Learn the informal contractions in English through charts and a free PDF book. In this lesson, we are going to share with you some very helpful informal contractions that are going to improve your conversation skills. In short, you can speak English fluently when you communicate with your friends, colleagues, or strangers. We use these short forms in our daily life conversation. Let’s begin with today’s lesson:
Informal Contractions in English
The below list is going to cover a wide range of informal contractions in English. We use these contraction in our daily life conversation. We should know that how we can use these contractions in our conversation to speak English fluently. At the end of this list, we attached some helpful contractions charts. These charts are going to help you to 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.
Informal Contractions in English
Informal Contractions
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