Shadowing Practice: The 5 Fabulous Food Groups - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Our bodies need lots of energy to keep us going throughout the day.
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And do you know where we get that energy?
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That's right, from the food we eat!
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And all kinds of different people enjoy different kinds of food!
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But whether your favorite meal includes noodles or nectarines, tortillas or tofu, most types of food have some of what our bodies need to stay healthy.
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You might already know that we can put different kinds of food into different groups.
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We call these, you guessed it, food groups.
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But let's check out each group and see what kind of food belongs where.
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Let's start with the fruit group.
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You gotta love sweet, delicious fruit!
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This group includes things like apples and pears, oranges and strawberries.
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Fresh fruit is the best for you, but fruit that's canned or frozen counts, too.
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After all, many fruits are hard to find in the winter, and some fruits only grow in certain parts of the world.
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But don't forget about fruit that's been dried!
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Raisins are just dried grapes, and prunes are dried up plums.
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And even juice is part of the fruit group, but only if it's all fruit juice and doesn't have added sugar.
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Next comes the grain group!
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Grains are plants, like oats, wheat, and barley.
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If a food is made from one of these plants, or any other grain plant, it belongs here.
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That means things made of flour, like bread and noodles, breakfast foods like oatmeal and cereal, and even rice are all part of this group.
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Next up, the vegetable group.
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I bet you already figured out what goes here.
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Vegetables come from plants, too, but unlike grains, they're either the roots, stems, or leaves of certain plants that we can eat.
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Carrots, for example, are the sweet, orange roots of the carrot plant.
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A head of lettuce is just a bunch of crunchy leaves.
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And asparagus is actually a stem of the tasty asparagus plant.
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There are so many kinds of veggies out there that we can actually split this group into smaller groups.
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For example, there are dark green veggies, like spinach, and starchy vegetables like potatoes and sweet potatoes.
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Then there are red and orange veggies, like beets and carrots, just to name a few.
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Now, what other foods can you think of?
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What about the stuff that's inside your sandwich?
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Meats like chicken or hamburger belong to the protein group, and so do fish, like tuna.
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And eggs, made any way you like.
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But not all members of this group come from animals.
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Other foods like beans, peanut butter, and tofu, which is made from soybeans, are full of protein.
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So they're also proud members of the protein group.
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And that leaves us with the last food group, dairy.
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If a food is made from cow milk or soy milk, it's in the dairy group.
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So this is where you find things like yogurt and all kinds of cheeses, as well as your usual glass of milk.
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And do you know what else fits in this group?
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Ice cream!
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But that reminds me, sweet treats like candy don't fit into any of our groups.
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That's because they're made of mostly sugar, and don't have any of the things that our bodies need to stay healthy.
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So it's okay to enjoy these foods from time to time, but just not a lot of the time.
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Now do you think you can put a food into the right group?
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Let's take a tasty food quiz and see how well we know our food groups!
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We'll start with a slice of pineapple.
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What group do you think it goes in?
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Squeak says the fruit group.
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Good job, Squeaks!
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Yes, pineapple belongs in the fruit group.
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What about this hard -boiled egg?
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What group do you think this fits into?
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That's right, the protein group.
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Eggs are a good source of protein.
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Here's one more.
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We'll end our game with a food that fits into two groups, macaroni and cheese.
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Let's look at each part separately.
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The cheese from the mac and cheese fits into the dairy group, because it's made from milk.
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But what about the macaroni noodles?
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Well, we learned earlier that noodles are made of flour, from grain, so that means macaroni belongs to the grain group.
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That's right!
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Macaroni and cheese contains foods that are in the dairy group and the grain group.
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Whew!
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All this guessing has made me hungry!
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Hey Squeaks, let's make a snack!
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And remember, the next time you're hungry and head to the pantry or fridge,
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choose something healthy and see if you can guess what group your food fits into!
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Thanks for joining us on SciShow Kids!
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Is there something you'd like to learn more about?
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Get help from a grown up and let us know in the comments below
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or send us an email at kids at the SciShow dot com
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And we'll see you next time
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “The 5 Fabulous Food Groups”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: fruit, grain, plant, fit, belong. This video has 50 sentences and 829 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:17. The speaker talks fast, about 194 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 10 of its 50 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:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| grain noun | /ɡɹeɪn/ | The harvested seeds of various grass food crops, especially wheat, maize, rye, barley, and rice. |
| belong verb | /bɪˈlɒŋ/ | To have its proper place. |
| dairy noun | /ˈdɛə.ɹi/ | (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk. |
| leaf noun | /lif/ | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| vegetable noun | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice… |
| carrot noun | /ˈkæɹət/ | A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus. |
| egg noun | /ɛɡ/ | An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell… |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| juice noun | /d͡ʒuːs/ | A liquid made from plant, especially fruit. |
| stem noun | /stɛm/ | The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors. |
| potato noun | /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/ | The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum. |
| flour noun | /ˈflaʊ.ə/ | Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and… |
| tasty adjective | /ˈteɪsti/ | Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor. |
| pineapple noun | /ˈpaɪnəpəl/ | A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem. |
| meal noun | /ˈmiːl/ | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
| dry up verb | To become dry (often of weather); to lose water. |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. |
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- That’s right…from the food we eat!
- What about the stuff that’s inside your sandwich?
- What group do you think it goes in?
- What group do you think this fits into?
- Is there something you’d like to learn more about?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | been dried · are just dried · is made |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | that's been dried · have added · has made |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | We'll start · We'll end · we'll see |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 13 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, they're, we'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: macaroni /ˌmæk.əˈɹoʊ.ni/, asparagus /əˈspæɹ.ə.ɡəs/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like grain, belong, dairy.
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.