In this lesson, you will learn informal contractions in English through helpful charts and a free PDF. These contractions are commonly used in everyday conversations to make speech more fluent and natural. By mastering these informal short forms, you’ll be able to speak English more smoothly and confidently, especially when talking with friends, colleagues, or strangers. Informal contractions are essential in casual conversation, helping you to sound more like a native speaker. Let’s get started and enhance your conversation skills today!
Informal Contractions in English
The below list is going to cover a wide range of informal contractions in English. We use these contractions in our daily life conversations. We should know how we can use these contractions in our conversation to speak English fluently. At the end of this list, we attached some helpful contraction charts. These charts are going to help you understand better than the below list. Let’s learn…
Sorta ⇒ Sort of
Ain’t ⇒ Has not/have not
Whatcha ⇒ What are you?
S’more ⇒ Some more
Cos ⇒ Because
Mussna ⇒ Must not have
Wontcha ⇒ Won’t you
Outta ⇒ Out of
Betcha ⇒ Bet you
Cmon ⇒ Come on
Hasta ⇒ Has to
Wouldna ⇒ Wouldn’t have
Hafta ⇒ Have to
Coulda ⇒ Could have
Dija ⇒ Did you
Lotsa ⇒ Lots of
Musta ⇒ Must have
Needa ⇒ Need to
Wanna ⇒ Want a
Oughta ⇒ Ought to
Shouldna ⇒ Shouldn’t have
Usta ⇒ Used to
Tell’em ⇒ Tell them
Ain’t ⇒ Am not/are not/is not
Innit? ⇒ Isn’t it?
Gotcha ⇒ Got you
Kinda ⇒ Kind of
I’mma ⇒ I’m going to
Mighta ⇒ Might have
Supposta ⇒ Supposed to
Gotta ⇒ Got to
Gonna ⇒ Going to
Alotta ⇒ A lot of
Layder ⇒ Later
Mightna ⇒ Mightn’t have
Gimme ⇒ Give me
Dontcha ⇒ Don’t you
Dunno ⇒ Don’t know
Didntcha ⇒ Didn’t you
D’you ⇒ Do you
Cuppa ⇒ Cup of
Gotta ⇒ (have) got a
Whatcha ⇒ What have you
She’da ⇒ She would have
Woulda ⇒ Would have
Shoulda ⇒ Should have
Mucha ⇒ Much of
Wanna ⇒ Want to
Lemme ⇒ Let me
Ya ⇒ You/you are
Informal Contractions with Sentences
Do not ⇒ don’t: We don’t have math today.
Can not ⇒ can’t: We can’t find your bag.
Should not ⇒ shouldn’t: You shouldn’t touch that.
Could not ⇒ couldn’t: She couldn’t read it.
We are ⇒ we’re: We’re reading poems.
We will ⇒ we’ll: We’ll have a snack next.
They have ⇒ they’ve: They’ve really grown.
Where is ⇒ where’s: Where’s France?
It is ⇒ it’s: Now it’s time for English.
We have ⇒ we’ve: We’ve learnt our sounds.
Will not ⇒ won’t: You won’t have long.
I am ⇒ I’m: I’m looking for Peru.
Where has ⇒ where’s: Where’s that book gone?
Did not ⇒ didn’t: I didn’t know the answer.
Have not ⇒ haven’t: I haven’t turned it on.
She would ⇒ she’d: She’d want to water it.
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