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Shadowing: Reduced Forms in Fast Speech

C2 · Mastery · Repeat & Shadow

Speaking

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Play each sentence, then say it out loud copying the rhythm and stress. Record yourself and compare.

I'd've called you earlier, but I didn't think you'd be up that late.
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D'you reckon they'll have sorted it out by the time we get there?
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It's not that I don't want to go; it's just that I've got a ton of stuff to get through before Monday.
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She must've thought we weren't coming, 'cause nobody'd told her we'd got held up.
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Where've you been all afternoon? We've been trying to get hold of you since three.
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Gonna be tricky, isn't it, getting everyone together on a weekday?
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I could've sworn I'd left them on the table, but they're not there now.
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