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PRACTICE
Common Phrases: The sounds in the phrases below often change in casual speech. You should avoid this kind of speech when you are speaking in formal situations (like at work), but you can use these phrases when you are talking with friends, when you are texts, or when writing messages on social networking sites.
Going to → Gonna I am going to → I’mana Want to → Wanna Have to → Hafta Got to → Gotta Ought to → Oughtta Kind of → Kinda Could have → Coulda Would have → Woulda Should have → Shoulda Might have → Mighta Donít know → Dunno What are you → Whatcha Give me → Gimme Let me → Lemme |
We’re gonna pick up the dry cleaning. I’mana talk to him. I wanna go to lunch. I hafta get a new computer. I’ve gotta call him. He oughtta talk to her. I kinda like it. I coulda gotten the discount if I had asked. She woulda wanted me to do it. I shoulda stayed on my diet. I mighta known. I dunno why she left her job. Whatcha doing this weekend? Gimme another chance. Lemme try it again. |
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