Shadowing Practice: Learn English for 30 days | Lesson 4 |🏠Making "wishes" and where we live 🏡 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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hello hello hello everybody  welcome to your english lesson here we are on 30 days of english  and this is lesson four all right
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and today as promised we're going to be doing a  continuation what we started at the end of our last lesson talking about using wishes and using  the subjunctive verb tense are you ready let's go
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case you haven't done so you can subscribe to my  channel hit that like button you can do the quiz after this lesson and let's go straight into it  more than ever we know what it's like to live
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where we live because we're spending so much time  there so i have a few sentences just to get the conversation going for example let me know if you  agree or disagree apartments aren't big enough for
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families well i have a lot of students who do live  in part of a house for example they're living on one floor of the house two bedrooms three bedrooms  two bathrooms one bathroom and it seems to be okay
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of course there are some families that are always  thinking about moving out apartments are too small for pets well i guess it depends on the size  of your pet depends what kind of pet you have
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houses cost too much money houses  aren't as safe as apartments
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well i'm not sure about that what do you think  houses don't have as much privacy as apartments
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let me know what you think  maybe you think the opposite
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so maybe you live in an apartment maybe it's a  big apartment i hope or maybe you live in a house whichever place you live i'm going to give you  a word that we can use when we describe a place
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where you're living where there's not so much  space you could say that it is cramped cramped
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the opposite of that would be to live  in a place which is very spacious
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so let's say that you're living  in a small apartment one bedroom
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then maybe you wish you lived in a place that  was bigger you wish you lived in a place that was more spacious so here you can see how we  use wish it means you would like to it's your
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dream it's something that you would like to  do and we put the verb here in the simple past
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so you wished you lived in a place that was  bigger that was more spacious you could also add in could that's used a lot with wish and you  could say that also you could say i wish i could
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live in a more spacious place how about you do  you wish you could live in a more spacious place
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this is from the experience that i see on zoom  with my students many of them their kids are studying at home at the same time so here they  are trying to study online with me and at the same
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time maybe their kids are watching tv or something  so the mother halfway through the class has to say can you please and we would say turn that down  so when we're decreasing the volume of the the tv
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for example we'd say to turn down the tv to  turn down the volume and maybe one solution for this and i i hear this as a wish from a lot  of my students i wish i had a bigger apartment
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or i wish i lived in a bigger place now something  that can happen and it doesn't matter if you're living in a house you're living in a townhouse or  if you're living in an apartment because i hear
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all these different stories about your neighbors  so you could have neighbors that are nosy
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or neighbors that are noisy can you hear  the difference oh and oid nosy noisy
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in either case you could make some wishes out  of these you could say i wish my neighbors weren't so noisy or i wish i could move so  when we're talking about that your neighbors
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your neighborhood as well we want to talk about  your privacy because you can have a place where you live and it's very private you have a lot of  privacy or you can live in a place where you have
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almost next to nothing in terms of privacy so  if you're really lucky some of the select few can live in what we call a gated community do  you wish that you lived in a gated community
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let me know in your comments maybe  you do live in a gated community okay everybody i hope that you enjoyed this lesson  studying some vocabulary describing where you live
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some adjectives as well as using wish  and how we put it into the simple past when we want it and also how we quite often  will use the verb in its simple form with could
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and i look forward to our next lesson you can  do the quiz to practice what i've taught you here today you can also watch the previous  challenges that we have and you can also
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subscribe to my channel and i hope to see  you in our next english lesson bye everybody

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What You'll Practice in This Lesson

Today's lesson dives into two key skills: describing where you live and using "wish" to talk about your dreams for your home. You'll learn to share opinions on apartments vs. houses, talk about neighbors, and express desires—all while practicing real, everyday English. It's perfect for building confidence in casual conversations about your living situation!

Key Vocabulary & Phrases to Master

  • Cramped: Small and crowded (e.g., "My apartment is too cramped for two people").
  • Spacious: Large and roomy (opposite of cramped; "I wish I lived in a more spacious house").
  • Nosy: Too interested in others' business (e.g., "My nosy neighbor always asks personal questions").
  • Noisy: Making too much sound (e.g., "I wish my neighbors weren't so noisy").
  • Gated community: A residential area with a gate for privacy and security.
  • Turn down: To lower the volume (e.g., "Can you turn down the TV?").

Practice Tips for Speaking Like a Pro

This video has a warm, conversational tone—perfect for shadowing (repeating aloud as you listen). Here's how to make the most of it:
First, play a short 5-second clip, pause, and repeat. Focus on matching the speed— it's not too fast, so you can keep up! Notice how the speaker stresses words like "wish" and "spacious" to show emotion.
Next, practice the "wish" structure: "I wish I lived in a bigger place" (simple past) or "I wish I could move" (using "could"). Repeat these sentences until they feel natural.
For extra practice, use a shadowing app or shadowing site to record yourself and compare. This helps with intonation and fluency—key for great english speaking practice!
Remember, mistakes are part of learning. Keep going, and soon you'll be talking about your home and wishes with confidence. You've got this!

Ready to try? Watch the video again, use these tips, and start sharing your own "home wishes" in English. Happy learning!

Grammar in this video

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

StructureIn the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowhaven't done · i've taught
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thingstudents who do · place which is
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around nowwe're spending · they're living · are always thinking
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see comingwe're going to be · i'm going to give

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 →