English Pronunciation

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For example:

  • What are you going to do?
  • Whatcha going to do?
  • Whatcha gonna do?

or

  • Do you want a beer?
  • Do you wanna beer?
  • D’you wanna beer?
  • D’ya wanna beer?
  • Ya wanna beer?
  • Wanna beer?

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1. Ain’t = Am not/are not/is not

E.g. She ain’t hungry.

2. Ain’t = Has not/have not

E.g. He ain’t done it yet.

3. Wanna = Want to

E.g. I wanna go home.

4. Wanna = Want a

E.g. I wanna coffee.

5. Whatcha = What have you

E.g. Whatcha got there?

6. Kinda = Kind of

E.g. Anna’s kinda cute.

7. Sorta = Sort of

E.g. She’s sorta tired.

8. Outta = Out of

E.g. I’m outta money.

9. Alotta = A lot of

E.g. I eat alotta chocolate.

10. Lotsa = Lots of

E.g. He has lotsa money.

11. Mucha = Much of

E.g. It’s not mucha a surprise, is it?

12. Cuppa = Cup of

E.g. Would you like a cuppa tea?

13. Dunno = Don’t know

E.g. I dunno.

14. Lemme = Let me

E.g. Lemme see!

15. Gimme = Give me

E.g. Gimme the book!

16. Tell’em = Tell them

E.g. We should tell’em the truth.

17. Cos = Because

E.g. I cry cos I’m in pain.

18. Innit? = Isn’t it?

E.g. It’s blue, innit?

19. I’mma = I’m going to

E.g. I’mma talk to my mother.

20. Gonna = Going to

E.g. I’m gonna tell you the truth.

21. Needa = Need to

E.g. You needa know about Jame.

22. Oughta = Ought to

E.g. You oughta phone your brother.

23. Hafta = Have to

E.g. We hafta go.

24. Hasta = Has to

E.g. John hasta work today.

25. Usta = Used to

E.g. She usta live in France.

26. Supposta = Supposed to

E.g. I’m supposta start a new job on Monday.

27. Cmon = Come on

E.g. Cmon, let’s do it together!

28. Ya = You/ you are

E.g. I miss ya.

29. Gotta = (have) got a

E.g. Have you gotta phone?

30. Shoulda = Should have

E.g. She shoulda called yesterday.

31. Shouldna = Shouldn’t have

E.g. I’m sorry, I shouldna told you that.

32. Wouldna = Wouldn’t have

E.g. I wouldna done that if I were you.

33. She’da = She would have

E.g. She’da been prepared for class.

34. Coulda = Could have

E.g. He coulda been here by 5:00.

35. Woulda = Would have

E.g. He woulda arrived soon.

36. Mighta = Might have

E.g. You mighta left the book at the airport.

37. Mightna = Mightn’t have

E.g. She mightna caught her train.

38. Musta = Must have

E.g. She musta been in a hurry.

39. Dontcha = Don’t you

E.g. Dontcha see it?

40. Wontcha = Won’t you

E.g. Wontcha watch this film?

41. Whatcha = What are you

E.g. Whatcha doing?

42. Betcha = Bet you

E.g. Betcha can’t guess who she is!

43. Gotcha = Got you

E.g. We gotcha!

44. D’you = Do you

E.g. D’you like him?

45. Didntcha = Didn’t you

E.g. Didntcha like this book?

46. S’more = Some more

E.g. I will need s’more time.

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Q1

Question 1: Which informal contraction means 'want to'?

Question 1 options
'Wanna' is the informal contraction of 'want to,' as in 'I wanna go home.' 'Gonna' means 'going to,' 'gotta' means '(have) got a,' and 'hafta' means 'have to.'
Q2

Question 2: The informal contraction 'coulda' stands for 'could a.'

Question 2 options
This is false. 'Coulda' is an informal contraction of 'could have,' not 'could a.' For example: 'He coulda been here by 5:00.'
Q3

Question 3: Choose the sentence that uses the informal contraction 'outta' correctly.

Question 3 options
'Outta' means 'out of,' so 'I'm outta ideas' correctly replaces 'out of' with 'outta.' The other sentences misuse 'outta' in contexts where 'out of' doesn't fit naturally.
Q4

Question 4: Match each informal contraction to its full form.

Question 4 options
gonna
lemme
innit
shoulda
going to
should have
isn't it
let me

Select an item on the left, then tap its match on the right.

'Gonna' = 'going to,' 'lemme' = 'let me,' 'innit' = 'isn't it,' and 'shoulda' = 'should have.' These are all common informal contractions used in fast, casual English speech.
Q5

Question 5: Complete the sentence with the correct informal contraction: 'I ___ what happened.'

Question 5 options
'Dunno' is the informal contraction of 'don't know,' making the sentence 'I dunno what happened.' 'Gimme' means 'give me,' 'kinda' means 'kind of,' and 'betcha' means 'bet you,' none of which fit this context.

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