Talk a Lot Focus on Connected Speech List of Common Contractions in English Positive and Negative Contracted (Short) Verb Forms in English – With Pronunciations Contractions are usually pronoun + auxiliary verb They are shortened in spoken English because they are usually unstressed function words Other common contractions include: “there is” Î “there’s”, negative modal contractions, e.g “cannot” Î “can’t”, question contractions, e.g “what is?” Î “what’s?”, and names, e.g “Rob is” Î “Rob’s”, etc “I” – positive “I” – negative Full Form Contraction Pronunciation Full Form Contraction Pronunciation I am I have I had I will I would I’m I’ve I’d I’ll I’d L~fãL L~fîL=== L~fÇL=== L~fäL==== L~fÇL==== I am not I have not I had not I will not I would not I’m not I haven’t I hadn’t I won’t I wouldn’t L~fã=åflíL L~f=DÜôîKåíL= L~f=DÜôÇKåíL=== L~f=ï]råíL===== L~f=DïrÇKåíL=== “you” – positive (both singular and plural) “you” – negative (both singular and plural) Full Form Contraction Pronunciation Full Form Contraction Pronunciation you are you have you had you will you would you’re you’ve you’d you’ll you’d Làr]L LàìWîL=== LàìWÇL==== LàìWäL==== LàìWÇL==== you are not you have not you had not you will not you would not you aren’t you haven’t you hadn’t you won’t you wouldn’t LàìWDï^WåíL LàìW=DÜôîKåí=L=== L=àìW=DÜôÇKåí=L=== LàìW=ï]råíL==== LàìW=DïrÇKåíL=== = “he” and “she” – positive (“it” follows the same pattern) “he” and “she” – neg (“it” follows the same pattern) Full Form Contraction Pronunciation Full Form Contraction he is / she is he has / she has he had / she had he will / she will he / she would he’s / she’s he’s / she’s he’d / she’d he’ll / she’ll he’d / she’d LÜáWòL / LpáWòL LÜáWòL / LpáWòL=== LÜáWÇL / LpáWÇL= LÜáWäL / LpáWäL= LÜáWÇL / LpáWÇL= he / she is not he / she has not he / she had not he / she will not he would not he / she isn’t e.g LÜáWDàfòKåíL he / she hasn’t LpáW=DÜôòKåíL= he / she hadn’t LÜáW=DÜôÇKåíL= he / she won’t LpáW=ï]råíL==== he / she wouldn’t LÜáW=DïrÇKåíL “we” – positive Pronunciation “we” – negative Full Form Contraction Pronunciation Full Form Contraction Pronunciation we are we have we had we will we would we’re we’ve we’d we’ll we’d Lïf]L LïáWîL = LïáWÇL = LïáWäL = LïáWÇL = we are not we have not we had not we will not we would not we aren’t we haven’t we hadn’t we won’t we wouldn’t LïáWDà^WåíL LïáW=DÜôîKåí=L= LïáW=DÜôÇKåíL= LïáW=ï]råíL= LïáW=DïrÇKåíL= “they” – positive “they” – negative Full Form Contraction Pronunciation Full Form Contraction Pronunciation they are they have they had they will they would they’re they’ve they’d they’ll they’d LaÉ]L LaÉfîL = LaÉfÇL = LaÉfäL = LaÉfÇL = they are not they have not they had not they will not they would not they aren’t they haven’t they hadn’t they won’t they wouldn’t LaÉáDà^WåíL= LaÉf=DÜôîKåí=L= LaÉf=DÜôÇKåíL= LaÉf=ï]råíL= LaÉf=DïrÇKåíL= For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary English Banana.com 12.28