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Wow!
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We are on the beach!
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This is Lily.
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She is a baby.
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These are my bags.
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Look!
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I have a balloon.
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I am playing badminton.
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Me too!
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We are playing badminton.
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Look!
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I have a ball.
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Wow!
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He has a bat.
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Let's play baseball.
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I have a baseball cap.
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Look!
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I have a baseball cap.
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Here is the ball.
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Yay!
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I have a bat.
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Look!
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They are playing baseball.
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This is a basketball.
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Yay!
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We are playing basketball.
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The baby has a balloon.
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Look!
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There is a balloon.
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These are bananas.
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Can I have a banana?
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Here you are.
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Thank you!
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Bye -bye, Beach!
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I have the bags.
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Time for a bath!
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Now they are in the bathroom.
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There is a bath in the bathroom.
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The baby is in the bath.
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Yay!
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I like the beach and the bath.
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Laugh.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “STARTERS B P1 CONVERSATION”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: bath, baseball, balloon, beach, baby. This video has 42 sentences and 141 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:57. The speaker talks slowly, about 72 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound.

Key vocabulary in this video

10 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
bath noun/bɑːθ/A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
balloon noun/bəˈlun/An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
banana noun/bəˈnænə/An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
badminton noun/ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over…
baseball noun/ˈbeɪs.bɔl/A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, in which the objective is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run…
basketball noun/ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔl/A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
bathroom noun/ˈbæθˌɹum/A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
laugh verb/læf/To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and…
beach noun/ˈbiːt͡ʃ/The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
bag noun/bæɡ/A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.

Pronunciation to watch

  • The “th” sounds: bath /bɑːθ/, bathroom /ˈbæθˌɹum/

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 bath, balloon, banana.

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 →