Fast speech: contractions, linking and weak forms
Natural speech blurs words together. Decode contractions, linking, dropped sounds and weak forms, tell can from can’t and fifteen from fifty, and answer questions at full speed.
10 min
Module 28 · Lesson 3 of 5
In this lesson
- Decode contractions such as ‘d and ‘s from the word after them.
- Hear linking, dropped sounds and weak forms in fast speech.
- Tell can from can’t and fifteen from fifty in form, sentence, multiple-choice and short-answer questions.
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