{"id":1783,"date":"2015-05-04T06:52:10","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T10:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachel-smith-live.prev21.rmkr.net\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2024-04-01T19:08:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:08:42","slug":"contractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/contractions\/","title":{"rendered":"TO BE Contractions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this real life English conversation study, you\u2019ll notice lots of TO BE contractions are use.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"entry-tags\">Tagged With: <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/tag\/idioms\/\" rel=\"tag\">Idioms<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/tag\/most-popular\/\" rel=\"tag\">Most Popular<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/tag\/real-life-english\/\" rel=\"tag\">Real Life English<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/tag\/to-be-contractions\/\" rel=\"tag\">TO BE Contractions<\/a><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">YouTube blocked?<\/span> <\/strong><a href=\"#video\">Click here to see the video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BrfsJjk2o4I\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"TO BE Contractions -- American English Pronunciation\" title=\"Play video &quot;TO BE Contractions -- American English Pronunciation&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BrfsJjk2o4I<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BrfsJjk2o4I\" title=\"TO BE Contractions -- American English Pronunciation\">TO BE Contractions &#8212; American English Pronunciation (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BrfsJjk2o4I)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video Transcript:<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"STembedWrapper\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent1\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">In this American English pronunciation video,<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent2\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> we&#8217;re going to learn some Vietnamese cooking, and you&#8217;re going <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent3\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">to study contraction of the verb TO BE. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent4\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">One thing to note about these contractions is that <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent5\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">no extra syllable is added. We&#8217;ll go <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent6\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">over the pronunciations. You&#8217;ll notice that some of them have <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent7\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">two different pronunciations. That&#8217;s because there can be <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent8\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">a reduced pronunciation. I do recommend that you use <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent9\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">the reduced pronunciation. Any time you can make a short <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent10\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">word shorter it&#8217;s going to add <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent11\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">better rhythmic contrast to your speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent12\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> So, I am. I&#8217;m. I&#8217;m. You are. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent13\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> This can be &#8216;your&#8217; or, better yet, let&#8217;s reduce it, &#8216;yer&#8217;. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent14\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> Notice how quick it is. When we reduce it, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent15\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">it&#8217;s going to be very, very fast, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent16\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">and it must be linked to the next word. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent17\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">&#8216;We are&#8217; can be &#8216;we&#8217;re&#8217;, or &#8216;we&#8217;re&#8217;, or, better yet, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent18\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">wur, wur. Reduced. &#8216;They are&#8217; can be &#8216;they&#8217;re&#8217;, or, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent19\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">reduced, thur. He is, she is, it is. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent20\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">This will be come he&#8217;s, she&#8217;s, it&#8217;s. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent21\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> Notice that the S in &#8216;it&#8217;s&#8217; is pronounced as <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent22\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">an S sound, unvoiced. That&#8217;s because the sound before is <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent23\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">the T, also an unvoiced sound. It&#8217;s, it&#8217;s. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent24\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">However, the S in &#8216;he&#8217;s&#8217; and &#8216;she&#8217;s&#8217; is a Z sound. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent25\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">That&#8217;s voiced, because the sound before, a vowel, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent26\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">was voiced. He&#8217;s, she&#8217;s, it&#8217;s. TS can be <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent27\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">a tough sound, and I do have a video <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent28\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">on how to make that sound. So let&#8217;s take a <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent29\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> look at some contractions in everyday conversation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent30\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> Alright, Annie. So after you peel the cucumber,<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent31\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> you&#8217;re going to slice the cucumber into rounds. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent32\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">And then you&#8217;re going to flatten the rounds, and slice them <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent33\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">lengthwise again to make it into a nice julienne. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent34\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Did you notice the contraction of &#8216;you are&#8217; to &#8216;yer&#8217;? <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent35\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> Yer, you&#8217;re going to. Listen again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent36\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Alright, Annie. So after you peel the cucumber, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent37\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">you&#8217;re going to slice the cucumber into rounds. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent38\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">And then you&#8217;re going to flatten the rounds, and slice them <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent39\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">lengthwise again to make it into a nice julienne.<\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent40\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">How&#8217;s this, HaQuyen?<br \/>&gt;&gt; It looks good, looks good, it&#8217;s good. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent41\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">How&#8217;s this? How&#8217;s, how&#8217;s, zz, zz, with a Z sound. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent42\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">It&#8217;s good. It is, it&#8217;s, it&#8217;s, with that TS sound. Listen again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent43\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> How&#8217;s this, HaQuyen?<br \/>&gt;&gt; It looks good, looks good, it&#8217;s good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent44\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Well, if we look at the way Mark&#8217;s chopping his mushrooms, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent45\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">we can see that he&#8217;s doing quite a good job of it. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent46\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> Thanks, HaQuyen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mark&#8217;s, Mark&#8217;s. The last sound <span id=\"STtranscriptContent47\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> of Mark&#8217;s name is the K sound, unvoiced. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent48\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">So the apostrophe S is also unvoiced. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent49\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Ks, ks, Mark&#8217;s, Mark&#8217;s. We also heard &#8216;he&#8217;s&#8217;, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent50\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">where the apostrophe S is a Z sound. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent51\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">He&#8217;s, he&#8217;s, he&#8217;s doing. Listen again. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent52\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Well, if we look at the way Mark&#8217;s <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent53\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">chopping his mushrooms, we can see that <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent54\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">he&#8217;s doing quite a good job of it. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent55\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Thanks, HaQuyen.<br \/>&gt;&gt; That&#8217;s because she&#8217;s a good teacher. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent56\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Here, Natalie, speaking of HaQuyen, said that&#8217;s, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent57\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">that&#8217;s, that&#8217;s because, with the TS sound. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent58\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">She&#8217;s, she&#8217;s a good teacher. She&#8217;s a, she&#8217;s a, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent59\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">where the apostrophe S is a Z sound. Listen again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent60\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> That&#8217;s because she&#8217;s a good teacher. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent61\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> Well, I&#8217;m going to dice up <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent62\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">this cucumber as I was instructed. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent63\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> I&#8217;m going to keep dicing the mushrooms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent64\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Here, both Annie and Mark said I&#8217;m gonna. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent65\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">So, they have contracted I AM <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent66\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">and also reduced &#8216;going to&#8217; to &#8216;gonna&#8217;. I&#8217;m gonna. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent67\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Notice how &#8216;I&#8217;m&#8217; is the most stressed <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent68\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">syllable in that fragment. I&#8217;m gonna. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent69\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">That&#8217;s because &#8216;going&#8217; is a helping verb here, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent70\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">not the main verb. The main verb is stressed. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent71\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">For example, Annie said &#8216;I&#8217;m gonna dice&#8217;. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent72\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">I&#8217;m gonna dice, Stressing &#8216;dice&#8217;. Listen again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent73\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Well, I&#8217;m going to dice up <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent74\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">this cucumber as I was instructed. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent75\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">I&#8217;m going to keep dicing the mushrooms.<\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent76\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> Hey Annie, when are the noodles going to be ready?<\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent77\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> They&#8217;re going to be ready in about 10 minutes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent78\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> They&#8217;re gonna. Did you hear how Annie reduced <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent79\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> &#8216;they&#8217;re&#8217; to thur, thur, thur, they&#8217;re gonna. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent80\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> They&#8217;re gonna be ready. Listen again. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent81\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> &gt;&gt; Hey Annie, when are the noodles going to be ready?<br \/>They&#8217;re going to be ready in about 10 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent82\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> I think we&#8217;re all set with the basil.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Thanks, Lori.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent83\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> We&#8217;re all set. Did you hear Lori&#8217;s reduction <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent84\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> of &#8216;we&#8217;re&#8217; to wur, wur, wur, we&#8217;re all set. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent85\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> All set is a common idiom meaning ready, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent86\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> or not in need of anything. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent87\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> Here, she is saying the basil <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent88\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> is ready for the dish. I use it often <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent89\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> at a restaurant, for example, when a waiter asks <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent90\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> if there is anything more I need. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent91\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> Nope, I&#8217;m all set, I&#8217;ll say. Listen again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent92\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> I think we&#8217;re all set with the basil.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Thanks, Lori.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent93\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> I love HaQuyen. She&#8217;s such an effective teacher. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent94\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> That&#8217;s true. HaQuyen, thanks so much for teaching <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent95\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> us how to make all this amazing food. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent96\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> Thanks for coming and joining me <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent97\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">to eat all this wonderful food. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent98\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> Any time. We will eat your food <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent99\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">any time.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Yes, we will.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Love it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent100\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">She&#8217;s, she&#8217;s, she&#8217;s such, with the apostrophe <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent101\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">S pronounced as a Z. That&#8217;s, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent102\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">that&#8217;s true, with the TS sound. Listen again. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent103\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> I love HaQuyen. She&#8217;s such an effective teacher. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent104\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> That&#8217;s true. HaQuyen, thanks so much for teaching <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent105\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> us how to make all this amazing food. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent106\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Thanks for coming and joining me <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent107\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">to eat all this wonderful food. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent108\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Any time. We will eat your food<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent109\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> any time.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Yes, we will.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Love it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent110\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> I&#8217;m crushing it over here, as you <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent111\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">may be able to see.<br \/>&gt;&gt; He&#8217;s crushing it. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent112\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">&gt;&gt; I&#8217;m adding noodles.<br \/>&gt;&gt; I&#8217;m adding tofu. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent113\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">&gt;&gt; I&#8217;m waiting for shrimp.<br \/>&gt;&gt; I&#8217;m adding bean sprouts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent114\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">I&#8217;m. Lots of I&#8217;m in this clip. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent115\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Also Mark used the idiom &#8216;to crush&#8217; &#8212; <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent116\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">meaning he thinks he is doing an excellent job <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent117\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">of making a summer roll. There are lots of different <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent118\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">ways to use the word &#8216;crush&#8217;. For example <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent119\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">to say you have a crush on someone means <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent120\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">you like that person, you have romantic interest in <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent121\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> that person. Let&#8217;s listen again to all these I&#8217;m contractions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent122\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> I&#8217;m crushing it over here, as you <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent123\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">may be able to see.<br \/>&gt;&gt; He&#8217;s crushing it. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent124\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">&gt;&gt; I&#8217;m adding noodles.<br \/>&gt;&gt; I&#8217;m adding tofu. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent125\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">&gt;&gt; I&#8217;m waiting for shrimp.<br \/>&gt;&gt; I&#8217;m adding bean sprouts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent126\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">That chicken&#8217;s looking good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That chicken&#8217;s looking good. <span id=\"STtranscriptContent127\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Natalie contracted &#8216;chicken is&#8217; to chicken&#8217;s, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent128\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">that chicken&#8217;s looking good. And it <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent129\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">was good. It was delicious! Listen again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent130\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">&gt;&gt; That chicken&#8217;s looking good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; There is onion in there.<br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent131\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">&gt;&gt; There&#8217;s no onion in there.<br \/>&gt;&gt; I&#8230;<br \/>&gt;&gt; That one&#8217;s mine.<\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent132\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">&gt;&gt; Wait, where&#8217;s the onion? Oh, spring onion. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent133\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">There&#8217;s no onion in there, where&#8217;s the onion. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent134\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> There&#8217;s, where&#8217;s. Both of these words end <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent135\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">in the R sound, a voiced consonant, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent136\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">so the apostrophe S is a Z sound. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent137\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">There&#8217;s, there&#8217;s. Where&#8217;s, where&#8217;s. There&#8217;s <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent138\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">no onion, where&#8217;s the onion. Listen again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent139\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> There is onion in there.<br \/>There&#8217;s no onion <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent140\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> in there.<br \/>&gt;&gt; I&#8230;<br \/>&gt;&gt; That one&#8217;s mine. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent141\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"><br \/>&gt;&gt; Wait, where&#8217;s the onion? Oh, spring onion. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent142\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">&gt;&gt; Annie, hold it up.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Look at that. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent143\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">That&#8217;s absolute perfection.<br \/>&gt;&gt; It does look great. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent144\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">You&#8217;ve got to love Annie&#8217;s enthusiasm. That&#8217;s absolute perfection. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent145\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">That&#8217;s, that&#8217;s, again, with the TS sound. Listen again. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent146\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> Annie, hold it up.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Look at that. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent147\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">That&#8217;s absolute perfection.<br \/>&gt;&gt; It does look great.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent148\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Oh god, my dogs are barking.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Why is that, Hillary?<\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent149\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> We&#8217;ve been walking around all day. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent150\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> Not to mention all the dancing <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent151\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">you did last night.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Oh, it was amazing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent152\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">My dogs are barking. This is a great idiom <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent153\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">to mean your feet are tired. My dogs are barking. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent154\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Notice how the word &#8216;are&#8217; is reduced <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent155\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">to er, er, er, My dogs are, my dogs are. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent156\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> My dogs are barkin&#8217;. Notice also the ING<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent157\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> is pronounced as an IN. My dogs <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent158\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">are barkin&#8217; instead of dogs are barking. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent159\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">You may find this happening sometimes <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent160\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">with certain phrases or idioms. Listen again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent161\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Oh god, my dogs are barking.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Why is that, Hillary?<\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent162\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> We&#8217;ve been walking around all day. <\/span><br \/><span id=\"STtranscriptContent163\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"> Not to mention all the dancing <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent164\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">you did last night.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Oh, it was amazing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent165\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">I hope this has made you more aware <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent166\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">of just how often we use this kind of contraction. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent167\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Watch this video a time or two. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent168\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Then watch an American TV show or movie, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent169\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">and see if you can notice these <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent170\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">&#8216;to be&#8217; contractions. Write them down as you watch <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent171\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">and practice the phrases. Using contractions will <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent172\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">really help your speech sound more natural.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent173\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">That&#8217;s it, and thanks so much <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent174\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">for using Rachel&#8217;s English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Guys, that was fantastic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"video\"><\/a><strong>Video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1783-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/07f1c47b71c75472a3cc-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/218%20-%20TO%20BE%20Contractions%20--%20American%20English%20Pronunciation.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/07f1c47b71c75472a3cc-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/218%20-%20TO%20BE%20Contractions%20--%20American%20English%20Pronunciation.mp4\">https:\/\/07f1c47b71c75472a3cc-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/218%20-%20TO%20BE%20Contractions%20--%20American%20English%20Pronunciation.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this real life English conversation study, you\u2019ll notice lots of TO BE contractions are use.\u00a0 YouTube blocked? 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