Do you have a pen? Beginner shadowing lesson
In this clip from Let's Learn English by VOA Learning English, Anna meets Marsha and Pete for coffee, then looks in her bag for a pen and finds a book, a map, a lamp and a pillow. The sentences It is a... and Do you have...? are short and slow, so they are easy to shadow at beginner level.
- Beginner
- Audio
- 1:03
- 21 sentences
Free, no account needed. The app plays one sentence and waits for you to say it.
The sentences
Let's get coffee.
Pete, hi.
Hi, we are here. Hi, Anna. Hi, Marsha. Hi.
How are you two?
I am great.
How's the new apartment?
The new apartment is great.
You know, Pete, I am new to D.C.
The city is big.
Yeah, but you learn a little more every day.
Anna, do you have a pen?
Yes, I have a pen in my bag.
I have a... It is not a pen.
It is a book.
It is a big book.
Yes, yes it is, Pete.
Anna, it is a map.
Why do you have a map of the world?
And now you have a lamp.
And it is a pillow.
I know I have a pen, though.
Words and phrases
- Let's get coffee
- let us go and have a coffee together
- How are you two?
- how are you both?
- new to
- just arrived in a place, not used to it yet
- do you have
- a question to ask if someone has something with them
- pen
- a thing you write with in ink
- bag
- something you carry your things in
- map of the world
- a picture of all the countries
- pillow
- a soft thing you rest your head on in bed
How to practise this clip
Listen for the weak a in a pen, a book and a map, said like uh, and the rising tone of Do you have a pen?
- Read the sentence and the words to know, then listen to it.
- Say it right after the speaker, slowly at first. The app waits until you finish.
- Play your try next to the speaker's, then say it again until it sounds the same.
Source
VOA Learning English (Voice of America), Let's Learn English, public domain