Shadowing Practice: STARTERS F WORDLIST SONG BY CAMBRIDGE SMART - Learn English Speaking with Video

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She has a beautiful face, so bright, so bright With a big happy smile,
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oh what a sight, oh what a sight How many people are there in their family?
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One, two, three, four, let's count and see It's so much fun,
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let's dance and sing Jump up high and slap your wings I'm finding my uncle,
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where did he go?
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Oh, he's waving from the window How old is your father?
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Tell me now Is he young?
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Is he old?
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Is he fifty?
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Wow He lives in the flat on the second floor Sweep,
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sweep, clean the floor some more It's so much fun,
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let's dance and sing Jump up high and slap your wings!
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I'm finding my uncle!
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Where did he go?
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Oh, he's waving from the window!
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Look at the flowers!
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One, two, three!
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How many flowers in the garden?
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Let's see!
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See the frog!
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It jumps so high!
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One, two, three, four, frogs say hi! Do you like fruit?
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What's your fave?
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Apples, bananas, yay!
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Hooray!
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Hooray!
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Tom likes eating fries, yum yum!
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Crunch, crunch, let's have some! Or to play football!
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Run, run, run, kick the ball
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and have some fun With all my friends we love and play a fantastic time Every day

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “STARTERS F WORDLIST SONG BY CAMBRIDGE SMART”. This video has 30 sentences and 209 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:07. The speaker talks slowly, about 99 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 10 of its 30 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
uncle noun/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
flower noun/ˈfloʊɚ/A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens…
slap noun/slæp/A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
sweep verb/swiːp/To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
crunch verb/kɹʌnt͡ʃ/To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
fifty noun/ˈfɪfti/A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50.
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.
fry verb/fɹaɪ/To cook (something) in hot fat.
fave adjective/feɪv/Favorite (US) or favourite (UK).
wave verb/weɪv/To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
bright adjective/ˈbɹaɪ̯t/Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
wing noun/wɪŋ/An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
sight noun/saɪt/The ability to see.
sing verb/ˈsɪŋ/To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
jump verb/d͡ʒʌmp/To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
jump up verbTo move from one position to a higher position by one jump.

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 uncle, flower, slap.

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 →