Basic English: How to pronounce negative contractions

Learn how to pronounce negative contractions like ISN’T, AREN’T, WON’T, HAVEN’T, and SHOULDN’T in English. In this basic lesson, I’ll explain how negative contractions are constructed, and how to pronounce them. Make sure you also watch my lesson on how to pronounce the positive contractions here: Take the quiz to make sure you’ve understood the lesson: In this lesson: 00:00 How to pronounce negative contractions in English 03:23 Pronunciation of negative BE contractions: isn’t, aren’t, wasn’t, weren’t, won’t 04:05 Pronunciation of negative HAVE contractions: hasn’t, haven’t, hadn’t 04:11 Pronunciation of negative DO contractions: don’t, doesn’t, didn’t 04:33 Pronunciation of “won’t“ 05:30 Negative MODAL Contractions: wouldn’t, couldn’t, shouldn’t 05:52 SLANG Negative Contraction: ain’t 07:07 Conclusion
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