‫Hello, and here is another lesson for you on Ale's speaking.
‫So in this lesson, I wanted to just give you some extra information regarding contractions or the use
‫of contractions specifically for AM speaking.
‫So contractions, of course, are where we join one or more words together.
‫And we do this in order to be able to say it or write it or just generally communicate it in a quicker
‫way.
‫And of course, there are different contractions that we can use.
‫However, there are some contractions that we really probably want to stay away from during the speaking
‫test, because, of course, this is a reasonably formal professional environment and some contractions
‫can come across maybe a little bit rude.
‫And we don't want to upset the IOPS, examine it.
‫So first up, a few contractions that we really shouldn't use because they're too informal, they're
‫too much like slang.
‫So I would suggest being very careful or just not using contractions like Wanner or Lemi.
‫So Wanner would be want to want to eat some food.
‫I want to go outside.
‫It's a little bit too informal.
‫I want to play outside.
‫I want to go to the park.
‫That would be something better to use the water.
‫So if you were talking about activities and you said I really want to go out to the park this weekend,
‫that might be a little bit too an academic, a little bit too informal.
‫And the same with Lemi, which is let me, of course, in a general day to day example, it might be,
‫oh, let me help you with that.
‫Now, that would be okay in a day to day peace of speaking, but in our aout speaking test, let me
‫would be much better and probably using the right tone for the situation.
‫So just a couple of examples of contractions that maybe we shouldn't use that are too informal for the
‫ALT'S test.
‫And, of course, PR. contractions are perfectly OK to use both in and speaking as well as other sections
‫of the test.
‫So pronounced contractions like I'm with your he's she's these aren't slang in use.
‫So we can definitely use these in speaking.
‫And in fact, it would seem strange if we didn't contract these words.
‫So if we said he is or I am all the time, it would start to sound strange and would actually make us
‫sound like our fluency maybe isn't quite at native level or improving towards the advanced stages.
‫So it could actually mean if we don't use pronoun contractions, that we may lose marks.
‫So, of course, pronoun contractions perfectly fine in the speaking test.
‫OK, just a few advanced contractions that I think we could use, and we're going to be using them with
‫modal verbs and to begin with, we'll look at should and would and we're going to look at it in the
‫negative form.
‫Should not have and would not have.
‫So we're thinking probably about past events that maybe we wish we could change, should not have I
‫should not have booked that hotel.
‫I would not have bought that hotel if I knew it was so dirty or whatever the following clothes maybe
‫should not have, would not have.
‫So is actually three, four words, but we can really blend it together with an advanced contraction
‫and definitely worth while.
‫You practicing using this contraction too.
‫So should not have.
‫Would become.
‫Should not have.
‫Should not.
‫Should not have.
‫Is almost there instead of a have it to have.
‫Herve should not have or you could even go further and Irv should not have.
‫Would not have.
‫So we blend it really into almost one word.
‫Should not have, would not have definitely worth practicing using in your speaking.
‫And it really gives you that boost towards fluency in a similar way.
‫We can use the modal verbs, Maite and AWT, so these are the modal verbs and will contract them against
‫an auxiliary verbs in a positive sense this time.
‫So we can have, might have or have.
‫Now, AWT is definitely a slightly advanced piece of language.
‫It's probably less commonly used in informal conversations, but definitely something that you can use
‫in your aout speaking test ought.
‫I ought to have gone to exercise yesterday, but that sounds a little bit strange.
‫It's not how a native speaker would generally say I ought have gone to exercise yesterday.
‫I ought to have trained at the gym yesterday.
‫Ought have would become autumn autumn.
‫I ought have trained at the gym yesterday, autumn or have and then we can also do the same with might
‫have, might have, might have gone.
‫If I knew the gym was open.
‫Might have.
‫Ought of.
‫I ought have really studied a bit harder for this test.
‫I really ought to have gone shopping whilst the mall was open.
‫Just a few more examples for you there.
‫So these are really contractions that are a little bit more advanced but are still formal in use.
‫So definitely contractions that you can use in your speaking test and I believe will also slightly impress
‫the IRS examiner, which could, of course, help you score extra marks.
‫OK, if you've got any questions about these contractions, then of course, as always, please do let
‫me know.