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PRACTICEWhen we speak, we often use contractions like can’t or I’ve. We pronounce contractions just like they are spelled, not like the original words. Practice pronouncing these contractions.
| is = ’s he’s she’s it’s there’s that’s where’s |
has = ’s he’s she’s it’s there’s that’s where’s |
had = ’d I’d we’d you’d he’d she’d they’d |
have = ’ve I’ve we’ve you’ve they’ve |
are = ’re we’re they’re you’re |
| not = n’t | ||||||
| isn’t won’t |
doesn’t wasn’t |
can’t couldn’t |
don’t weren’t |
aren’t shouldn’t |
didn’t mustn’t |
wouldn’t mightn’t |
| will = ’ll I’ll we’ll you’ll he’ll she’ll they’ll |
would =’d I’d we’d you’d he’d she’d they’d |
Also: I am → I’m Let us → Let’s |
| The following contractions often sound like other words. | ||
| Original Words | Contractions | Sounds Like (The italicized words are not real words.) |
| I will You will He will We will She will You are They are We are He would/he had We would/had We have Why will How will Who is/has How is/has Where is/has Where are Why are Why would/had Why is/has |
Iíll you'll he'll we'll she'll you're they're we're he'd we'd we've why'll how'll who's how's where's where're why're why'd why's |
aisle / all Yule / yul heel / hill wheel / will shiel / shill your / yer there weir / were heed weed weave while howl whose house (As a verb, it sounds like howz.) wears wearer wire wide wise |
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