Learning Supermarket Vocabulary in the UK
A2 English listening practice · British English · Curated for beginners
About this clip
A 16:12 video in English at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 173 words per minute, rated 2.7/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Language Learning - Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and real conversation practice.
- ▸Shopping - Shopping hauls, online shopping, and consumer culture.
- ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
- ▸Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
- ▸Health & Wellness - Fitness, mental health, nutrition, sleep, and self-care.
From English by Jay - Sprout↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 English listening practice listening practice?
86.6%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common English words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday English.
General English frequency
80.6%
Top 1,000
86.6%
Top 2,000
93.4%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
90.5%
Top 1,000
96.5%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-English data than in general usage, so it may feel closer to everyday conversation.
Words above this video’s level
Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A2 level.
polystyrene
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
plastic foam
boop
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(slang) light touch
confectionery
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
sweets and candies
durian
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
strong-smelling fruit
piping hot
1×
really, really hot, especially liquid
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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