contractions

In English, we like contract words. This usually takes place between (pro)nouns and auxiliary verbs (including the verb be). And also between auxiliary verb and not.  Below, there are two tables of basic contractions. Listen to the recording further below to hear how they are pronounced.

	be	be not
I	I'm	I'm not
you	you're	you're not	you aren't
he	he's	he's not	he isn't
she	she's	she's not	she isn't
it	it's	it's not	it isn't
we	we're	we're not	we aren't
they	they're	they're not	they aren't

	have got	have not got	do not
I	I've got	I haven't got	I don't
you	you've got	you haven't got	you don't
he	he's got	he hasn't got	he doesn't
she	she's got	she hasn't got	she doesn't
it	it's got	it hasn't got	it doesn't
we	we've got	we haven't got	we don't
they	they've got	they haven't got	they don't

Here are some other common contractions:

pronouns + would / had = I’d, you’d, he’d, she’d, it’d, we’d, they’d

would / had + not = wouldn’t / hadn’t

pronouns + will = I’ll, you’ll, he’ll, she’ll, it’ll, we’ll, they’ll

will + not = won’t

The great thing about these contractions is that they don’t change with the person!