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Pronunciation: Contractions

Contractions (EnglishClub.com)
Pronunciation tips (including homophones)
This table covers "be", "have" and "will" only (not verbs like "should" and "can") because these are the verbs where homophones can help you understand and remember some of the contractions. Only one pronunciation is given for each contraction, but there may be other pronunciations when uns tressed or in other varieties of English. homophones pronunciation (number of syllables) |ime| (1) |yor| (1) |heez| (1) |sheez| (1) |its| (1) |wier| (1) |thear| (1) |arnt| (1) |izunt| (2) |wozunt| (2) |wurnt| (1) |ive| (1) |yoov| (1) |heez| (1) |sheez| (1) |its| (1) |weev| (1) |theiv| (1) |ide| (1) |yood| (1) same pronunciation your/yore its weir their/there aunt its weave eyed common confusions different pronunciation aim jaw his/fees/heath seas/sees eats/ids were/where dare ant/aunty want/won't ivy/if his/fees/heath seas/sees eats/ids with dave id jude (name)

verb be

long form I am you are he is she is it is we are they are are not is not was not were not

contraction I'm you're he's she's it's we're they're aren't isn't wasn't weren't I've you've he's she's it's we've they've I'd you'd

rhymes with dime jaw/more/four fees/bees seas/he's bits/fits pier/beer pair/fair shan't burnt/learnt dive/five move/prove fees/bees seas/he's bits/fits peeve/believe dave/brave cried/died food/renewed
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have

I have you have he has she has it has we have they have I had you had

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Pronunciation: Contractions

he had she had it had we had they had will I will you will he will she will it will we will they will will not I would you would he would she would it would we would they would

he'd she'd it'd we'd they'd I'll you'll he'll she'll it'll we'll they'll won't I'd you'd

|heed| (1) |sheed| (1) |itud| (2) |weed| (1) |theid| (1) |ail| (1) |yuul| (1) |heel| (1) |sheel| (1) |itul| (2) |weel| (1) |theil| (1) |woant| (1) |ide| (1) |yood| (1)

heed weed aisle/isle yule heel/heal wheel/weal eyed -

hid/head/feed shed/seed wed ill you all/jewel feel/hell shell well dale want id jude (name)

feed/need seed/he'd he'd/she'd spade/paid while/pile tool feel/peel he'll/feel he'll/she'll dale/male don't cried/died food/renewed

he'd she'd it'd we'd they'd

|heed| (1) |sheed| (1) |itud| (2) |weed| (1) |theid| (1)

heed weed -

hid/head/feed shed/seed wed -

feed/need seed/he'd he'd/she'd spade/paid

See also Homophones (contractions) for a simple list of homophones only. See Contractions (vocabulary) for more about positive, negative and informal contractions.

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