Shadowing Practice: How to Talk About YESTERDAY In ENGLISH | Speaking Practice For Beginners - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello everyone!
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Welcome to the English Time.
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I am Lily.
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Today we are going to learn how to talk about yesterday, the interesting things you did and what happened.
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So listen and repeat.
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Let's go.
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Yesterday morning I woke up at 7 o'clock.
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Yesterday morning I woke up at 7 o'clock.
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I had such a good sleep last night.
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It was such a beautiful morning yesterday.
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It was such a beautiful morning yesterday.
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I had a really delicious breakfast.
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I made eggs and toast with a big cup of tea.
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I had a really delicious breakfast.
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I made eggs and toast with a big cup of tea.
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After breakfast, I checked my phone.
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I had a message from my friend.
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After breakfast, I checked my phone.
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I had a message from my friend.
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He asked if I wanted to meet for coffee after work.
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I said yes.
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He asked if I wanted to meet for coffee after work.
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I said yes.
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I was already excited for the evening.
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The weather yesterday morning was absolutely beautiful.
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I decided to walk to work instead of taking the bus.
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It was such a lovely walk.
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I felt so calm and happy.
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It was such a lovely walk.
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I felt so calm and happy.
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I arrived at work at 9 o'clock.
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I arrived at work at 9 o'clock.
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My colleague James was already there.
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My colleague James was already there.
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He told me something funny that happened to him on the way to work.
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He told me something funny that happened to him on the way to work.
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We laughed so much.
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It was a great start to the morning.
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We laughed so much.
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It was a great start to the morning.
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Yesterday morning was honestly one of the best mornings I have had in a long time.
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Yesterday morning was honestly one of the best mornings I have had in a long time.
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Yesterday afternoon was really busy.
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Yesterday afternoon was really busy.
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At 12.30, I had lunch with my colleague.
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We went to a nice cafe nearby.
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At 12.30, I had lunch with my colleague.
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We went to a nice cafe nearby.
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I ordered a chicken sandwich and a coffee.
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It was absolutely delicious.
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I ordered a chicken sandwich and a coffee.
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It was absolutely delicious.
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After lunch, I felt so energetic and ready to work.
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After lunch, I felt so energetic and ready to work.
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At 2 o'clock, I had a really important meeting.
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At 2 o'clock, I had a really important meeting.
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I was a little nervous before the meeting started.
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I was a little nervous before the meeting started, but I took a deep breath and walked in with confidence.
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But I took a deep breath and walked in with confidence.
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I shared my ideas in the meeting and everyone loved them.
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I shared my ideas in the meeting and everyone loved them.
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After the meeting, I worked on a big project for two hours.
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After the meeting, I worked on a big project for two hours.
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I focused really hard and finished everything before 5 o'clock.
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I focused really hard and finished everything before 5 o'clock.
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I felt so satisfied when I closed my laptop yesterday afternoon.
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I felt so satisfied when I closed my laptop yesterday afternoon.
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I said goodbye to my colleagues and walked out of the office.
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I said goodbye to my colleagues and walked out of the office.
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Yesterday evening I came home and felt so relaxed.
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Then I remembered my friend had asked me to meet for coffee.
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Then I remembered my friend had asked me to meet for coffee.
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I got ready quickly and went to meet him at the cafe down the road.
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It was so good to see him.
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We had not met in a few weeks.
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It was so good to see him.
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We had not met in a few weeks.
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We ordered two big coffees and sat by the window.
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We ordered two big coffees and sat by the window.
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We talked about everything.
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Work, life, plans, funny stories.
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We talked about everything.
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Work, life, plans, funny stories.
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We laughed so much.
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It was such a good conversation.
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We laughed so much.
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It was such a good conversation.
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I got home at eight o'clock feeling so happy.
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I got home at 8 o'clock feeling so happy.
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I cooked a delicious pasta dinner for myself last night.
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I cooked a delicious pasta dinner for myself last night.
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I sat at the table and ate slowly.
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It tasted so good.
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I sat at the table and ate slowly.
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It tasted so good.
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After dinner, I called my mom and told her about my day.
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After dinner, I called my mom and told her about my day.
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She was so happy to hear that the meeting went well.
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She was so happy to hear that the meeting went well.
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After the call, I watched my favorite show on Netflix.
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After the call, I watched my favorite show on Netflix.
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It was such a good episode.
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I could not stop watching.
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It was such a good episode.
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I could not stop watching.
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Before bed, I read my book for 30 minutes.
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Before bed, I read my book for 30 minutes.
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I could not put it down.
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It is such a good book.
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I could not put it down.
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It is such a good book.
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I went to bed at 10.30 last night feeling so grateful.
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I went to bed at 10.30 last night feeling so grateful.
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I thought about my day before I closed my eyes.
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I thought about my day before I closed my eyes.
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It was a really, really great day yesterday.
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I loved every moment of it.
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It was a really, really great day yesterday.
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I loved every moment of it.
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Good night, everyone.
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See you in the next lesson.
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Good night, everyone.
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See you in the next lesson.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “How to Talk About YESTERDAY In ENGLISH”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: yesterday, meeting, coffee, felt, colleague. This video has 123 sentences and 975 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:11. The speaker talks at a steady 136 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 81% 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:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| colleague noun | /ˈkɒliːɡ/ | A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| 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… |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| grateful adjective | /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/ | Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful. |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. |
| breathe verb | /bɹiːð/ | To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. |
| laptop noun | /ˈlæp.tɑp/ | A laptop computer. |
| sandwich noun | /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/ | A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food. |
| satisfy verb | /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ | To be enough (for) |
| toast noun | /toʊst/ | Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning). |
| 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. |
| energetic adjective | /ˌɛn.əɹˈdʒɛt.ɪk/ | Possessing or pertaining to energy. |
| relax verb | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | To make something loose. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | finished everything · stop watching |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the best |
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 delicious, colleague, lesson.
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.