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These videos go over the many contractions we use regularly in American English. Some are instructional videos, where you'll learn how to pronounce them, and some show them in use in real conversational English.

English Conversation – Learn American English with ALLIGATORS!

Study English conversation as it really happens in this video where I take the camera out to a nature reserve in Florida.  You'll study reductions, and get to see some alligators in their natural habitat. YouTube blocked? Click here to see the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractions, Conversation and Speech Studies, Videos, Words that Reduce Tagged With: CAN Reduction, DO and DOES Reductions, N'T Contractions, TO Reduction, WILL Contractions, Words that Begin with H Reductions, YOU Reduction

The I’M GONNA Reduction

By request, this video goes over the I'm gonna reduction.  Have you ever noticed that Americans will reduce reductions?  I'm gonna can be reduced several different ways, each with a simplified pronunciation.  Learn the different ways to reduce this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractions, Videos, Words that Reduce Tagged With: Gonna, TO BE Contractions

ERICA HILL — Interview a Broadcaster!

Study conversational English in this interview with NBC Broadcaster Erica Hill. See how even professionals use reductions and contractions all the time, and learn some new vocabulary.  Look out -- Ms. Hill talks very fast! YouTube blocked? Click … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractions, Conversation and Speech Studies, Videos Tagged With: CAN Reduction, Interview a Broadcaster, TO BE Contractions, WILL Contractions, YOUR Reduction

TO BE Contractions

I’m, you’re, they’re, and so on are the TO BE contractions.  In this real life English conversation study, you’ll notice lots of TO BE contractions are use. Bonus!  Hear the idiom ‘my dogs are barking’ in real conversational English. YouTube … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractions, Conversation and Speech Studies, Most Popular, Videos Tagged With: Idioms, Most Popular, Real Life English, TO BE Contractions

TSUP!? – it’s, what’s, that’s as TS

You can reduce IT’S, THAT’S, WHAT’S, and LET’s to just the [ts] sound.  Study this reduction in several sentences. YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35syim12-gc Video Text: In a recent video, I said, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractions, Videos, Words that Reduce Tagged With: TS Cluster

How to Pronounce Can vs. Can’t

If we don’t pronounce a clear T in “can’t”, how can one tell the difference between it and “can”?  Though it’s subtle, there is still a difference in the pronunciation of these two words. YouTube blocked? Click here to see the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractions, Most Popular, Videos, Words that Reduce Tagged With: CAN Reduction, Comparison, Most Popular, N'T Contractions

How to Pronounce N’T Contractions

N’T contractions—didn’t, don’t, won’t—appear all the time in conversational English.  Learn how to say these contractions smoothly and sound American. YouTube blocked? Click here to see the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractions, Videos Tagged With: N'T Contractions

How to Pronounce Contractions

This video goes over how to pronounce A BUNCH of the contractions we use every day in conversational English. YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzhjD-XrYjg Video Text: I've had some requests to go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractions, Most Popular, Videos Tagged With: DID Contractions, Most Popular, Should-Would-Could, TO BE Contractions, WILL Contractions

How to Pronounce We’ll Contraction

There are several ways you can pronounce this contraction, to make the sound more relaxed. YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTfPWknbm7A Video Text: A quick study in the pronunciation of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractions, Videos Tagged With: WILL Contractions

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