Shadowing Practice: Peppa Pig #56 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I'm Peppa Pig.
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This is my little brother George.
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This is Mummy Pig.
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And this is Daddy Pig.
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Peppa Pig.
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George's friend.
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Peppa and her friends are at the playground.
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Peppa, Susie and Danny are on the rampart.
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Are you all ready?
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Then let's go.
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Whee!
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Faster, faster.
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Whee!
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George is a bit too little for the roundabout.
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He is playing on the swing.
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Here is Rebecca Rabbit with her little brother, Richard Rabbit.
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Hello, everyone.
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Hello.
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Hello.
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Can I come on the roundabout too?
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Hop on, Rebecca.
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Let's go really, really fast.
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Richard Rabbit wants to go on the roundabout too.
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If Richard gets on, it means we can't go fast.
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Richard can play with George.
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Richard, would you like to play with George?
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No. George is a dinosaur just like yours.
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Let's go and see.
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Richard Rabbit is the same age as George.
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Richard wanted to see George's dinosaur.
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Grrrr, dinosaur.
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George, can Richard play with your dinosaur?
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No. Richard, can George play with your dinosaur?
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No. George and Richard do not want to share their dinosaurs.
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George, it will be much more fun if you share.
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That was really nice of George.
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Dinosaur!
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George does not like sharing.
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Richard, let George hold the dinosaurs now.
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Richard does not like sharing either.
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What's all this crying about?
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George and Richard always cry when they play together.
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They're just too little to play properly.
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Can you two big girls teach them to play together? Of course.
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We can help them make sand sandcastles.
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Good idea.
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Let's go to the sandpit.
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George and Richard love the sandpit.
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George, Richard, today we are going to make sandcastles.
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First, we fill the buckets with sand.
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We turn the buckets over and give them a little tap.
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Now we lift the buckets.
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Hey, presto.
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Richard has made a sandcastle.
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Hey, presto.
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And George has made a sandcastle.
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You see, playing together is fun.
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Oh, dear.
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This game has not gone very well.
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It was your brother's fault.
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He broke George's sand castle.
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Your brother broke my brother's sand castle first.
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Now, now!
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You two big girls are meant to be teaching Richard and George to play nicely together.
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That's right.
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We're big girls.
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And George and Richard are too little to play together properly.
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Hmm.
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I've got an idea.
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George, what's your most favourite thing in the whole playground?
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Seesaw!
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George loves the seesaw.
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Seesaws.
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It is a bit difficult to play on a seesaw on your own.
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Richard wants to play on the seesaw.
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Seesaw, seesaw, seesaw.
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Look, George and Richard are playing together.
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Seesaw, seesaw, seesaw, seesaw, seesaw.
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George likes Richard.
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Richard likes George.
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George and Richard like playing together.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 82 sentences and 453 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:46. The speaker talks slowly, about 95 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 81% 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 |
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| dinosaur noun | /ˈdaɪnəsoɹ/ | Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct. |
| sand noun | /sænd/ | Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in… |
| bucket noun | /ˈbʌkɪt/ | A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items. |
| castle noun | /ˈkɑːsəl/ | A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or… |
| playground noun | /ˈpleɪɡɹaʊnd/ | A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). |
| swing verb | /ˈswɪŋ/ | To rotate about an off-centre fixed point. |
| nicely adverb | /ˈnaɪs.li/ | Precisely; with fine discernment or judgement. |
| seesaw noun | /ˈsi.sɔ/ | A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down. |
| sandcastle noun | /ˈsæn(d)ˌkæsəl/ | A sculpture made of sand and resembling a miniature castle; typically, but not always, made for fun by a child on a beach. |
| roundabout noun | /ˈɹaʊndəˌbaʊt/ | A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island. |
| presto | /ˈpɹɛstoʊ/ | Used by magicians when performing a trick; ta-da; voilà. |
| sandpit noun | /ˈsænd.pɪt/ | A place or pit from which sand is excavated. |
| whee | /wiː/ | An expression of pleasure or enjoyment, mostly from rapid physical motion. |
| grrrr | Elongated form of grr. | |
| rampart noun | /ˈɹæm.pɑː(ɹ)t/ | A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive… |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, I'm, I've. 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 dinosaur, sand, bucket.
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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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has made · has not gone |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | is playing · are playing |
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.