How to pronounce the contractions in English - we'd | they'll | he'd | they're | it'd - Bilingual Subtitles
Hello lovely students and welcome back to English with Lucy today.
Oh this video is a bit of a mix of everything, it's going to be about pronunciation and a little bit of grammar too.
And it's going to help your vocabulary.
Today we're going to talk about contractions.
Contractions are perfect for informal situations.
For conversational English, native use them all the time.
Today really going to be focusing on how to pronounce them because lots of students struggle with that.
A contraction is when we take, two words and we shorten them into one word.
For example, I will, I'll.
In today's lesson we are going to discuss positive contractions and maybe in another video I'll talk to you about negative contractions.
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as always,
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There is so much information about contractions on there.
It's basically everything you need to know about positive contractions.
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Let's get started with the lesson.
So let's take a look at that, I will example again, aisle.
You'll notice that we use the apostrophe to replace some missing letters.
To form contractions, we usually combine a verb, auxiliary or modal with a pronoun.
However, there are always exceptions because it's English.
We just love exceptions.
The most common contractions are formed with am is r has had.
and would will.
So I think to start we'll take a look at how to pronounce contractions that include the B verb as in am is and are.
First we have I am which is written and pronounced as I'm I'm I'm sorry I'm late there's so much traffic
today we also have this can be pronounced in various ways.
The most common one is he's.
You can also hear his.
That's a very short sort of weak form.
Sometimes people will even drop the H to her sound and they'll say is.
This is only in certain dialects.
Most commonly you'll hear he's or his.
He's at the store, he'll be back soon.
We also have she is, which is pronounced as she's, she's, or the weak form, she's, she's, she's the smartest in the group.
It is, is nice and easy, it's pronounced.
It's not supposed to go in the cupboard, it goes in the refrigerator.
We have your, your, and there's another way of pronouncing this.
You also say your, your, but your is a bit simpler.
a bit easier to say, I think.
You're right about that.
We also have, we are, as in, we're, we're.
This can be a tough one to pronounce.
E, E, E, E.
We're off to the cinema, see you in a few hours.
And finally, they are makes.
there.
I know that air sound can be quite challenging too.
Eh, ah, eh, ah, eh, eh.
Some students find it easy to just pronounce the eh sound and elongate it.
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh.
do you want me to get them for you?
Let's move on and focus on the contractions including has, had and have.
They can be used as contractions but only when they are auxiliary verbs.
This part's really important.
We can't use have has or had as a contraction, if it is the main verb in the sentence.
Take a look at these two examples, this should clarify it for you.
I had just heard the news when you called me.
Had in that sentence is an auxiliary verb.
We can use it as a I had just heard the news when you called me.
In this next sentence, I had a cup of coffee this morning.
It's the main verb of the sentence.
We can't contract it.
I had a cup of coffee this morning.
It just doesn't sound right.
I had a cup of coffee this morning.
Let's take a look at has first, because it can be quite confusing.
Firstly, we have she has, she's.
she's we also have the weak form she's she's been working late most nights we
have he has he's he's or the weak form his he's got a meeting at ten and finally it has contracted to it it's,
it's been sitting out all night.
Now, these three are confusing because they have the same pronunciation and spelling as the contracted form of she is, he is, and it is.
How do you know the difference?
Well, it should be fairly clear from the context, but if you have a doubt.
you need to see how the sentence has been conjugated.
If you can see a past participle after the contraction, it means that the contraction represents has, if you see bean, eaten, seed.
then usually the apostrophe S will be has.
Let's take a look at the easier ones we have to have.
I have is I've been here all day.
You is you've you've you've come all this way just to break up with me.
And we have is weave or the weak form with we've taken the dog to the vet and we have had I had
becomes I'd I'd I'd been studying English for three years before moving to Leeds you had become You'd, you would have passed if you'd studied.
She had becomes she'd, she'd, she'd been sleeping all day when he called her.
He had becomes he'd, he'd, he'd left before us, but was still late.
We had becomes we'd.
weed, weed.
We'd seen him around the office, but we didn't know he was the new boss.
And they had becomes they'd, they'd, they'd eaten before coming over.
Let's take a look at would the contractions You'll notice that they are very similar to the contractions for HAD.
I will show you a couple of rules after we've covered the pronunciation.
I would, I'd like to visit London.
You would, you'd, you'd look good in this dress.
He would, he'd, he'd like to spend time with his family.
She would, she'd, she'd.
she'd like to go on holiday.
It would, it'd, it'd be great to see you when you're back.
We would, we'd, we'd love to come to your wedding and they would, they'd, they'd take the train but the tickets are too expensive.
So how do we know if contractions like I'd like and love are representing had or would.
Here are some rules to follow.
Wood is followed by an infinitive.
She would go.
I would love.
She'd go.
I'd love.
Would can also be followed by the present perfect tense.
They'd have slept.
I'd have given.
With had a past participle follows.
I'd eaten.
I had eaten.
He'd gotten.
He had gotten.
Let's move on to our penultimate section.
Will before we move on to some extra ones.
These ones are fairly simple.
We have.
I would.
I'll come round later today.
You will.
You.
I'm a great cook.
You'll see.
He will.
He'll.
He'll put it on his credit card.
She will.
She'll.
She'll sleep on the sofa.
It will.
it'll need some food and water in the morning.
We will, we'll, we'll see you next week and they will, they'll, they'll move your luggage for you.
Finally, I have five more positive contractions that don't follow the same patterns but you'll probably hear them quite frequently.
We have should should have.
We also sometimes pronounce this as shoulda.
This is way more informal.
We should have left much earlier.
Would and could follow that same pattern.
I actually have a video on this.
I'll make sure I link it in the description box.
All about should have, would have, and could have.
She would have been so angry.
Finally we have want to and going to we shorten these to one and gunner.
I have a video all about these again I'll put it in the description box for you.
I want to go to yoga in the morning.
I'm gonna finish this project.
So now you've learned all the basics.
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I will see you soon for another lesson.
Right, let's get started with the lesson.
So I'm going to do that again.
No, well, I'm repeating everything twice.
Oh, she'd...
...veird of slept.
Eyed of...
Why am I not pronouncing all correct?
he'll see you in the morning, so I'm going to do that again.
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