Shadowing Practice: Stop Getting Confused! Will, Could, or Might? 🤯 (Rob & Stephen) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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We'll be back later to see how Ashley and Poppy got on, but first let's just take a quick look through all of that with our English language expert Rob from the British Council.
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Hi Rob.
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Hi Stephen.
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That's good.
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Ashley got the part in the advertisement.
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Well, Poppy did.
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Let's start with advertisement.
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The word advertisement.
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How many syllables is it?
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Advertisement.
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Four.
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Right, and where's the stress?
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Advertisement.
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Now, advertisement is a noun, a thing.
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What's the verb?
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Advertise.
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How many syllables?
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Advertise.
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Three.
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And which one's stressed?
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Advertise.
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Ad.
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Okay, advertise.
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Stress is important.
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When you meet a new word, you need to think about what it means, but also how you say it.
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If you're writing new words in a notebook or in your phone or somewhere, make a note of where the stress is.
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Here's another example.
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We're going to take a few photos of you.
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Okay, great.
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Photo is short for photograph and the stress is on the first syllable.
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Photograph.
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Photograph.
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But a person who takes a photograph is a photographer.
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Look where the stress is.
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Photographer.
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Photographer.
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So you can see that it's important to make a note of the stressed syllables and the right way to say things.
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Now let's look at something else.
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Watch.
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If they like her, she could be the star of the next TV ad.
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Not at all.
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She might be exactly what we're looking for.
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You said she could be the star of the next TV ad
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and the director said she might be exactly what we're looking for.
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Could and might.
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now watch these good luck ashley i'm sure you'll be fantastic well leave her here no way okay
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this time you said i'm sure you'll be fantastic and she'll be okay you used will both times
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what's the difference between could and might and will well will is
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when you're sure about something and could and might aren't
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so sure that's right you use will
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when you're sure about something leave her here no way okay it's not a fact poppy might not be okay
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but you feel sure that she'll be okay
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so you say she'll be okay in other sentences you're not
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so sure if they like her she could be the star of the next TV ad?
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Not at all.
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She might be exactly what we're looking for.
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She could be the star and she might be what we're looking for.
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It's not sure, but it's possible.
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It's just what you and the director think.
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Are could and might the same?
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Is there a difference?
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No. When you're talking about how sure you are, they're exactly the same.
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Okay.
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Now, one last thing.
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What did you say to Ashley before her audition wish me
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luck good luck Ashley I'm sure you'll be fantastic good luck yeah Ashley said wish me luck
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and you said good luck it's what we say to people before they do something take an exam
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or their driving test or a job interview
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or something good luck well we'll see how Ashley did later
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on in the program good luck to her thanks Rob mau jago bahasa Inggris dalam In short,
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 71 sentences and 540 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:45. The speaker talks at a steady 144 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| advertisement noun | /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/ | A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar. |
| distress noun | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. |
| photograph noun | /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/ | A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc. |
| advertise verb | /ˈædvɚˌtaɪ̯z/ | To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly. |
| photographer noun | /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/ | One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation. |
| poppy noun | /ˈpɑpi/ | Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common… |
| examination noun | /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ | The act of examining. |
| audition noun | /ɑˈdɪʃən/ | A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent. |
| notebook noun | /ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/ | A book (physical or digital) in which notes or memoranda are written. |
| verb noun | /vɝb/ | A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being. |
| noun noun | /naʊn/ | A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea… |
| syllable noun | /ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/ | A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| look through verb | To take a view of the contents of; search in, either with the eyes or by hand. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 23 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, you're, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, audition /ɑˈdɪʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: advertisement /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/, photographer /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
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 advertisement, distress, photograph.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might be · might aren · might not be |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | We'll be · you'll be · will well |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | you're writing · we're looking · you're talking |
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.