Listening exams can be quite scary. Will you understand what you have to do? Will you understand what the speakers say? Will you have time to write down your answers? This section will help you to prepare for all sorts of listening exams.
Contractions
Contractions
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- We use a lot of contractions in spoken English. Listen carefully for contractions, e.g. 'd, 's, 'll, 've, etc.
- It's amazing how much one sound can change the meaning of something. For example, compare 'I'll go' (the speaker will go) and 'I'd go' (the speaker is advising someone else to go).
- Usually the context helps you work out which contraction is appropriate. For example, when talking about hopes and dreams, the contraction 'd (would) is common.
- Check the question carefully for contractions.
- Ask your teacher for extra practice to listen and compare sentences with and without contractions.
Comments
I think they confuse me ..like 've & 'd ...I can't differentiate between them...Now I'm trying to write the lyrics of the song while I'm listening and then check them out.It's difficult but I'll keep trying.Especially songs or any audios confuse me by contractions....
Any advice for this ?