Shadowing Practice: Vooks Read-Aloud: Who's That Cat? by Kidsbooks Publishing - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Who's that cat?
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Heeping from a cardboard box.
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Bessling warm in borrowed socks.
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Blue ones, red ones, socks with spots,
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long ones, short ones, lots and lots.
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Who's that cat?
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Practicing for great escapes, swinging on the window drapes.
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Backwards.
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Forwards.
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Oh, what fun!
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Circus antics in the sun.
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Who's that cat?
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Making friends.
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A fishy bunch.
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Taking someone out for lunch.
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Eyes like saucers Paws so wet Empty tummy No food yet Who's that cat?
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Unwinding paper by the mile Laying dress -up bathroom style Bottles roll and spill and bubble,
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Piles of mess spell lots of trouble.
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Who's that cat?
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Runway walking tippy -toe, smashing faces down below.
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Oops, there goes a china cup, left for others to clean up.
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Who's that cat?
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Sharpening those claws with care.
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Scratching marks all down the chair.
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Up and down to keep nails nice.
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Ready for those birds and mice.
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Who's that cat?
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Feeling famished, cannot wait.
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Stealing supper from the plate.
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Whiskers twitch, a sniff, a lick.
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Out the cat door, double quick.
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Who's that cat?
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Climbing high, as high can be.
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Getting stuck up in a tree.
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Help is coming.
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Just sit pretty.
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Cat's eye view across the city.
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Who's that cat?
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Hissing, growling, keeping guard, Catterwalling in the yard.
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Beat it, Rover!
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Out for good!
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Wakes up all the neighborhood hood.
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Who's that cat?
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Sorting through the garbage can.
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Pouncing on the poor mailman.
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Dirty footprints on the car.
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Favorite thing to do by far.
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Who's that cat?
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Snoozing in the kitchen sink.
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Lapping up a cooling drink.
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Reapers, flowers, chewed to shreds.
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Strewn about the garden beds.
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Who's that cat?
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Hurling cozy in a lap Stretching ready for a nap
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Hugs and cuddles Softest fur Snuggle tight and purr, purr, purr.
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That's my cat!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Vooks Read-Aloud: Who's That Cat? by Kidsbooks Publishing”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: cat, ones, purr, lots. This video has 56 sentences and 297 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:03. Only 71% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 12 of its 56 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 |
|---|---|---|
| sock noun | /sɑk/ | A knitted or woven covering for the foot. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| spell noun | /spɛl/ | Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. |
| swing verb | /ˈswɪŋ/ | To rotate about an off-centre fixed point. |
| mouse noun | /maʊs/ | Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail. |
| climb verb | /ˈklaɪ̯m/ | To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending). |
| nail noun | /neɪl/ | The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various animals, including most reptiles, birds, and mammals (both nonhuman and human). |
| sink verb | /ˈsɪŋk/ | To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance. |
| garbage noun | /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/ | Food waste material of any kind. |
| lap noun | /læp/ | The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. |
| bubble noun | /ˈbʌbəl/ | A spherically contained volume of air or other gas in a liquid, commonly a soapy liquid. |
| scratch verb | /skɹæt͡ʃ/ | To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc. |
| pile noun | /paɪl/ | A mass of things heaped together; a heap. |
| hug verb | /hʌɡ/ | To cling closely together. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| clean up verb | To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. | |
| dress up verb | To put on special or fancy clothes. | |
| face down verb | To confront; to abash by stern looks. | |
| sort through verb | To look through (a collection of documents, facts, etc.) to make sense of them or put them in order. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: smash /smæʃ/, famished /ˈfæmɪʃt/, sharpen /ˈʃɑɹpən/
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 sock, flower, steal.
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.