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English for Migrants

Monday, 21 July, 2014

Contractions

Native speakers can be hard to understand when they speak fast and link words together. There are also Contractions to be aware of. This happens when native speakers of English shorten words or indeed omit or remove words and letters when they speak. In this lesson you will find out what contractions are, why and when this happens, how the spelling and sound changes and more.

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