Shadowing Practice: KET 3 O TEST 4 PART 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 79 sentences and 621 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:23. The speaker talks at a steady 115 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% 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 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• pound /ˈpaʊ̯nd/ (noun) — A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
• upstairs /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/ (adverb) — Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.
• meal /ˈmiːl/ (noun) — Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
• bedroom /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ (noun) — A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
• outdoor /aʊtˈdɔː/ (adjective) — Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.
• salad /ˈsæl.əd/ (noun) — A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often…
• forecast /ˈfɔːkɑːst/ (noun) — An estimation of a future condition.
• cloth /klɒθ/ (noun) — A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
• colleague /ˈkɒliːɡ/ (noun) — A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
• countryside /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/ (noun) — An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
• luckily /ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/ (adverb) — In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately.
• advertisement /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/ (noun) — A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
• rainy /ˈɹeɪni/ (adjective) — Pouring with rain; wet; showery
• jumper /ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/ (noun) — A woollen sweater or pullover.
• cloudy /ˈklaʊ̯diː/ (adjective) — Covered with or characterised by clouds.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• look for (verb) — To seek.
• look in (verb) — To visit a place or person briefly and casually.
• wait for (verb) — To wait until the specified event occurs.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 14 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'll, couldn't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like pound, upstairs, meal.

Grammar in this video

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