty, wiping, example, tap, cleaning. This video has 153 sentences and 1847 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:13. The speaker talks fast, about 181 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
wipe verb	/waɪp/	To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
towel noun	/ˈtaʊ̯əl/	A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.
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.
toilet verb	/ˈtɔɪ.lət/	To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.
glove noun	/ɡlʌv/	An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
sponge noun	/spʌnd͡ʒ/	Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
holder noun	/ˈhoʊɫdɚ/	A thing that holds.
shelf noun	/ʃɛlf/	A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.
wash verb	/wɑʃ/	To clean with water.
continuous adjective	/kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/	Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
dish noun	/dɪʃ/	A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
soap noun	/soʊp/	A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
underneath adverb	/ˌʌndɚˈniθ/	Below; in a place beneath.
marble noun	/ˈmɑɹ.bəl/	A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.
tense noun	/tɛns/	The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
take out verb		To remove.
warm up verb	/ˌwɔː(ɹ)m ˈʌp/	To become warmer.
take off verb		To remove.

Sentences worth repeating

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

Today we're doing something very glamorous.
You might not know what it's called.
Can you actually take the garbage out?
You're practicing saying these structures really fluently.
What tenses can I use while cleaning my kitchen?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	can be actually soiled · be sorted
Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain	might not know · might have
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	start cleaning · enjoy watching
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now	we're doing · we're talking · you're practicing

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 51 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, bath /bɑːθ/, cloth /klɒθ/, bathrobe /ˈbæθ.ɹoʊb/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shelf /ʃɛlf/, wash /wɑʃ/, dish /dɪʃ/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, promotion /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/
Long words — get the stress right: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, continuous /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, ventilation /ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, conditioner /kənˈdɪʃənə/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like wipe, towel, vocabulary.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?