How to Say English Contractions – The EASY Way!

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Do you want to sound more natural in English? Join me and learn an easy, clear way to pronounce the most common English contractions. These include: I’m, you’re, we’ll, she’ll, they’d, he’d, and many more. We’ll practice saying them in positive and negative sentences and different tenses. And very importantly, you’ll learn when to use contractions and when not to use them. Yes, you can improve your English today! https://www.engvid.com/how-to-say-english-contractions-the-easy-way Fix your English mistakes with my course: https://10.bexenglish.com More of my pronunciation lessons: 12 commonly confused word pairs https://youtu.be/b6fIwOwVrkE How to say the days of the week correctly https://youtu.be/xo7J0O3ezrk In this lesson: 0:00 How to say contractions correctly in English 1:12 Contractions of "to be" in present tense 3:30 Contractions of "to be" in future tense 5:13 Contractions with "would" 6:09 Contractions with "have" (present perfect) 7:28 When to be careful with contractions TRANSCRIPT: Hi. I'm Rebecca from www.engvid.com. In this lesson, you're going to learn how to pronounce contractions. Now, what are contractions? Contractions are when we combine words into one word. For example, instead of saying "I am Rebecca", I said at the beginning of this lesson, "Hi. I'm Rebecca." Right? So, instead of "I am", I said "I'm". So, "I'm" is a contraction. Now, you hear these contractions all the time. Native speakers use them a lot, and they are basically used in everyday conversation. They're used in informal conversations. Okay? So, you will hear them a lot. I'm going to teach you in this lesson how to say them, and also, as a bonus, I'm going to tell you when not to use them. Okay? Especially when you're learning English, and when your English accent may not be exactly perfect yet. Alright? So, let's get started. There are many to do. I've got some of them on the board. I'm going to say them, and you'll repeat them after me. Okay? So, here we go. The first one is with the verb "to be". Instead of "I am", we would say "I'm". So, as I explained before, we can use this one in many ways. Okay? We could say "I'm Rebecca", "I'm Canadian", "I'm a teacher", and so on. And if you want to learn the grammar of contractions, then you need to check a grammar lesson, because this one is a pronunciation lesson. Alright? So, let's focus on that. So, repeat after me. I'm working. You're working. We're working. They're working. He's working. She's working. It's working. Okay? Now, the reason I gave it to you with something else after that is because normally you won't go around saying "I'm" or just "We're". Okay? But just so that you can hear it, I'm going to say it for you once just without anything else. Okay? So, repeat after me. I'm, you're, we're, they're, he's, she's, it's. Okay? Got those? Now, you might think you've got them, but it's probably a very good idea with all of these contractions to do it with me and then go back, listen again, practice them again as many times as you need to until you're saying all of it. Okay? You might think you're saying the ending, but you might not be saying the ending. So, what would be a good idea is to record yourself. Okay? Maybe record me and then record yourself saying them, and then go back and listen. You might think you're saying the ending, and you might not be saying the ending, and then it can actually change the meaning of what you're trying to say, and you don't want that to happen. Okay? So, make sure, really, please, record yourself. That's the best way to know. Okay? Now, let's go on. So, this one, "I'll", okay, is short for what? It's the future of the verb "to be". "I will", okay? Or of whatever. When we say "I will", instead of "I will", we say "I'll". Okay? So, repeat after me. There's an "l" sound there. First, I'm just going to say them. Okay? But you know what? Let's just say the sentence. Okay? Let's say the sentence because that will be more realistic. "I'll be there." Okay? For example, "I'll be there on time." Okay? Don't worry, I'll be there on time. All right? "I'll be there." "You'll be there." "We'll be there." "They'll be there." "He'll be there." "She'll be there." And "It'll be there." What do we mean by "it'll"? It will like anything, right? The equipment, the computer, whatever. Okay? "It'll be there." Now, if that's hard, or if any of these are really hard for you to say, don't say them. You don't have to. Okay? It will sound a little bit more natural when you do, but if it doesn't sound natural and if it's really weird and hard for you to pronounce these words or any of these contractions, you don't have to. […]