ESLTeam.com - This is list of the top 20 slang contractions, sometimes called informal contractions in English. Knowing these top 20 contractions will improve your listening and your speaking.
Slang is something most ESL teachers do not teach students. However, this language is used in real world conversation everyday. It is important that we can listen to slang, so that we do not get lost when listening to English.
We use this slang in every kind of conversation, from formal to informal, in movies, on Facebook and with smart phone chats.
These top 20 American & English slang words (contractions list) will make your English much more natural sounding.
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Transcripts:
Lesson Introduction:
Hello I am Luke and I am here today to
help you with your English pronunciation
and you're listening skills. In school we
learn a lot of English, but in the real
world we need to understand slang,and
there are lots of slang words in
Slang Contractions in English:
English. Some of the most common slang
words that we hear are slang contractions.
Slang Contractions or used in conversation,
movies, television, film, music. We even
write slang contractions on Facebook. We
use the slang contractions when we're chatting
on our smartphones. We hear these even in formal
situations, we hear slang contractions.
Why Learn Informal (Slang) Contractions:
So if you have listening problems or if you want
to speak more natural English, this lesson is for you.
Let's talk about these 20 common slang contractions.
30 Slang Contractions:
Number 1
'Ya' it means you or your. You have good
English. YA have good English. Your pronunciation is
very natural. YA pronunciation is very natural.
Number 2
D'YOU - D'YOU, we pronounce it with one
syllable. Not 'do you' D"YOU - D"YOU.
Do you like English? D"YOU like English?Do you study every day?
D"YOU you study every day? D'YOU?
Number three D'YA - D'YA.
Do you like English? D'YA you like English? Do you play baseball?
D'YA play baseball?
Moving on to number four.
AINT - AINT is southern English....