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Contractions in fast speech

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Hear contractions and short question tags.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

contraction
A short form, such as “don’t” for “do not”.
question tag
A short question at the end of a sentence.
hurry
To move or do things quickly.

Answer key

  1. I'd have called you if I'd known.The first “I’d” is “I would”; the second is “I had”.
  2. She'll be here soon, won't she?“She’ll” is “she will” and “won’t” is “will not”.
  3. They've already left, haven't they?“They’ve” is “they have”.
  4. We'd better hurry or we'll miss it.Here “we’d” is “we had”: “we’d better” means we should.
  5. It's been a long day, hasn't it?“It’s been” is “it has been”.

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