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Vocabulary points to take away

Spoken short forms are ways of saying phrases quickly in informal situations. Some common examples are:
gonna - going to
I'm gonna watch a DVD.
wanna - want toDo you wanna watch too?
whatcha - what are you
Whatcha doing?
dunno - don’t know
I dunno.
gotta - got to (or got a)
I've gotta go now.
hafta - have to
Do you hafta go already?
gimme - give me
Gimme a call tomorrow.
lemme - let me
Lemme know what you think.
kinda - kind of
She's kinda nice.

Next

So, there are lots of spoken short forms in informal English. In the next activity, you listen to a conversation and find all the short forms. See you there!