Shadowing Practice: IELTS Speaking Test band score 9 with feedback 2025 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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In part one, I asked you some personal questions.
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Let's talk about food.
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What is your favorite type of food?
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My favorite type of food.
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There's a lot of food out there.
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if i really have to dig deep um i'd say i like fast food um definitely like my poutines
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and burgers um barbecue food too uh ribs i think that's
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probably one of my favorite foods how often do you eat at restaurants Eating at restaurants, I think it depends on the week.
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You know, having a bad week, maybe a little bit more, three, four times having a good week.
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Maybe I'm at home a little more.
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Maybe just one, two times.
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I think it depends.
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- Do you prefer home cooked meals or eating out?
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- Home cooked meals.
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I think everyone loves home cooked meals at the end of the day.
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It's great to come home to a nice filling meal.
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Definitely some of my favorite home cooked meals for sure.
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Definitely remember my mom having home cooked meals.
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That's probably the best part.
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Thank you.
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Now let's talk about communication.
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How do you usually communicate with your friends?
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Communicate with my friends.
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I'd say Instagram and Snapchat on social media is for the most part how I talk to them.
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Why is that?
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I think it's more so just my age group with what I'd like to talk to and the easiest way to communicate.
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It's very popular.
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It's easy.
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You prefer texting or calling?
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It depends on who I'm talking to.
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Some of my close friends, I do enjoy calling them.
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I find it a little bit more personal.
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But day to day, I'd say I text more than I call.
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How would you say communication has changed compared to the past?
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Thank you.
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Obviously, in the last couple of years, there's more and more social media and more and more people on it.
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So I think that's changed the most.
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You know, people used to be more face -to -face talking and now you're talking on social media a lot more.
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It's changed a lot in that way.
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okay now let's talk about your hobbies and interests
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so what is it what is your favorite hobby and how often do you do it My favourite hobby,
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I'd have to say in the summertime, would definitely be golfing.
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I love getting out on the golf course.
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It's beautiful out there, very relaxing.
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It's great to do.
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In the wintertime, I'd say snowboarding would be my favourite.
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I don't get out as much as I'd like to, but it's one of my favourite things to do.
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Okay.
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Have your hobbies changed since childhood?
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Definitely have changed since childhood.
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Growing up, finding new friends, new interests, they've changed.
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I used to play soccer quite a bit as a child, not so much anymore, more so just the golfing.
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Take it easy.
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Why do you think they've changed?
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How do you think they've changed?
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I think just growing older, you know, things change.
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Obviously, as a child, you have a lot of different friends, a lot different interests, you know, everyone wants to grow up and be a professional soccer player,
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but.. at the end of the day not everyone can do
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that so i think just getting older maturing has changed for the most part do you prefer hobbies
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that require more physical activity
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or more mental engagement definitely growing up playing sports i'd say physical activity um having
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that little bit of competitiveness behind myself I definitely enjoy having a little bit of fun, you know, trying to win.
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Not everyone always does, but I enjoy it.
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Why do you think Morph is called it mental?
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I think that's where my strong suits are, definitely on the physical side of things.
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All right.
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So that concludes part one.
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We're going to move to part two.
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And in part two, I'm going to give you a topic.
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And I'd like you to talk about the topic for two minutes.
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before you talk you'll have about a minute so you can write things down i have a pen and paper here
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you can make notes
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if you wish you understand yes i understand okay you can take some paper
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and a pencil to make notes and your topic is describe a time when you helped a stranger okay
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so let me start the clock and you can have One minute.
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Alright, go ahead.
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Okay, that was a minute.
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You can start speaking now.
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Times I've helped a stranger.
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I think it's kind of hard to pinpoint just one time I've helped a stranger.
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I think over the past, you seem to help strangers a lot more than you remember you do.
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Just the simple things, opening doors for people, giving them compliments, just talking to someone when they need it.
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I think that's more helping a stranger than anyone could ever believe.
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It's definitely different.
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And of course, you have your family growing up, helping them.
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Maybe not strangers, maybe family, friends, friends.
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I feel you're always helping someone at the end of the day.
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Just talking to someone, communicating is definitely a big way to help strangers.
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anyone day can maybe not be going so great
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and having a small conversation can definitely just help them out
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um opening the door giving a suggestion to someone um just
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starting a conversation i would say it's probably the best way
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to help someone nowadays a lot of people are tied off
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and don't want to talk to anyone but just offering
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that little bit of hey how are you doing i think that's a great way to help strangers
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and definitely things i've done in the past is people, I find it helps quite a bit.
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And then obviously, you know, just your day to day things at work, helping customers, they're strangers to me at the end of the day,
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helping them trying to fix all their problems, make sure they have great customer service, still helping strangers.
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I think there's more things you do in life that you don't realize that end up helping strangers.
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Because.. that concludes part two we're going to move to part three
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and we've been talking about helping strangers and i'd now like to ask you some questions related to this
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So why do people help strangers?
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I think that's a very good question.
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Why do people help strangers?
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I think it's to almost make themselves feel good at some point.
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Everyone likes, you know, trying to offer someone some help and it definitely makes yourself and makes yourself look good.
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It's not always easy, but I think that's why people do it.
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Self -gratitude.
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I think that's why.
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Do you think people today are less willing to help others compared to maybe people in the past?
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I think so.
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I think in the past people were brought up on the I help you, you help me.
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I think things are a little divided nowadays and not everyone's willing to help everyone.
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I think that should change.
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But going back to your question, yes, I do think it's different from the past from now.
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Should children be taught to help others?
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Children should definitely be taught to help others.
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Obviously, from a young age, they're very influenced by all their peers and adults.
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They should be taught how to treat people right
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and how to talk to people and how to help people they don't know and just general things.
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Thank you.
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Do you think large organizations or individuals have a bigger responsibility to help society?
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I think they do.
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They're playing a huge role in people's lives nowadays, for sure.
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And they have huge platforms that they should be using for the better to help those people.
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I think that's the best way to put that.
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They should be more influenced on everyone else and trying to help everyone else.
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They have a big voice.
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They should definitely be using it.
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In your opinion, does helping others always make a difference?
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It doesn't always make a difference.
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No, not everyone's willing to accept the help or wants the help.
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But all you can do is try as a human being.
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That's all you can do.
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It's a difficult one for sure, but everyone needs a little bit of respect and trying to help them out.
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I think that's the right thing to do, but not everyone's willing to do that.
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Alright, well thank you very much.
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This is the end of the speaking test.
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I'm going to take a couple of minutes to go over what we went through here.
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OK, that was a lot of talking.
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Do you have any questions?
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Thank you.
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No, thank you very much.
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I really appreciate that you give me this feedback because I know this will help me.
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This is exactly what I need.
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Although my job is hard, I enjoy doing this.
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If you have any practice here, I'm going to talk about the first one.
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I'm going to talk about the exam day.
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You should make sure, okay this is the last time I'm going to talk about...
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...I don't know how to get in touch.
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...for our generation.
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...tend out a movie and talk about what they need for and film.
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So, you know, you're talking about a cinema thing or film.
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you All right, Joseph, I went over this and I have to say congratulations.
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You did a phenomenal job.
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You use very good fluency and coherency.
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You're relevant in your terms.
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You're giving great examples, great explanations.
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I'm very happy with that.
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Your vocabulary was off the charts, even just with some phrases you said here and there.
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Your grammar was great.
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Pronunciation was definitely by far the best.
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Intonation, very good.
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Your speech may be a little bit more
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pronounced maybe more uh you know out there but overall i give you a nine
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that's a nine out of nine i'd like to say great job thank you very much
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This C1 speaking lesson is built on the video “IELTS Speaking Test band score 9 with feedback 2025”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: definitely, stranger, helping, changed. This video has 173 sentences and 1759 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:18. The speaker talks at a natural 156 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 86% 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| hobby noun | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time. |
| conclude verb | /kənˈkluːd/ | To end; to come to an end. |
| coherency noun | /koʊˈhɪə.ɹən.si/ | The state of being coherent; a coherent relationship. |
| competitiveness noun | /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvnəs/ | The state of being competitive. |
| fluency noun | /ˈfluːənsi/ | The quality of smoothness of flow. |
| intonation noun | /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/ | The rise and fall of the voice in speaking. |
| pinpoint verb | /ˈpɪnpɔɪnt/ | To identify or locate (someone or something) precisely or with great accuracy. |
| poutine noun | /puˈtin/ | A dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy, eaten primarily in Canada. |
| snowboard noun | /ˈsnoʊˌbɔɹd/ | A board, somewhat like a broad ski, or a very long skateboard with no wheels, used in the sport of snowboarding. |
| summertime noun | The period or season of summer. | |
| wintertime noun | The season of winter, between autumn and spring. | |
| pronunciation noun | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken. |
| rib noun | /ɹɪb/ | Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum. |
| pronounce verb | /pɹəˈnaʊns/ | To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously. |
| bind verb | /ˈbaɪ̯nd/ | To tie; to confine by any ligature. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. | |
| go over verb | To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze. | |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. | |
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. | |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| think over verb | To ponder or reflect on a subject. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What is your favorite type of food?
- How do you usually communicate with your friends?
- You prefer texting or calling?
- Why do you think they've changed?
- How do you think they've changed?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to be · used to play |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has changed · have changed · they've changed |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is called · were brought · be taught |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 45 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'd, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: coherency /koʊˈhɪə.ɹən.si/, competitiveness /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvnəs/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, phenomenal /fɪˈnɒmɪnəl/
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 hobby, conclude, coherency.
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.