Shadowing Practice: Past Tense English Speaking Practice | What did you do yesterday? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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English together.
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What did you do yesterday?
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I did many things.
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I went shopping.
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What did you buy?
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I bought new clothes.
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What else did you do?
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I also played tennis.
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Who did you play with?
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I played with Tom. Did you win?
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Yes, I won.
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What did you do yesterday? day.
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I went to the park.
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It was a sunny day. That sounds nice. Did you go alone?
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No, I went there with John.
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We had ice cream.
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Ice cream is my favorite.
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Which flavor did you have i had chocolate john had vanilla yummy
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did you watch the movie last night yes i did it was amazing really what was it about
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It was a movie about space travel. That sounds interesting.
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Who did you watch it with?
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I watched it with my sister.
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She loved it too.
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Cool!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Past Tense English Speaking Practice”. This video has 32 sentences and 138 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:00. The speaker talks slowly, about 69 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 12 of its 32 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| tennis noun | /ˈtɛnɪs/ | A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets. |
| sunny adjective | /ˈsʌni/ | Featuring a lot of sunshine. |
| flavor noun | /ˈfleɪvə/ | The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect. |
| cloth noun | /klɒθ/ | A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes… |
| vanilla noun | /vəˈnɪl.ə/ | Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in… |
| yummy adjective | /ˈjʌm.i/ | Delicious. |
| cream noun | /kɹiːm/ | The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder. |
| favourite adjective | /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/ | Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.) |
| chocolate noun | /ˈtʃɔk.(ə.)lɪt/ | A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans. |
| yesterday noun | /ˈjɛstɹdeɪ/ | The day immediately before today; one day ago. |
| travel verb | /ˈtɹævəl/ | To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another. |
| sister noun | /ˈsɪs.tɚ/ | A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling. |
| shop noun | /ʃɑp/ | An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What did you do yesterday?
- What else did you do?
- Who did you play with?
- Which flavor did you have?
- Did you watch the movie last night?
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 tennis, sunny, flavor.
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.