Shadowing Practice: 🔥Jim's weekly rent will be - Đề thi IELTS LISTENING kèm đáp án - transcript - Learn English Speaking with Video
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You will hear a number of different recordings, and you will have to answer questions on what you hear.
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There will be time for you to read the instructions and questions, and you will have a chance to check your work.
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All the recordings will be played once only.
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The test is in four sections.
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Write all your answers in the listening question booklet.
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At the end of the test, you will be given 10 minutes to transfer your answers to an answer sheet.
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Now turn to Section 1 on page 2 of your question booklet.
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Section 1 You will hear two students called Peter and Jim talking about sharing a house together.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 5 on page 2.
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You will see that there is an example that has been done for you.
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On this occasion only, the conversation relating to this will be played first.
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Hi, I'm Jim.
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I'm here about the room.
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Hi, I'm Peter.
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We talked on the phone, didn't we?
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Come on in.
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Great.
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I just need to find out a few things before I make up my mind.
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Jim is here to find out about a room, so room has been written in the space.
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Now we shall begin.
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You should answer the questions as you listen, because you will not hear the recording a second time.
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Listen carefully and answer questions one to five.
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Hi, I'm Jim.
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I'm here about the room.
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Hi, I'm Peter.
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We talked on the phone, didn't we?
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Come on in.
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Great.
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I just need to find out a few things before I make up my mind.
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Okay eh?
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Well, first of all, I wasn't quite clear about the rent.
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It depends on the room you have.
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I have the large bedroom, so I pay $110 a week.
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Yours is $80 because it's a bit smaller.
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That's not too bad.
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The last place I was in was $100 a week and it was much smaller.
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And it seems like a good location.
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Yeah, and the shops are pretty close.
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The only thing is, it's not very good for public transport.
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The nearest bus stop is quite a walk.
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That's not a problem.
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I've got a car.
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By the way, is there anywhere I can park?
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Well, you're lucky because this house has a garage.
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At the moment, there are some empty boxes in there, but there's still plenty of room for your car.
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You can't park in the street.
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It's zoned no parking.
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And the back lane is too narrow.
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Fine.
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Now, what about phone calls?
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I didn't see a phone in the hall when I came in.
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I've got a mobile which my friends usually call me on, but a phone in the house is useful.
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Yeah, it's in the kitchen.
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It was in the living room, but it was hard to hear over the television.
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Oh, and we pay for our own calls.
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That's fair enough.
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And what about my room?
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Yes, we'll go up and look in a minute.
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It's at the front of the house.
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It's a nice room, and there's a cupboard and desk in there already.
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But it does get quite cold at night in that room, and it doesn't have a heater.
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No problem.
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My friend has just given me one, so I'll bring that.
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He's gone travelling and has left me with a big box of things to mind.
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Um, anything else I can bring?
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Well, we've just got a microwave, and my mother bought me a rice cooker.
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But it would be great if you had a toaster.
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Mine's just broken.
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I'll have a look in the box.
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Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions six to ten on page two.
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Now listen and answer questions 6 to 10.
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one thing i'm a keen sports fan
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and i usually watch the game on tv on friday evening would
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that be okay me too so that's good ah
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and i work at the supermarket on tuesday
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and thursday nights great you can do the shopping then do you have most of your lectures in the morning
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or afternoon soon.
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In the afternoons?
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Why?
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Mine are in the afternoons too.
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You could give me a lift.
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We can share the petrol.
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Good idea.
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Um, when do you think I could move in?
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Well, if you're interested and the rent is okay, I need someone by the 1st of June when the new rent period starts.
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Yes, that should be fine.
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The house seems big enough, the rent's reasonable.
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I've got an exam next week, so I'll move in after that if that's okay.
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Yeah, that sounds fine.
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That is the end of section one.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “🔥Jim's weekly rent will be - Đề thi IELTS LISTENING kèm đáp án - transcript”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: answer, hear, Jim, section, recording. This video has 95 sentences and 805 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:32. The speaker talks slowly, about 107 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| booklet noun | /ˈbʊk.lət/ | A small or thin book. |
| bedroom noun | /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ | A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping. |
| carefully adverb | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | With care; attentively, circumspectly. |
| desk noun | /dɛsk/ | A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a… |
| sheet noun | /ʃit/ | A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper. |
| narrow adjective | /ˈnæɹəʊ/ | Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth. |
| occasion noun | /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/ | A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance. |
| exam verb | /ɪɡˈzæm/ | Shortened form of examine |
| garage noun | /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/ | A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items. |
| relate verb | /ɹɪˈleɪt/ | To tell in a descriptive way. |
| depend verb | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition |
| instruction noun | /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/ | The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge. |
| lecture noun | /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/ | A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group. |
| keen adjective | /kin/ | Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested. |
| microwave noun | /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/ | An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| come on in verb | Synonym of come in (“to enter”). | |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| make up verb | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | To constitute, to compose. |
| go up verb | To move upwards. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I'm here about the room.
- We talked on the phone, didn't we?
- By the way, is there anywhere I can park?
- You can't park in the street.
- Yes, we'll go up and look in a minute.
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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| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | will be played · will be given · has been done |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has been done · has been written · has just given |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 23 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, didn't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sheet /ʃit/, occasion /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/
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 booklet, bedroom, carefully.
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.