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\nEnglish contractions are important for listening, as well as for your fluency in spoken English. Learn about English contractions and how to pronounce them.Do you use contractions like 'isn’t', 'I’m' or 'he’d'? Many English learners...\nEnglish contractions are important for listening, as well as for your fluency in spoken English. Learn about English contractions and how to pronounce them.

Do you use contractions like 'isn’t', 'I’m' or 'he’d'? Many English learners don’t. But, using contractions can really help to improve your English fluency.

First, it will help your English listening, because contractions can be difficult to hear if you don’t use them yourself.

Secondly, your English speaking will sound more fluent and natural if you use contractions. You can learn more about how to pronounce English contractions in this lesson.

Points covered in this English pronunciation lesson:

- How to form contractions in English.
- How to pronounce English contractions correctly.
- How to form positive and negative English contractions.
- When to use (and not to use) contractions.
- Unwritten English contractions: contractions which are used in spoken English but not in written English.

Contents:
1. How to Make Positive Contractions 0:46
2. How to Pronounce Contractions 4:13
3. How to Make Negative Contractions 7:41
4. How to Use Contractions 11:05
5. Unwritten Contractions 13:48\n
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pronunciation, contractions, time, sound
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