talk a lot list of common contractions in english

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List of Common Contractions in English
Positive and Negative Contracted (Short) Verb Forms in English – With Pronunciations
Contractions are usually pronoun + auxiliary verb. They are shortened in spoken English because they are usually
unstressed function words. Other common contractions include: “there is” Î “there’s”, negative modal contractions,
e.g. “cannot” Î “can’t”, question contractions, e.g. “what is?” Î “what’s?”, and names, e.g. “Rob is” Î “Rob’s”, etc.
“I” – positive

“I” – negative

Full Form

Contraction

Pronunciation

Full Form

Contraction

Pronunciation

I am
I have
I had
I will
I would

I’m
I’ve

I’d
I’ll
I’d

L~fãL
L~fîL===
L~fÇL===
L~fäL====
L~fÇL====

I am not
I have not
I had not
I will not
I would not

I’m not
I haven’t
I hadn’t
I won’t
I wouldn’t

L~fã=åflíL
L~f=DÜôîKåíL=
L~f=DÜôÇKåíL===
L~f=ï]råíL=====
L~f=DïrÇKåíL===

“you” – positive (both singular and plural)

“you” – negative (both singular and plural)

Full Form

Contraction

Pronunciation

Full Form

Contraction

Pronunciation

you are
you have
you had
you will
you would

you’re
you’ve
you’d
you’ll
you’d

Làr]L
LàìWîL===
LàìWÇL====
LàìWäL====

LàìWÇL====

you are not
you have not
you had not
you will not
you would not

you aren’t
you haven’t
you hadn’t
you won’t
you wouldn’t

LàìWDï^WåíL
LàìW=DÜôîKåí=L===
L=àìW=DÜôÇKåí=L===
LàìW=ï]råíL====
LàìW=DïrÇKåíL===

=

“he” and “she” – positive (“it” follows the same pattern)

“he” and “she” – neg. (“it” follows the same pattern)

Full Form

Contraction

Pronunciation

Full Form

Contraction

he is / she is
he has / she has
he had / she had
he will / she will
he / she would

he’s / she’s
he’s / she’s
he’d / she’d
he’ll / she’ll
he’d / she’d

LÜáWòL / LpáWòL
LÜáWòL / LpáWòL===
LÜáWÇL / LpáWÇL=
LÜáWäL / LpáWäL=
LÜáWÇL / LpáWÇL=

he / she is not
he / she has not
he / she had not
he / she will not
he would not

he / she isn’t
e.g. LÜáWDàfòKåíL
he / she hasn’t
LpáW=DÜôòKåíL=
he / she hadn’t
LÜáW=DÜôÇKåíL=
he / she won’t
LpáW=ï]råíL====
he / she wouldn’t LÜáW=DïrÇKåíL

“we” – positive

Pronunciation

“we” – negative

Full Form

Contraction

Pronunciation

Full Form

Contraction

Pronunciation

we are
we have

we had
we will
we would

we’re
we’ve
we’d
we’ll
we’d

Lïf]L
LïáWîL =
LïáWÇL =
LïáWäL =
LïáWÇL =

we are not
we have not
we had not
we will not
we would not

we aren’t
we haven’t
we hadn’t
we won’t
we wouldn’t

LïáWDà^WåíL
LïáW=DÜôîKåí=L=

LïáW=DÜôÇKåíL=
LïáW=ï]råíL=
LïáW=DïrÇKåíL=

“they” – positive

“they” – negative

Full Form

Contraction

Pronunciation

Full Form

Contraction

Pronunciation

they are
they have
they had
they will
they would

they’re
they’ve
they’d
they’ll

they’d

LaÉ]L
LaÉfîL =
LaÉfÇL =
LaÉfäL =
LaÉfÇL =

they are not
they have not
they had not
they will not
they would not

they aren’t
they haven’t
they hadn’t
they won’t
they wouldn’t

LaÉáDà^WåíL=
LaÉf=DÜôîKåí=L=
LaÉf=DÜôÇKåíL=
LaÉf=ï]råíL=
LaÉf=DïrÇKåíL=

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