CONTRACTIONS in ENGLISH - Complete List & Natural Pronunciation

hello everyone.welcome hello this is Ana English here on English like a native trying very hard to bring you an English lesson this Sunday afternoon unfortunately I have once again been having problems this time with my internet connection it seems that virgin just don't want to provide me with Internet today so fingers crossed this english lesson will go well I'm going to try and rattle through the information as quickly as I can because this English lesson is an important one this English lesson will help you to sound more like a native by teaching you the common contractions so I do apologize if you are with me and you've been waiting since my breakdown in communication but hopefully you are back and you can remain with me for the next 30 minutes perhaps maybe even 20 minutes as much time as it takes me to get through this list of common English contractions I am streaming live on Facebook and YouTube so if you would like to see the notes that I am providing then please do come over to youtube where hopefully everything is going well we'll see so here we go the common contractions so we start off the very first common contraction that you will hear is the contraction ain't 8 now 8 is short for a lot of things it could be am not is not are not has not or have not however you must understand that this particular word 8 8 is not necessarily grammatically correct but you will hear it a lot in common music for example a song that I commonly sing and here is the song ain't no sunshine he no sunshine when she's gone and they also use a double negative which is also not correct but in music and in poetry it's all about license so artists can break the rules if they want to alright so the next common contraction that you will hear and this one is a correct contraction and that is the word aren't aren't I will just show you exactly how to pronounce that we do not concern ourselves with the letter R we open our mouth wide and do aren't aren't you see my tongue coming up to the N and releasing in the T aren't we aren't going aren't is short for are not we aren't going I'm sorry we aren't going are not okay the next contraction you will see and you will potentially be confused about the pronunciation of and that's the word can't can't now the reason this confuses many people is because the shorter version can the positive version I can do it is pronounced completely differently we have a short vowel can I can go I can and then on the negative version I can't I cannot I can't we have a long vowel open mouth can't I can't I can I can't I can I can't all right brilliant so very commonly used make sure that you know the correct pronunciation for that one okay the next common contraction that you will hear is could've could've this is short for could have I could have if I wanted to its conditional I could have gone to the party if I had something to wear I could have gone to the party if I if I had a nice dress to wear but I didn't so I didn't go and could have we shortened to could've could've I could have gone if I had a nice dress to wear I could have I could have noticed that we don't pronounce the L we don't do cold cold that would be strange we just do could it should almost be spelled see you D could could okay could then another word a contraction using the word could is could not and we shortened it to couldn't I couldn't do it I couldn't learn English because it was too hard from which is not true I couldn't do it I could not do it couldn't and what we do is we bring the tongue up in the middle couldn't I couldn't I couldn't and we do what's called a lateral plosive don't worry yourself too much about this if you can't do it but what we would naturally do is bring the tongue up could and we allow then the sound to explode out of the sides of the tongue couldn't couldn't couldn't so you do it by keeping the tongue up on the roof of the mouth I couldn't do it I couldn't do it I could have done it but it turns out I couldn't do it all right so in the next contraction we're going to look at this is another very common one and this is the word didn't didn't so it means I did not normally I would go to school every day but today I didn't normally I'd go to school every day but today I didn't I did not I didn't and that's another one didn't we leave the tongue up on the roof of the mouth for the second D did didn't didn't all right now lots of you are firing questions at me and asking me to repeat things what I would suggest is that you wait till the end of the lesson so that I can answer all your questions and concentrate on you individually at the end so let me just get through this list first just in case I have any more internet problems and then I'll answer questions at the end so didn't the next one is the word doesn't doesn't and this is a contraction of does not she does not normally stream on a Sunday she does not normally stream on a Sunday he does not like eating sprouts now so he shortened it to she doesn't does and it's a Zed sound she doesn't normally stream on a Sunday he doesn't like eating sprouts doesn't doesn't doesn't alright okay the next one used all the time is the word don't I think I use this word quite a lot don't it means do not don't don't do that don't be negative don't be unpleasant do not go to school in a bad mood do not go to sleep on an argument don't go to school in a bad mood don't go to sleep on an argument don't don't now lots of people use this word because it's a common word but many people mispronounce it because of the vowel sound the vowel sound is a diphthong that means it's two vowel sounds moving together oh oh don't don't and the N is the tongue up don't don't okay don't do it don't mispronounce it alrighty so the next one now this isn't technically it's not a word you would see written but it's a word that you would hear often and it's the word gunner gunner I would say that this is a little bit slangy so I wouldn't use this informal language I wouldn't use this at work very much or if I was presenting I wouldn't really say gonna I'm gonna go it means going to going to so if I am saying I'm going to leave I'm going to go but I was being a little bit lazy I'm not trying to make a good impression or anything I'm just relaxed then I probably say to my friends look I'm gonna go I'm gonna go I'm gonna go gonna go but it's really important that you never use this in written English not in a formal way anyway so never use this in written English okay I'm gonna I'm gonna go I'm gonna say this only once never use it in written English I say it more than once hmm okay let's carry on the next one again the same as gonna this you would never see written not really not unless it's written in slang or if it's a like an informal thing like in someone's diary or graffiti and it's the word gotta gotta it means got to and we actually pronounce it Dada Dada so those T's become like these I've gotta go I've got to go I've got a gara gotta gotta go I've got to go I'm so sorry I'm gonna go because I've got to go I don't want to go but I've got to go I have a cake baking in the oven and if I stay any longer it will burn so I've got to go and I'm gonna go right now all right gotta I'm gonna so then we have oh I missed off the tee on this one then we have the contraction hadn't hadn't and this short for had not hadn't hadn't hadn't the D and the N become the same sound hadn't hadn't hadn't so the tongue just goes up the once and then comes down for the tea hadn't hadn't I had not realized that you were coming to class today I had not realized that you were coming to class today as a native I would say I hadn't realized you were coming to class today I hadn't realized you were coming to class today I hadn't realized the next one very similar to hadn't is hasn't hasn't it means has not has not so hasn't hasn't s becomes as ed has hasn't hasn't she has not she has not brushed her teeth she has not brushed her teeth would become she hasn't brushed her teeth she hasn't brushed her teeth ah she hasn't brushed her teeth tell her to go to the bathroom straightaway she's gotta brush her teeth before going to school okay I'm just gonna put my leg over here ah okay so you may or may not know that in my studio I I stream whilst that on the floor it's very uncomfortable but that's the best position for me to get all my wires and everything in the right place and yes so sometimes I have a little bit of a nightmare because I get cramp in my legs and I get a numb bum mmm I got a numb bum and my phone is now in the way okay so sorry about that guys I nearly dropped you okay so hasn't anna hasn't felt very comfortable during this lesson while sat on the floor already so the next one we have is haven't haven't and this is a contraction of have is a contraction of have not have not I have not done it so if I asked you have you done your homework and you have been very naughty you've not completed your homework you could say to me teacher please forgive me I haven't done it I haven't done it I'm so sorry I haven't haven't haven't nice and easy all right the next one is he'd he'd and that's short for he had or he would so I might say he's not hungry he know he had he'd so here's a sentence um if if ice if you said to me will will David come with me to the cinema do you think David would come with me to the cinema and I would say to you he would if you asked him no I would say he'd he'd love you to ask he would love you there's only certain circumstances where you would use these contractions and sometimes it's hard to think of the right circumstances so I would say he would love you to ask him to go to the cinema he would love you to ask him to go to the cinema or he would really like it and in that case I would contract it down to he'd love it he'd love it if you asked him to go to the cinema or he'd really appreciate it if you asked him to go to the cinema with you he'd yeah I can't think of any other examples off the top of my head if any of you watching can think of some examples the contractions for he'd and that'd be great sometimes these things are hard to come up with off the top of your head that means to think about it without pre-planning all right so the next one we're going to look at is another he and it's he will or he shall so he'll he'll sounds exactly the same as the heel on your foot so the bottom of your foot he'll I might say I might say my son will start school in September he will start school in September he'll he'll start school in September he'll start school in September and he'd and he'll are both quite commonly used in formal or informal speech so he'll he'll start school in September okay the next one is another heat and it's he's and this is short for he has or he is so that I could very simply say this is my this is my student Bernhard he is a bear I could shorten that to say this is my student Bernard he's a bear he's a bear he's a bear okay nice and easy make sure that s is sounded like a Zed he's uh he's uh and notice how when I say ah I don't say he's aa bear I make it a schwa he's a he's a bear he's a he's a bear okey-dokey Oh bless julia has just dropped a super chat thank you very much Julia that's very kind of you you sent to Euro soup chat saying good afternoon lovely Anna nice lesson as usual it's very kind of you Julia thank you you may or may not know that soup chats on YouTube are small contributions that go towards the running of this channel and will eventually also contribute towards the improvement of this channel of course I'm always experimenting with different video formats with different equipment different setups and these things aren't cheap and sometimes I'm unable to afford certain equipment and so super chats and patrons help me to improve this channel for you so thank you very much Julia on behalf of the whole community thank you alright so the next one is how'd how'd I wouldn't write this down in formal English but it's used common in commonly in spoken English so how'd is short for how did or how would so I might say to you if I see you do something fantastic but I don't understand how to do it I might say how did you do that how did you do that how did you do that that was amazing and instead of saying how did you do that I would shorten it to how'd you do that how'd you do that how'd you do that that was incredible how'd you do that or how did you learn English so quickly how did you learn English so quickly how did you learn English so quickly okay so how'd don't write it but it's fine to be spoken the next one is howl howl howl and this is short for how will how will how will you do that so if you say to me Anna I am going to learn English in two whole weeks just two weeks and I will be fluent in English and I will be like well how will you do that how will you do that how will you do that how will you do that how will you do that when you're so busy with your job okay so how how how and that's a dark hell as well howl howl howl quite a difficult one actually alright so the next one is house house and this is how is how has or how does I normally will say this particularly if I'm speaking to someone a friend or someone I haven't seen for a long time perhaps a colleague I would say how's your family or how's your job how's life and the S becomes like I said how's how's life how's how's your work how's your project how's your mother how's your son how's your bear Bernard and how Benjamin so it's commonly spoken but again I would be very wary of using this too much in written English if I saw this in written English it would come from a friend it would be an informal email or a letter but I would not expect to see house written down in a formal way okay so the next one a very common and can be used formally or informally and that's the contraction ID ID now importantly the word I it's one letter but it's a diphthong it's a nice long sound I notice how my tongue moves I I and then when it's in a contraction like I'd you have I so the tongue makes a big movement from but low back at the top comes high and then the front of the tongue for the D I'd I'd I'd like some ice cream I love some ice cream it's short for I had and I would so I would like some ice cream would you like some ice cream I'd like some ice cream I love some ice cream in fact I do have a nice cold drink here this is am or was it elderflower cordial and water with some ice and lime oh and it's delicious now the ice is melted so it's not so cold anymore so I'd like a fresh drink please hmm so the next one another very common one and you can use this formally or informally and that is the contraction aisle aisle this is tough to pronounce for some people it's short for I will sometimes I shall I will go to the shop I will go to the shop aisle I'll go to the shop right now I'll go to the shop do you want anything I'll go to the shop in a moment aisle now this is a dark hell so you make sure you get that eye and then that the L the tongue comes up aisle aisle aisle aisle nice and easy when you know how the next one again formal and informal you can use this wherever you like and it's the contraction I'm I'm so it's short for I am and we use it all the time hello I'm Anna English I am Anna English I'm broadcasting to you successfully thank goodness live here on English like a native I'm teaching you about contractions I'm I'm nice and easy the next one again formal and informal just like the last three is I've I've short for I have this is again very very common and so I might say I've only got a short amount of time left or let's say I've only got five minutes to speak to you I have only got five minutes to speak to you I've only I've only so the V is the bottom lip on the top teeth mmm I've I've I've only got five minutes to speak to you I've only got five minutes to speak to you I've I've okay nice and easy and that of E will go on to the next word I've owed Li I've only oh I feel like I'm going to sneeze nope not gonna see it might come later and then you'll have to say bless you so if I sneeze live here in this video you would have to say ah bless you okay so the next one is isn't isn't it short for is not is not so I could say my my mother is not here right now my mother is not here right now my mother isn't here right now isn't it make sure that's bright it is Zedd is isn't and the tongue stays up on this edge into the end isn't isn't isn't my mother isn't here right now you'll have to come back again later okay so the next one is Owen isn't is quite common as well you can use that formally or informally the next one commonly used and fine formally and informally is it itted itted it would be good it would be good and it had it said it's quite a mouthful to say on its own but it had it'ld is short for it would it would it'ld it had difficult it'ld so I might say it would be good it would be good if you were live every Sunday it would be good if you alive every Sunday it would be good if I could stream without having technical problems it would be amazing if I could stream without having technical problems but what I would say as a native English speaker is it's a bigot it should be good instead of it would it should be good if I could stream every Sunday and like I said in my very very first attempt to stream if I can get one of these streams over 300 Watchers then I will stream again next Sunday so if you are here and enjoying this and you want to see me next Sunday make sure you hit that share button and let's get in your friends to get these numbers up all right the next one it'ld is followed by it'll it'll it'll and this can be done in one or two ways but it's short for it will and it shall it will or it shall it'll you put the tongue up onto the roof of the mouth and you keep it there for the L so it'll it will be okay it will be okay I'm reassuring you it will be okay we'll learn English together it'll be okay you don't need to worry Anna's here it'll be fine it'll it'll it'll it'll the other way you can do is to release the T it'll and go back for the L not as natural but if you find it difficult to do the sideward potion that I spoke about the lateral potion if at all then you could try releasing and going back it Oh it'll it'll be okay okay it'll all be okay so the next one again very common can be used formally or informally is the contraction it's it's and this is short for it has or it is it's it's now I hear this a lot from my students and one of the one of the problems that are here is that the T isn't isn't recognized it it's aspera so it's it becomes like the s it's it's it's but you don't want if it's which you want to hear all the time so you don't want an ear and then an S if it's okay it's alright is what I hear lots but it should be it's it has to be harder so you start it harder and you have a smaller space it's okay it's alright it's going to be fine or it's gonna be fine so there's two contractions it's gonna be fine don't worry it's gonna be a lovely day it's gonna be sunny alright so the next contraction we have it's not what I hear very often but it's on the list because we're doing a complete list we're going to try and do all the contraction in the English language so if I've missed any please do let me know at the end but this is one that's not very common is May n't mint mint it short for may not may not and mayn't a sentence you could use is I may not I may not attend the party I'm always talking about parties I may not attend the class tomorrow so the contractions could be I may intend I may intend the party tomorrow but in all honesty guys this is a little odd for me as a native it sounds odd it looks odd it's uncommon it's uncommon so be aware of it if you ever see it written down or you hear someone saying it then what they mean is may not may not but it's uncommon we more often would now say might not mightn't which I'll come on to in a minute so it's there for your two bits for you to be aware of but it's not common so the next one is May of and this is common May of May of I wouldn't write it down formally but you will hear it spoken in all sorts of places so with this is short form may have may have so if you sneeze right now and I said Oh bless you and then you say oh I need a tissue I need a tissue to blow my nose please help and I got all hang on I may have a tissue in my handbag I may have a tissue in my handbag on what I would say in in natural speech is I may have a tissue I may have I may have a tissue in my handbag one minute I may have a tissue in my handbag you see how easy it makes speaking it just makes it flow and it's so easy I may have a tissue in my handbag okey-dokey let's carry on so the next one the one I said that we normally use instead of may n't may not is might n't might n't I might not I can use this in the same in the same scenario you've asked me for a tissue and I say I'll have a look but I might not have one I might not have one and so I don't know what we'll do and what I would actually say is I might not have one I might not I might not the T the final T sorry not the final T the T at the end of might it goes a little quieter duller might not might not I might not have one all right okay so the next one is I might have might have so I could say I'm not sure where my husband is you know I don't have a husband but if I did if this is my husband no this is my son this is my husband my husband goes out for the day he doesn't come home when I expect him to come home where is Benjamin I might say to you to know what he might have gone to the pub on the way home from work he might have had a hard day and he might have gone to the pub on the way home from work what I would actually say is do you know what he might have he might've I would use the tea probably he might have he might have had a hard day and he might have gone to the pub it's fine he might have had a hard day and he might have gone to the pub but he's gonna be in trouble when he gets back and then he comes in you're in trouble what time do you call this mr. bear does walking in whenever you like whenever you like - okay so handbag yes a sky is saying I'm sure you said handbag instead of handbag that's right we say handbag handbag and that's another thing like we regularly make words shorter when we're speaking naturally to make them easier to say my handbag handbag because to say handbag is a bit of a mouthful my handbag so we say handbag handbag okay the next one we're getting through it the next one is mustn't mustn't this is very common mustn't must not you must not Bernard you must not go to the pub after work without telling me first I made your dinner and your dinner is ruined you mustn't and do it again that's what I would say to him you mustn't you mustn't do it you mustn't be unpleasant you mustn't give up you must not mustn't notice again because there's two T's we don't do must and must that would make it harder we do mustn't so that T at the end of must in this contraction is gone mustn't you mustn't pronounce that T at the end of must n't alright but if it's must on its own just the word must then you must pronounce that T must you must must must okay the last must word is contraction is must've yeah must have must've must've like the same might've he must have he must have so you might say has an ax has an ax done all the things she promised she would do and you would say well she must have she must have she always keeps her promises she must have I tried to keep my promises I really do okay so must of we do pronounce that T and make sure that V is the bottom lip top teeth must of must've sounds like mustard it's slightly different okay so this is a very common one and I I don't think there's a problem with writing this down formally I think the general rule of thumb is if you're writing formal emails or if you're writing or CV I would avoid contractions in most cases you can write I've I'm aisle or it's instead of it is but in general I would avoid all other contractions just because it just it's nicer to have the full language the language is there to be used if you're taking the time to write then you don't need to shorten what you're writing so if you're not sure whether a contraction is formal or informal than just don't use contractions use the full sentence so needn't needn't is short for need not um I I might say to you my son this is my little bear family now my son Bernard has been playing out for three hours and I'm not sure where he is I'm worried I'm worried and you could say Anna you need not worry because Bernard is playing with my son who is a lot older and will keep him safe so you need not worry because he'll be safe and what you would say is rather than need not you'd say needn't and that you needn't worry Bernard will be absolutely fine you needn't worry okay needn't needn't so the tongue is tapping a lot need didn't need and needn't I like that word actually it feels good to say that word okay lots of you being very kind in the comments lots of lovely compliments coming through if you are enjoying this guy's then please do click that thumb button or give some love on Facebook that would be great okay so here's an interesting one one that's we use all the time and you do use written you wouldn't use this you wouldn't say this in full and it's the is the contraction o´clock o´clock so when we're talking about the time when we're talking about when when we're telling the time on the hour so one o'clock two o'clock three o'clock four o'clock five six seven eight nine ten o'clock eleven o'clock twelve o'clock we always say o'clock unless we're saying pm a.m. or in the evening in the morning but even then when we say in the evening or in the morning we would say probably it's two o'clock in the morning it's four o'clock in the evening another thing to notice take I hear a lot is you would never say p.m. and/or a.m. and o'clock together you either say p.m. a.m. or you say o'clock you don't say it's 4:00 p.m. o clock no you never use those together you use o clock or you use am/pm also you only use a clock when we're talking about on the hour we don't use it for anything past the hour so if it's five past 1:00 you don't say five past 1:00 o'clock nope if it's quarter past 1:00 you don't say quarter past one o clock nope half-past half past clock half past 1:00 o'clock no quarter two o clock no two o'clock yes so it's only on the hour do you use o clock and oh clock is short for of the clock of the clock but we never say this ever ever ever you wouldn't say it's five of the clock it's 10 of the clock if you said that people will look at you and say word in fact I would hazard a guess and say that maybe less than 1% of the english-speaking population know what o clock is actually a contraction of most of them won't know that o clock means of the clock they won't know that they won't be able to tell you that because we never use it so o clock just a clock and we write it as well as speak it ok the next one is oughtn't this is an awkward one ordinate quite a difficult one to pronounce even for me and this means ought not I ought not and it's usually followed with the word to I ought not to he ought not to it's kind of means like he shouldn't it means he should not he should I ought I ought to go I should go or I ought not go i oughtn't go but normally it's with two it's an awkward one it's an awkward word to work with but the pronunciation of oughtn't is or this hard foul big space inside the mouth or mmm i oughtn't oughtn't it's a very awkward word i don't use it very often because it's quite awkward to say and i don't hear it very often but I have definitely at times heard this word so good one to be aware of but don't don't worry too much about it it's not overly common shan't here's another one this one is relatively common it means shall not I shall not or if you are a fan of Lord of the Rings you remember Gandalf stat stood on that big bridge and was like you shall not pass now if Gandalf wasn't so well spoken and if he wasn't being so dramatic and he was just being relaxed he might say you shan't pass it doesn't have the same effect you shan't pass it doesn't work quite well does it but you shan't you shan't pass shan't we miss out the elves altogether shan't chant chant I shan't I shan't do it I shan't past because Gandalf told me I won't shouldn't can't you shan't pass okay to the next one very common it is she'd she'd short for she had or she would very very common she'd she'd go to the competition next week if you let her she would go to the competition next week if you let her she'd go she'd she'd just make sure that you get that nice e before you hit the D she'd she'd go if you let her all right next one again very common can be used formally or informally is she'll she'll very similar to he'll she will she shall she'll go to the competition whether you like it or not she will go to the competition whether you like it or not she'll go she'll go she'll and then we have also she's she's short for she has or she is so I could say hmm I don't have any more Teddy's to hand but I'll say this is Bernadette she's a bear she's a lady bear oh I'm a lady she is a lady bear she's a lady bear she's a bit okey-dokey so the next thing we have is should've should have you should have short for should have should've should've you have to make sure you get that D and then the strong V vibration with the bottom lip remember should've should've now should exactly the same as could could be spelled sh-shh you a should there's no L pronunciation there so it's a silent letter should you should have done it Anna you should have done the washing up I'm sorry I didn't do the washing up but I'm gonna do the washing up later I promise should've we also have shouldn't shouldn't which is should not shouldn't shouldn't you shouldn't shouldn't have done it you shouldn't have done that you shouldn't have done that and shouldn't it's the same thing Tom goes up on Dee should and then you release the dnt up there shouldn't the taunting stays up shouldn't shouldn't one one comment in facebook is Anna you shouldn't get married well I'm not planning to get married because I'm not engaged there's no engagement ring on my finger that means I have no promise to anyone to get married so you say I shouldn't get married I'm not gonna get married lots of contractions being thrown around here the opposite - no not the opposite but another one is should of should of you'll hear this a lot but this is bad grammar it's not correct but you'll hear native saying it all the time I should have I should of sorry I should have because it sounds like should've should've which is short for should have lots of people mistake it for should of should've I should have I should have I should have I should have and it's the same with would of and could of I could of I should of I would have but of Oh f is wrong so be aware of this it's something I used to be confused about as a native speaker when I was growing up I was like is it should have or should of I don't know and it's because I always heard should have and I couldn't work out if it should have or should of but now you know you know which is probably knowledge that most people don't have you know that should of would of and could of is wrong so kudos to you you know something that most people don't even a lot of natives should have then we have some bodies some bodies that means somebody is or somebody has no hi when I hear this word some bodies and that's the said at the end somebody's somebody's when I hear this it reminds me of a phrase that I hear often if somebody is making a bad smell so if somebody is trumping those of you who've been with me for a while seeing some of my lessons on YouTube will know that Trump yes like Donald Trump the word Trump in England means to fart oh I'm so sorry to thought the nicer term is Trump so I'll say someone's trumped somebody's trumped somebody has trumped somebody has trumped or somebody's trumping right now I can hear it are you jumping you're not trumping while somebody's trumping somebody's trumping one of you in the facebook chat has put somebody's is talking you don't need the extra is it's just somebody's talking now it's the point of contractions it brings lots of words together so that you don't have to say too many words somebody's trumping trumping like Donald Trump farting making a bad smell okay so the next one is that'll that'll that'll and it means that will or that she'll most commonly that will and it reminds me of the song I don't who sung this that'll be the day when you say goodbye that'll be the day when he makes me a cry she says she's gonna leave I know it's a lie because that'll be the day when I die why is that song does anybody else know that song that'll be the day that'll be the day now what you'll notice is the final T becomes like a D that'll that'll tongue out for the th the duel and the L is plosive that'll sorry lateral plosive so it comes out the side that'll that'll that'll be the day that'll be the day so that will be the day that will be the day but I don't know who sang that so if I don't gonna help me out on that that'd be great because it's just coming to my head okay so then next one is vada vada never write this down never write this down I I hear this sometimes but I would never see it written it will be odd to see it written and it means that are that are so I might say can you go and speak to those girls over there the girls that are giggling can you go speak to those girls over there the girls that are giggling and rather than saying the girls that are giggling I'd say the girls that are that uh I almost becomes like an AH doesn't it Dadda Dadda giggling Dada Dada giggling not again like that a giggling like a tongue twister Dada giggling okay ah Harrison said that song that I was just singing is buddy Holliday and the crickets whoo fabulous yes I like a bit of Buddy Holly great singer great singer okay so the next one a very common one is that's that's and that means that has or that is give me a sentence what can I say that includes that's that's that's exactly what I expect from you so if you arrive at my class you give the video a thumb up you watch the whole class you interact politely with other members of the of the audience and you share with your friends I'll be I'll be like that's amazing that is amazing that's amazing that's exactly what I expect from you that's notice again th's always put your tongue between your teeth that's that's no it doesn't have to be that that's so the final T becomes more like a that's that's it's almost emitted actually we lose it let's lose that final T throw it away that's that's that's amazing darling okay guys anyone new here anyone new in the YouTuber room there's only 177 of you a long way away from 300 which is a shame but after 177 is anyone here not a subscriber if you're not a subscriber then I I implore you I beg you please please please it is free but please do press that subscribe button it will help me no end and as it's Sunday I'm giving up my Sunday it's a beautiful day outside and I'm stuck in here in a stuffy room with you then I ask in return please just press that subscribe button that would be amazing alright so the next one we're going to look at is that'd that'd so we've got that would or that had that'd that'd that would so I've just asked you if you could make sure you've subscribed and I said that would be amazing what I could have said is that'd be that'd be amazing meaning that would be amazing that'd be amazing if you just press that subscribe button that'd be amazing that'd make me happy I wouldn't write this down in a formal letter but I might here all the time that'd be amazing okay by the way if you're on Facebook and you've not yet discovered the YouTube channel then you're missing out because there's hundreds of lessons that could help you on the YouTube channel so do come and find me and join me on YouTube English like a native the links in the description of the video ok so the next one another th is there there there it's short for there had or there would there had or there would there so for example I might say if I was going to invite you to a funfair to a funfair where there's rides and games and fun fun fun and candyfloss I could say if you come along there'd be lots of things for you to do if you come along to the fun fair there'd be lots of things to do there'd be there would be there'd be lots there'd be lots tomorrow in Pakistan is Independence Day and I'm sure there'd be lots of celebrations going on there would be lots of celebrations going on there'd be lots of celebrations going on so happy Independence Day tomorrow if you are living in Pakistan or if you are from Pakistan and you're going to be celebrating tomorrow whoop whoop party time ok so the next one is there are this one is quite common there are and we shorten this to there there're there're how do you do this in the sentence there are lots there there it sounds more like that it's hard to take it singularly but in a sentence it sounds like there're there there're so I could say for the Independence Day celebrations there are lots there are lots there are lots of parties dances events going on there are lots there are there there it to me almost sounds the same as there are you're just taking and you're just making it quicker there are there are lots of things going on there are lots of celebrations all over the world okay um yes for those of you candy floss is some people call it cotton candy I think in America they call it cotton candy but we call it candy floss so you got cotton candy and candy floss cotton candy candy floss so funny what different people call them call different things I love language it's so interesting okay so the next one is there's there's very easy its it means there has or there is so if there's been a terrible incident maybe a car accident I might say to you hey don't drive down this road there's been an accident there's there's been an accident don't drive down there there's been an accident and then we have these are visa this is a contraction I never see this written down never use this in written English but this means these are these are so if you came to stay at my house as my guest I would always make sure you had some fresh clean towels so that you could have a nice wash in the morning and use some fresh clean towels to dry yourself after your shower or your bath and I would pass you the towels and say these are your towels if you need anything let me know but these are these your towels these are your towels okay visa visa that s is is that as well visa okay let's see how many more do we have quite a few oh we have two pages still to go there's so many contractions goodness me okay so the next one without further ado is they'd they'd they'd thought they had or they would they'd they'd love to come with you on your holiday or they love to go with you sorry on your holiday they'd love to go with you they would they'd they'd love to go with you and the next one is veil veil veil so if you ask for my bears you can say where are your bears Anna and I'll say they will be here later they'll be here later they all veil they'll be here later so tune in so the next one is there which is short for they are and this is one of those and words that is a homophone a homophone if you don't know what humma phones are then you need to catch up on the lesson that I taught two days ago maybe yesterday I can't remember but I taught a lesson all about homophones which aren't words that sound the same as other words but have different meanings and different spellings and they're over there there is belonging to them the pronoun and they are the contraction they're there they're sat there the Bears they are sat there they're sat there the next one is wave wave wave they have wave so I might say to you Anna if you are Anna I'm going to say Anna you need to go live they've been waiting for 10 minutes you need to go live they've been waiting for you they have they've been waiting for you alright the next one is this is this is this is it's difficult once say on its own you'd never write this never never never never never write this and it's this is all this has so I might say this is my son this is this is my son although to be honest it's so easy just say this is this is my son it would be silly for me to say this is son this is my son so yeah it's not I don't commonly really hear it if you ever see it written though it means this is but don't don't use it it's my advice those are those this is short for those are those are those are my bears those are my bears those are my bears those those are those are my bears okay where rattling through these now these are two words that you potentially would see mostly in Old English like poetry and the first one is tis tis you I know this is particularly common in Christmastime in here in the UK we celebrate Christmas most of us celebrate Christmas and it means it is it means it is because you'll hear tis the season to be jolly fa-la-la-la-la Lala tis it is tis don't write this though it's very old-fashioned this it seems odd these days to write that down and the other one is twas to was it means it was it was and again you'd see this in Old English or in poetry or in in old Nursery Rhymes or old songs twas twas the night before Christmas I don't know the rest of that sentence so you got tis and twas it is and it was the next one is wasn't very common both formal and informal wasn't was not I was not there last night I wasn't there last night completely acceptable in any circumstance I wasn't there I can't tell you what happened because I wasn't there wasn't and that s is a Zed wasn't wasn't and the next one is we'd we'd make sure that E is long this is short for we had or we would we'd we'd so I might say to you look it's getting late we had better go it would be wise for us to leave we had better go it's getting late we'd better go we'd we'd better we'd better go oh and then the next one is we dove wow this is an interesting contraction this contracts three words we would have we dove we would have we'd have gone we would have gone we would have gone ten minutes ago if if it wasn't raining we would have gone ten minutes ago if it wasn't raining but because it rained we didn't go ten minutes ago we would have is what we'd say we would have gone 10 minutes ago but it was raining we would have gone we would have would've would've would've never never write this never write this down but it's commonly said would've I would have called but my phone died that's what I have to say quite often my phone dies all the time so the next one very common is real real real short for we will we'll be with you again tomorrow me and the Bears will be with you again tomorrow and then the next one is we're we're we're meaning we are we are here together learning English we're we're we are here together learning English and then we have we've we've short for we have we've been here learning English for and our congratulations we've been here learning English for an hour we've we've and then we've got weren't weren't again very common and these are fine to use in both formal and informal circumstances we were not we were not weren't weren't notice how I'm pronouncing this one because this is commonly mispronounced were one weren't weren't we were not there we weren't there we weren't there okay the next contraction is wattle wattle wattle it means what will or what shall wattle what will you do what will you do when you finish University I would say what will you do when you finish University what will you do when you finish school wattle wattle what will you do to improve your English will you subscribe to my youtube channel you definitely should I hope you're gonna the next one is what are water water so almost sounds like water doesn't it water water water you doing what are you doing so if I was to speak fast even if I'm speaking formally actually I might say what are you doing what are you doing what are you planning to do when you leave University water water what are and the next one is what's commonly used meaning what is what has or what does most commonly though for what is so I might say what's that over there what's that on your face I have something on my face oh that's my nose what's that many of you because you're learning English might say oh what's that if you're not sure how to pronounce something you might say what's that what is that what's what's okay now we have what of what of what of meaning what have what of what have you done what have you done I've walked into the front room the front room is a mess and I'll go what have you done I it was clean when I left what have you what of and then the next one is when's when's I hope you're making note of when these s's are sounded like Zed's when's when's means when is or when has so I might say when is when is your friend Jew to be Jew means to be expected or what time is your friend expected when's your friend you to arrive when's your friend due to arrive when's your when's your friend when's your friend rather when is your friend when's your friend where's your friend due to arrive and then we have word word as in where did word again look at this pronunciation because this is mispronounced a lot where word word word word where'd you go where did you go where'd you go where'd where where'd you go on holiday I might say ah you went on holiday where'd you go on holiday where did you go and then we have where where where where this is the contraction for where our I would never ever ever write this down it's weird I wouldn't write this down but you might say it where are so it'd be where er where where er becomes like a schwa where are you going where where are you going where are you going and then we got where's another said sound where's where's is short for where has where is and where does where's where is your friend I might say where's your friend where's your where's your friend I thought you had your friend with you where's your friend okay we're getting to the bottom of these long notes guys just so you know if if you have sent a super chat which I think today is just Julia you are entitled to these notes of course that's what I do to say thank you so if you would if you have dr. Seuss chat and so Julia just send me a message to remind me and I will send you the notes to say thank you for your contribution and if you're still here I'm not sure if you are okay so let's carry on get to the end of these we've got where of where of where have so where have you been where have you been Wareham where of you been where of and we actually sound the are in this one the letter R we go we go where where of where of you been where have you been where have you been tough one where of you being the next word is witches witches this is shortfall which is or sometimes which has so I might say which which is which is the right one maybe if I'm picking up your handbag you're like could you pass in my handbag and I'd say which which is the right one I'm not sure which one's the right one which is which is which is the right one which is the right one rather than which is the right one again they sound very similar they sound very similar but you know never write this down which is strange food food food is short for who would who had or who did food who'd so I might say to you who would like another live lesson next week who'd like who'd like who'd like another live lesson next week who'd who'd like tell me who'd like alright the next one is who'd of here's another one it contracts three words who dove who dove who would have who would have who dove who would have and I often think of this particular one with the phrase who would have four who would have thought means who would have no one would believe it so if something happens that's unbelievable then you might say who would have thought who would have thought who would have imagined it it just means it's unbelievable who'd have thought who'd have thought who dove who dove who'd have thought who'd have thought it unbelievable who'd have thought okay then we have Huell Huell who will so this contraction for who will or who shall in some cases so I might say who will help me to carry my books who'll who will who will I almost do it w who will who were who will who will who will help me who will help me with my books will you help me ah you'll help me all there's another contraction we're coming onto that very shortly then we have who were who and this is short for who are so I might be saying I don't know you who are you but instead of saying who are you I would say who are you who were who are you who are you hey who are you I don't know I don't know who I am the next one is whose whose who has who is or who does whose whose so I might say who is attending my lesson tomorrow and is there saying who is attending I'd say who's attending who's attending who is attending my lesson tomorrow who's attending my lessons all next week who's subscribed who is subscribed who's subscribed so we used that often and the S is like as ed whose just make sure that the W is silent but we make it breathy who's who's all right we're nearly there guys were on the last page yes we are whoo-hoo okay so the next one is who've who've and this means who have who have so I might say you are on the phone for a very long time who have you been speaking to you are on the phone for a very long time who've you been speaking to who have you been speaking to who have you been speaking to all this time well the next one is wide wide this is a homophone actually because it sounds like to be wide WI de but what it actually is is a contraction of why did why did wide wide but it sounds exactly the same as the word to be wide or something is wide wide so this one is spelt wh-why apostrophe D why did you do that why'd you do that why'd you do that why'd you do that why'd you do that I'm gonna lose Facebook again oh there we go I caught you I caught you before you fell I got your Facebook don't worry all right the next one and we're going very close to the end now is wire wire another homophone this one sounds like a wire like like this is a wire let me show you tube wire this is a wire spelt differently sounds the same but in this case we're saying why are why are you doing this why are you still doing a lesson after one hour and 14 minutes a wire because there's lots of contractions that's why wire wire wire and then the next one is wise why's another homophone because this sounds very much like to be wise which is spelt wi s ii which means to be clever to be knowledgeable to be yes old and experienced and wise wise but in this case this is the contraction for why has why it is or why does wise so i might say why is why is the sky blue why is the sky blue and in so saying why is the sky blue i'd say why is the sky blue why is the sky blue why is the sky blue because it was painted blue okay the next one is the word won't won't I get asked regularly for the pronunciation of this so pay attention to this one whoa like wo w-whoa and then NT won't won't won't won't i will not is what it means i won't do it i won't get to 300 viewers before the end of this lesson i will not get to 300 viewers before the end of this lesson i won't i won't do it it won't happen it will not happen okay the next one is would've would have it's short for and we say would've would've and notice that it becomes like a schwa would would would've would've it's very lazy would've would've I would've maybe had 300 people watching if I didn't have computer problems if my stream didn't break I would have I would have okay and the next one is wouldn't very common wouldn't it means would not I would not I would not go I would not go I would not go to my brother's house last week because I didn't want to I wouldn't go I wouldn't go to my brother's house last week because I didn't want to I wouldn't go I wouldn't go okay and then we have the last five we've gotten through the whole list gotten gotten what a word gotten we have made it through the whole list so the fifth to the end word is y'all y'all now this is mostly American it's quite colloquial but I do occasionally hear it here in the UK y'all it means you all I'll give it to y'all I'd give it to y'all later I give it to y'all later you probably would hear it from people with regional accents you definitely hear it from Americans y'all y'all you all yeah all y'all and then we have you'd you'd it means you had or you would you um I might say you had you had you'd you had better go home you had better go home you had better go home you're going to be in trouble if you stay here any later you'd better go home you'd better go home because you'll be in trouble if you stay any longer you'd and then we have number three from the end is your you'll you will or you shall you'll you're so I might say you will learn a lot if you watch my videos on YouTube you'll learn a lot if you watch my videos on YouTube you'll learn you'll learn you'll learn and that el carries over into the word learn you'll learn you'll learn okay so the next one is your your short for you are your another homophone because we have a different version of the word your sounds the same so I might say you are if you bang your head and you have blood on your face I might say you are bleeding you are bleeding but instead of saying you are because that feels weird I'd say you're bleeding oh you're bleeding you are bleeding you're bleeding are you okay you're bleeding you need a plaster and the very last word the very last word is you've you've short for you have you have you've so I might say you have been a fantastic audience so patient and so kind you've you've been a fantastic audience you've been fantastic you've been amazing thank you so much for joining me and there we have it ladies and gentlemen that is our complete list of contractions that you are likely to encounter within the English language specifically in the British English language and that is how to pronounce them and what they actually mean I do hope that you have found this lesson helpful if you have then make sure before you leave that you show some love whether it be a thumb or 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he's studying physics at University let's meet at the bus stop look that's the Picasso on the wall and the course starts in May oh gosh lots of comments just jumping up now it's my first time with you says um Hanning ttan and I've liked your lesson already thank you hanging to make sure you also subscribe so you don't miss out on future lessons that'd be great and I'm really glad that you found us Mehmet has said advanced grammar please you know how I feel about grammar or if you've been with me for any particular amount of time you'll know I find grammar quite dull and most natives don't know grammar rules but my lessons tend to focus on topics and so as I'm speaking you'll be hearing advanced grammar and very native way of speaking so the best thing is to suggest suggest a subject or a topic that you would like me to talk around and deliver a lesson on that's the best bet for you to get what you want okay so many comes through I don't know where I was I'm now lost my place okay going to scroll to the bottom okay so I'm how do you pronounce the word often this can be pronounced in two ways and both a perfectly acceptable we have often no tea or often with a tea often or often both are fine how how do we say the word months so if we have five five months we put the tongue between the teeth v per month and then an S months it's a tough one even natives struggle with it months months okay some of you have to go thank you for joining me and I wonder if an s-sound before a whi sound assimilates - for mush like in the phrase bless you bless you yes in that case it does say you do say bless you and it sounds like a sure bless you Michael says I'm watching your videos while doing my workout I enjoy it a lot great well I hope that you're building up those muscles have you seen the video I did about Fitness vocabulary you might find that helpful if you're a fitness person what do we have Oh Devon thank you so much bless you Devon has just dropped a $2 super chat and says I listen because you have a lovely voice thank you that's very kind it's very very kind I think that you forgot wanna for want to want wanna mmm okay so it's not it's not strictly a contraction it's not strictly a contraction it's more slang so one a gunner spoke with an a is it their slang their slang words but yes you're right so one a gunner but it's slang okay mmm I wish you all the luck with your channel thank you so much what is rampant to be rampant I don't know how to explain that to you but it's kind of like to be to be desperate in a certain way if you look it up in the dictionary you'll get a clearer idea but it's like to be desperate to be rampant to be I don't know how can someone look it up in the dictionary for me and give an exact and exact an exact definition of the word rampant hi and a please some explanation for it's for what I know it is the contraction of it is yes it is that's right but many use it for possessive pronoun can you help me you never put an apostrophe before the s in its when it's possessive possessive its has no apostrophe okay so it's with a apostrophe IT apostrophe s is it is that's a contraction if I say it's mine it belongs to me then I just do i TS it's mine there's no apostrophe okay I hope that helps Anna I've heard some people in England say if I was you do need to speak that way yes they do if I was you it's not correct it should be if I were you but many natives make mistakes many natives make grammatical mistakes and depending on their background or their education level and even some very well-educated natives will still make grammatical errors because it depends on what they've heard growing up and depends on their understanding like I said we don't really learn grammar rules we just kind of have a get a feel for it but if I were you is what should be said and but lots of people do say if I was you if I was you I probably said it occasionally Anna when can we say thingamajig or think finger me a thing me a thingamajig is what we normally say a thingamajig is a fun word it's a nonsense word it's slang and it means a thing a thing when you can't think of the word for what it is like let's say I can't remember the word for pen if I can't remember the word for the pen I'd say can you pass me the thingamajig you know the thingamajig so it's it's just it's just a fun word that we use when we can't remember the name of the noun that that wait or anything of for example we use it for the for a person so a proper noun so you might say oh that girl thingamajig um that girl she was really nice thingamajig said to me she I hope what she called you know thingamajig so sometimes we use thingamajig for people as well as for things how do you pronounce the word casual interesting one casual casual casual how to pronounce these words so they're taken here which words is for core oh hang on I'm confused okay okay so core we pronounce core and call so the core the middle the body the main bits the core core like core strength or the core of the problem core or an apple core it's just this vowel or and call has an L call call alright okay how do you pronounce singing singing back of the tongue hi singing I'm singing singing alright ladies and gentlemen I'm so sorry but I've been here for an hour and a half it is Sunday it is sunny outside so I'm going to go and enjoy my Sunday evening I hope that you've found my time and this lesson useful I really do I do my very best to provide as much for you as I can but now I need to go and enjoy a little bit of time to myself thank you so much for taking the time out to spend it with me and like I said I hope it was of use to you if you did find it helpful then it would mean an awful lot to me if you can make sure that my efforts are spread around and that most the most amount of people get the most out of it so let's get these lessons shared and if you haven't already subscribed please do and if you haven't already give us some love then please do that too I 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Published: Sun Aug 13 2017