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Unit 1.
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Welcome.
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Pupils book, page 4.
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Song.
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What's your name?
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Exercise 1.
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Listen and sing.
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Move.
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Hi, hello, what's your name?
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My name is Billy, I'm Billy Watch me climb,
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I climb here I climb there,
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I climb everywhere Hi, hello, what's your name?
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My name is Lily, I'm Lily Watch me run,
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I run here I run there,
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I run everywhere Hi, hello, what's your name?
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My name is...
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I'm...
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What's your name?
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The I'm
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going to
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go to the next video.
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Unit 1.
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Pupils Book, page 5.
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In the playground chant.
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Exercise 2.
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Listen and colour.
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Scene.
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See the slide?
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It's grey, grey, grey Get your crayon And colour it grey
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It's grey, it's grey Colour it today The tyre's black
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Black and round Colour it black All around It's black,
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it's black Black and round In the playground chant
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I'm going
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to go to the next video.
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Unit 1, page T5.
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The duck is white, chat.
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Exercise 2.
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Point and say.
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in the description.
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The Duck is white.
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The Duck is white.
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White, white, white.
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Yes, you're right.
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It's white.
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Yes, you're right.
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The Duck is white.
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The Duck is white.
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White, white, white.
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Yes, you're right, it's white, it's white.
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Yes, you're right, the duck is white.
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The duck is white, chant.
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Thank you.
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Unit 1, page T6.
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Count to 5 chant.
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Exercise 3.
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Trace, count, and say. Are you ready?
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Count with me.
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1, 2, 3.
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Touch your knee.
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Four and five.
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Jump and jive.
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Count to five chant
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Thank you.
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T7 Song Look at the colors Exercise for listen sing and color say
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Look around Look at the sky Look at the colors with your eyes Yellow,
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red and blue Brown, green and orange too Here's white,
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black and grey We love colors, hooray!
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you The
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I'm out.
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Unit 1.
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Pupils Book, page 11.
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Exercise 10.
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Listen and match.
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Unit 1.
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Student Book, page 12.
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Exercise 9.
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Listen and color.
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The mouse is gray.
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The fish is red.
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The cat is orange.
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The bird is blue.
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The dog is brown The turtle is green Unit 1,
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Student Book, page 13 Exercise 10 Listen and match I'm a dog I'm on my bed
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Squeak, squeak!
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I'm a mouse!
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I'm under the flower!
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I'm a turtle!
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I'm on the grass!
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Peep, peep!
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I'm a bird!
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I'm in my nest!
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I'm a fish.
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I'm in the water.
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Meow, meow.
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I'm a cat.
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I'm under the tree.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 95 sentences and 387 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:59. 77% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| grey adjective | /ɡɹeɪ/ | Commonwealth standard spelling of gray. |
| duck noun | /dʌk/ | Any of certain aquatic birds of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet, distinguished from swans and geese by generally being smaller and… |
| chant verb | /t͡ʃænt/ | To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music. |
| climb verb | /ˈklaɪ̯m/ | To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending). |
| pupil noun | /ˈpjuːpəl/ | A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher. |
| mouse noun | /maʊs/ | Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail. |
| turtle noun | /ˈtɝtl̩/ | Any land, aquatic, or semi-aquatic reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise. |
| playground noun | /ˈpleɪɡɹaʊnd/ | A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). |
| gray adjective | /ɡɹeɪ/ | Of a color between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| grass noun | /ɡɹɑːs/ | Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as… |
| knee noun | /ni/ | In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. |
| slide noun | /ˈslaɪ̯d/ | An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again. |
| trace noun | /tɹeɪs/ | An act of tracing. |
| nest noun | /nɛst/ | A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
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| look around verb | To inspect a building or area. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 22 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 grey, duck, chant.
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.