Understand Real English Conversation (Listening & Speaking)

1. Welcome to the Course: How would you feel if you could speak perfect natural English, just like a native speaker? Well, here's the problem. It's very difficult to find lessons which teach natural English pronunciation. For example, when saying what have you been up to, a native speaker would normally say, What are you been up to in fast spoken English. So if you hear what have you been up to, you may not understand because you've never learned natural English pronunciation. And it's not your fault because schools and textbooks don't teach natural English pronunciation. That's why we made the English speaking course. Best step by step course, which will teach you the secrets of how to start speaking and understanding fast, natural, spoken English, just like a native speaker. Many students never learn this, and that's why I want to share it with you. The course contains all of the most important English words, phrases and sentences, and you will learn how native English speakers say this language when they are speaking fast and naturally. For example, you will learn that been becomes Bin in fast spoken English. You will learn that what are you doing becomes what are you doing? And you will learn what shunna means. The course will make learning natural English pronunciation very easy for you because first, we slowly show you how to pronounce the language so you can listen, learn, and repeat. Then we put the language into sentences so you can see how it's used in real life, natural English. Finally, you can use the daily practice lessons to keep practicing your pronunciation. Learning this type of pronunciation will also help to improve your listening skills and allow you to get better results on English speaking tests like ILT and Toi because you will speak English more like a native speaker. The best thing is, you can learn natural English pronunciation in just a few hours. 2. Do You Know Who The Native Speaker Is?: You are going to see two people speaking English. One person is speaking English like a native speaker. One person is not speaking English, like a native speaker. I want you to tell me who is speaking like a native speaker. Are you ready? Here we go. How have you been? I have not seen you for a while. What have you been up to? How have you been? I haven't seen you for a while. What have you been up to? So who was the native speaker? Person two was the native speaker. So now I'll ask you a question. If you could speak English, like a native speaker or not like a native speaker, which would you choose? Think about it because you can speak like a native English speaker if you know how. 3. What Makes A Native Speaker SOUND Like A Native Speaker?: So I've talked a lot about sounding like a native speaker, but what makes a native speaker sound like a native speaker when it comes to pronunciation. Well, there are four main things. The most important thing to learn if you want to sound like a native speaker is connected speech. Native speakers use connected speech in most spoken sentences. This is what we mainly focus on in this course. You will learn about connected speech later, but just quickly, connected speech is when we add, remove or change sounds. This is done to make English easier and quicker to speak. Let's have a look at a quick example. He answered, try to say that. He answered. To make this easier, we add a Y sound between the E and the A. He answered. He answered. Try to say it now. He answered. So what do you think is easier to say? He answered or he answered. The second one, right? That's why we use connected speech. Hi. The second most important thing is intonation. Intonation is how high or how low your voice is. Native English speakers use different intonations when speaking English. And if you use an intonation which is not correct, a native speaker will know that you're not a native speaker. Don't worry because he will still be able to understand your meaning, but the sentence might sound a little bit strange. Here's a quick example of correct and incorrect intonation. Where have you been? This is the correct intonation. Where have you been? This is the incorrect intonation. One more time. Where have you been? Correct intonation. Where have you been? Incorrect intonation. In this course, you will be able to copy my intonation. So you will have the correct intonation when you speak English. I come from Ireland. I'm from Dublin. The third most important thing is accent. Many people say accent is not important when speaking English. This is not true. If someone has an accent which is hard to understand, is accent important? Yes, of course it is because the people that that person is speaking to can't understand him. So when you're using this course, if you want to have an accent that is similar to mine, copy my accent. Forget your own accent and copy mine. But if you want to have an accent that is not like mine, find an accent that you like and copy that accent. The fourth important thing is contractions. A contraction is a shorter way to say one word or two or more words. For example, you will learn in this course that B becomes Cs. We have becomes whereof. Cos and whereof are both contractions and are often used in spoken English. Native speakers love using contractions because it allows them to speak easier and quicker. So if you want to sound like a native English speaker, it's important that you start to use contractions in your spoken English. 4. Why You Should Learn To Speak English Like A Native Speaker: Another question that you might have is, why should I learn to speak English like a native speaker? I can speak English already. Well, here are three reasons why you should learn to speak English like a native speaker. Do native English speakers understand each other when they are talking to each other? Yes, they do. Why? Because they are both speaking clear and natural English. Speaking English clearly and naturally will help native English speakers easily understand you when you're speaking English. You will not have problems when you are communicating in English because you will be easy to understand. So when you speak English, would you rather native speakers easily understand you or look at you like this? It's up to you. Do you sometimes find it hard to understand English when native speakers speak quickly and naturally? Well, this may be because you have never learned natural English pronunciation. For example, later in the course, you will learn that I he becomes I. Izzy. If you have not learned this, then you will not be able to understand this simple phrase. If you understand natural English pronunciation, you will have no problems in hearing the words that native English speakers use. So when you are trying to understand native English speakers, would you rather easily understand them or would you rather have problems when you're understanding them? It's up to you. The third and final reason is that if you speak English like a native speaker, you will have more opportunities available to you. You will be able to apply for jobs that require native English speakers. You will be able to understand English movies and English TV shows. You will be able to do your hobbies in English. You will be able to read English books and understand English content that is on the Internet. There are so many opportunities that will become available to you. In summary, you should learn to speak English like a native speaker. Native speakers easily understand you. You understand native speakers and so you will have more opportunities with your English. 5. QUICK TIP To Improve Speaking Skills (The TAFR Method): In this lesson, I'm going to show you a very simple four step process that you can use to improve your English speaking skills. I use this when learning languages, and many of my students have used this method with great results. Let's look at step one. Step one, T. Talk to a native speaker. You can talk to anyone, but they must be a native speaker. It can be your friend. It can be your boss. It can be someone you meet on the street. When you talk to this person, you can talk to them about any topic, but you must talk to them for a minimum of 5 minutes. Step two, ask ask the native speaker one question. What are the three things that make me sound not like a native speaker? After you ask this, they will be able to give you some reasons as to why you don't sound like a native speaker. Step three, fix those issues. Maybe you have a problem when you are pronouncing the CH or the SH sound in English. Maybe you are using the wrong intonation when asking a question. The best thing about this method is that if you know why you don't sound like a native speaker, you can fix it. But if you don't know why, then you can't fix it. Step four, repeat. Talk to another native speaker and ask him the same question. Find out why you don't sound like a native speaker and how you can fix it. Keep doing this again and again and again. Keep getting better and better and better. This is one of the best ways you can improve your English speaking skills and start to speak English like a native speaker. 6. Important Things To Know: Before you start this course, there are a few important things that you need to know. The pronunciation that you learn in this course is for spoken English only. I will say that again. The pronunciation that you learn in this course is for spoken English only. That means you should only use it when you are speaking English. Do not use the pronunciation from this course when you are writing English. Again, do not use the pronunciation from this course in written English. Now, there is one exception. You can use contractions in written English. Contractions are words like he's, she's and its, but you will learn about contractions later in the course. In summary, the pronunciation in this course is for spoken English only. You can use it when you're speaking, but do not use it when you're writing unless it's a contraction. But contractions are not normally used in formal written English. The pronunciation in this course is my accent. Millions of native English speakers have the same accent as me and use the same pronunciation as me. But many native speakers do not have the same accent as me and may say some things differently to me, and their pronunciation may be slightly different. I can only teach my own accent and pronunciation. But if you use the pronunciation that I teach you in this course, native English speakers will understand you. I have never had any native English speaker not understand my accent or my pronunciation. Pronunciation that I'm going to teach you in this course is normally for fast spoken English. That means you don't have to use it every time you speak English. You don't have to use it in every sentence. You can use it 50% of the time you speak English. It's up to. For example, you will learn later in the course that is normally pronounced as yo. But if I was speaking slowly and I wanted to emphasize a word or make it stronger, I would not say yo. I would say the proper pronunciation Y. What are you doing? No. What are you doing? Yes. So again, the pronunciation in this course is normally used when speaking fast spoken English. It's normally not used when speaking English slowly. Now, the purpose of this course is to teach you how native English speakers speak when they are speaking quickly. Native speakers do not speak quickly all the time and in every sentence. So if you don't use the pronunciation that you learn in this course in every sentence, that's okay. That's fine. In this course, you'll see the English spelling for words and the international phonetic alphabet spelling for words. The English spelling may not be the correct way to pronounce the word, but I'm just using it to help you see how the word should be pronounced. The international phonetic alphabet always has the correct pronunciation. The English spelling is just there to help you. The international phonetic alphabet will show you the correct pronunciation every time. The second last thing that you need to know about this course is that in English, there are always exceptions to the rules. That means rules are sometimes not correct 100% of the time. So if you're using a rule from this course and it doesn't feel right, you feel that something is wrong, use a normal pronunciation for that word or that phrase. That's okay. That's fine. The last important thing you need to know is that in this course, I am speaking slowly to help you understand. When I'm speaking English to native English speakers, I speak quickly, and I use the pronunciation that I'm going to teach you in this course. Okay, that is all the important information that you need to know about the course. Now you can go on to the next section and start improving your pronunciation. 7. Slow Things Down At The Start: What are you doing? What are you doing? If I told you to repeat what I just said, could you do it? Probably not. Why? Because I spoke too quickly. That's why the first tip to improving your English pronunciation is pronounce the language slowly when you're first learning. What if I said, What are you doing? Could you copy what I said? Yes, probably because I said it slowly. So when you are practicing your pronunciation, practice slowly at the start. What are you doing? What are you doing? Then you can practice saying it faster. What are you doing? What are you doing? If you can pronounce something slowly, you can probably learn to pronounce it quickly. 8. Practice Does NOT Make Perfect: Many people say practice makes perfect. That means if you practice something, you will become perfect at that thing. But this is not true. Let me show you an example. Look at this word. If you practice saying this word and say English English 100 times, yes, you have practiced, but you are saying it wrong. You could practice saying this word 1,000 times, but you are saying it wrong. Practicing like this does not help you get better. That's why practice does not always make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. If you practice saying something perfectly 100 times, then you'll say that thing perfectly. When using this course, it's very important that you copy exactly what you hear. Forget your own accent. Forget the sounds from your language. Just try to copy exactly what you hear. Listen and copy. You should record yourself pronouncing the words and phrases from this course and compare your pronunciation to my pronunciation. If you sound the same as me, that's great. Well done. If you don't sound the same as me, that's okay too, because now you know and you can go back and practice again. 9. B, P, K, G, T And D At The End Of Words (Stop Sounds): Is this word pronounced cat or cat? Well, both are correct, depending on how fast you are speaking. If you are speaking slowly, you will probably say cat, and you will pronounce that final T sound. If you are speaking quickly, you will probably say cat, and you won't aspirate the final T sound. If you don't aspirate something, you don't let the air out of your mouth. Cat. Cat. You see, when I pronounce this word, I do not let the air out of my mouth at the end of the word. T is what we call a stop sound. We stop the air from coming out, and then we release the air. The six stop sounds in English are Burr. And ur. When speaking English very quickly, most native speakers don't aspirate any of the six stop sounds when they are at the end of a word. Let me say that again, when they are at the end of a word. This helps speakers of English to speak easier, quicker and more naturally. It's not that they don't pronounce the stop sound. They do pronounce the sound. They just do not let the air out of their mouth at the end. For example, tip. Tip. Here, I pronounced the sound, but I just didn't let the air out at the end of the word. If I didn't say the sound, then the word would sound like this. Tip tip. Here are some more examples. Repeat after me. Bob. Bob, rub, rub, crab crab cap cap drop drop, type. Type rag, rag, jug, jug, frog, frog. Pack, pack, B, B, attack attack, ban, ban card, card. Bread. Bread, bat, bat, cart, cart, start. Start. In all of these words, I do not let the air out for the last sound. Please note that there are some exceptions to the rules. For example, when saying a word that ends with a sound like cost or next, you need to aspirate the T sound. Cost. Cost. Next. Next. Another example is when saying the word bank. You need to say bank and aspirate the K sound. You can't say bang. 10. Is It A T Or A D?: Is this thing here pronounced water or water? Water with a T sound in the middle or water with a D sound in the middle. Well, both are correct. It depends on your accent. With my accent, I pronounce a lot of Ts as Ds. Here are some examples. Bitter. I don't say bitter, better. I don't say better metal. I don't say met notify. I don't say notify. SmartA. I don't say Smata. At the start of words and at the end of words, T is always pronounced as a and D is always pronounced as a D. The T sound is normally only changed to a D sound if it's in the middle of a word between two vowel sounds. This is very important. The T needs to be between two vowel sounds. For example, water. The T is between the first vowel sound and the second vowel sound. Now look at this word. Out side. After the there is a D and D is a consonant sound. That means we can't change the T from out to a D sound. It must be pronounced as a This word is pronounced outside outside. Note here that I am not aspirating the T and the D in this word. I don't say outside, I say outside outside. 11. -er Becomes ... ?: Is this word pronounced teacher or teacher? Teacher or teacher. With my accent, I say teacher. In my accent, when there is an ER or an OR at the end of a word, it's pronounced as the choi sound. Here are some more examples. Major, major, doctor, doctor, worker, worker, smoker, smoker, sailor. Sailor, supervisor, supervisor, photographer, photographer. 12. What Is Connected Speech?: The sentence you see now is written English. It is how we write English. But just because we write it like this doesn't mean we say it like this. What are you doing? What are you doing? This is the natural pronunciation for this sentence. When native English speakers speak English naturally, they don't say a word, then stop, and then say another word. For example, they don't say what are you doing. No, this is not how they speak. When speaking naturally, native English speakers connect words and sounds, and it's sometimes hard to hear each word or each sound in a sentence. For example, what are you doing? In this sentence, it's hard to hear each word, and it just sounds like one big word. It's like one big puff of air. What are you doing? This change in pronunciation is called connected speech. It's where we add sounds, remove sounds and change sounds to make English easier and faster to speak. To understand connected speech, it's important to understand the difference between a vowel and a consonant. The five vowel letters in English are A, E, I, O and U. Consonants are all the other letters like B, C, and D. There are five main types of connected speech in English, and that's exactly what you'll learn in the next lesson. I will see you there. 13. Types Of Connected Speech: I'll go this afternoon this afternoon, this afternoon. What have I done here to connect the word this and afternoon? I have taken the S from this and put it to the start of afternoon. So I didn't say afternoon. I said afternoon This afternoon. This afternoon. This is called cation. Canation is a very formal word in science, which just means joining two or more things together. So the rule when using cnation is that you need a consonant sound at the end of the first word, and then a vowel sound at the start of the second word. You take the final consonant sound from the first word and put it at the start of the second word. Here are some more examples. I like this orange, this orange, this orange. Do you have cats or dogs? Cats or dogs. Cats or dogs? Give me that apple, that apple, that apple. These animals are friendly these animals, these animals. I went with a friend Whither Whither. So remember, catenation is when you link a consonant sound to a vowel sound. What about when you have a word which ends with a vowel sound, and then the next word starts with a vowel sound. In this situation, we use something called intrusion, intrusion. This means when we add an extra sound to help make the pronunciation easier. There are three main sounds you can add. You can add a sound. You can add a sound, or you can add a sound. Let's look at some examples. He saw a movie, Sra Sra. There is a sound between S and A. The last sound in SR is A, which is a vowel sound, and A is a vowel sound. That means there are two vowel sounds together, which is why we use intrusion. Do it. Do it. Here, we add a W sound. Do it. Do it. Go out. Go out. Here we also add a W sound. Go out. Go out. He answered. He answered. Here we add a sound. He answered. He answered. Do you like tea or coffee? T or coffee. Again, we add a sound, T or coffee. T or coffee. Now, did you know that we can sometimes just remove sounds? This is called illusion. We normally use allusion when the first word ends in a consonant sound, and the second word starts with a consonant sound. Consonant plus consonant. Here are some examples. Most common becomes most common, most common. Here we have removed the used to becomes used to, used to. Here we remove the D, which makes a sound. Must B becomes must be must be. Here we have removed the Didn't He becomes Didone Didone. Here we remove the final T sound in didn't and we also remove the sound from Diani. Sometimes we can make a completely new sound, which isn't in any of the words that we are pronouncing. This is called assimilation, assimilation. This normally happens when two consonant sounds are next to each other, and it's really difficult to pronounce them both, or it sounds a bit funny to remove one of them. In this case, we make a new sound. Here are some examples. U becomes don't you? Don't you? Meet becomes meet you meet you. Did you become did you? Did you? It can also become Digger Digger. Would you becomes would you? Would you? It can also become Woja Woja. Okay, we are finally here. We've got to the last type of connected speech. The last type of connected speech is very easy. Now, when two of the same consonant sounds are next to each other, we only pronounce one of those sounds. This is called germination. Here are some examples. Social life becomes social life. Social life. We just say that sound once. I want to becomes I want to, I want to. You see how we only pronounce the sound once? Okay, here's a quick summary of the five types of connected speech. Remember these rules and practice them. They are very important. 14. Practice Connected Speech: I like this orange. This orange, this orange. Do you have cats or dogs? Cats or dogs. Cats or dogs? Give me that apple, that apple, that apple. These animals are friendly these animals, these animals. I went with a friend Whither Whither. He saw a movie. Sra Sra. Do it. Do it. Go out. Go out. He answered. He answered. Do you like tea or coffee? Tea or coffee. Most common. Most common. Used to, used to, must be must be Didn Did any? Don't you? Don't you meet you. Met you. Did you? Did you? Would you? Would you? Social life. Social life. I want to. I want to 15. Common Examples With 'Him': Now let's look at some common examples of connected speech with a very common word in English. Hm. Hm is the object for H. Let's start with these three words first. Ask, call, tell. Ask him. Call him. Tell him. Did you see what I did there when I was saying these three phrases? Listen one more time. Ask him, call him. Tell him. When using with these three words, I don't say the H sound from him. I just join him to the start of the first word. Listen one more time. Ask him, call him. Tell him. Now let's look at some examples in some sentences. Ask him where the dog is. Ask him where the dog is. Call him right now. Call him right now. Tell him the good news. Tell him the good news. Let's look at using three more common words with him. No, meet and find. Know him. Medium, find him. Known him. Medium, find him. The rule is the same as the previous words. We don't say the sound from him, and we join to the word that we're using. Please note that with meet him, I change the T sound to a D sound. I say medium. I don't say me Tim. Okay, one more time, say it with me. Know him. Medium. Find him. I know him. I know him. I need to meet him. I need to meet him. You need to find him. You need to find him. Three more examples. Show. Here, help. Show here, help. Show him. Hear him. Help him. One more time. Say it with me. Show him. Hear him. Help him. Again, the rule is the same as the previous words. I think you should show him. I think you should show him. Did you hear him? Did you hear him? Can you help him? Can you help him? Here, it gets even more interesting. Let's look at using C with. See him. See him. See him. What have I done to make the pronunciation easier? Listen one more time. See him. See him. I've added a sound between C and him. I've added a sound, and I have removed the H sound from him. Listen one more time. See him. See him. See him. You need to see him. You need to see him. Let's talk about using two with him. We will use listen and speak as examples. Listen to him. Speak to. Listen to. Speak to. What have I done here? Listen one more time. Listen to. Speak to him. I have changed the H sound in the word Hm to a W sound. Listen to him. Speak to him. So whenever you have two before, change the H sound to a W sound. Practice with me. Listen to. Speak to him. Listen to him. Speak to him. One more important word, give him. Give him. What have I done here? Again, I have just removed the H sound from him and said, give him. Give him, give him a car, give him the keys, give him a house. So in summary, when a word before him ends in a consonant sound, you normally don't have to say the H sound from him. It can be any word, a noun, an adjective, a verb. Ask him, tell him. Call him. Now, when using the word to before him, you just change the H to a W sound. For example, listen to him, speak to him, give it to him, give it to him. Easy, right? 16. Practice With 'Him': Ask him call him. Tell him. Ask him where the dog is. Ask him where the dog is. Call him right now. Call him right now. Tell him the good news. Tell him the good news. Know him. Meet him, find him. I know him. I know him. I need to meet him. I need to meet him. You need to find him. You need to find him. Show him. Hear him, help him. I think you should show him. I think you should show him. Did you hear him? Did you hear him? Can you help him? Can you help him? See. See him. You need to see him. You need to see him. Listen to him. Speak to him, give him, give him a car, give him the keys, give him a house. 17. Common Examples With 'Her': Now let's look at some more common examples of connected speech with the word her. Her is the object for she. When using the word her, the rules are very similar as to when you're using the word. So normally, when a word before her ends in a consonant sound, you normally don't need to say the H sound from her. For example, ask her call her, tell her. Say it with me. Ask her call her. Tell her. Ask her where the cat is. Ask her where the cat is. Call her today. Call her today. Tell her the bad news. Tell her the bad news. No, meet, find. No. Meter, finder, Noa, meter, finder. Again, the rule is the same. We don't say the H sound, we just say and add it to the word before it. Note here that with met her, I don't say meter with a T sound, I say meter with a D sound. One more time, practice with me. Nuer meter, finder, Nuer meter, finder. I know her. I know her. They need to meet her. They need to meet her. He needs to find her. He needs to find her. Now let's look at using C with her. Seer. Seer. What have I done here? You should know if you watch the last lesson. The rule is the same as when we're using. Just change the H to a Y sound. Seo Seo Practice with me. So Seer. He needs to see her. He needs to see her. Now let's talk about using two with her. We will use Listen and speak as examples. Listen to her. Speak to her. Listen to her. Speak to her. The rule is the same. When we're using two before her, we change the H to a W. Listen to her. Speak to her. Say it with me. Listen to her. Speak to her. Let's look at give again. Give her, give her, give her. Again, the rule is the same. We simply remove the H sound. Give her, give her, practice with me, give her a key. Give her a drink. Give her a car. In summary, when you have a word which ends in a consonant sound before her, you normally remove the H sound from her. Ask her, tell her. Give her. When using the word two before her, you normally change the H sound from her into a W sound. Listen to her. Speak to her. Listen to her. Speak to her. Easy, right? 18. Practice With 'Her': Ask her call her. Tell her. Ask her where the cat is. Ask her where the cat is. Call her today. Call her today. Tell her the bad news. Tell her the bad news. Know her. Met her. Find her. I know her. I know her. They need to meet her. They need to meet her. He needs to find her. He needs to find her. See her. See her. He needs to see her. He needs to see her. Listen to her. Speak to her. Give her. Give her, give her a key. Give her a drink. Give her a car. 19. Common Examples With 'Them': When using the word them, normally, you don't have to say the TH sound if the word before them ends with a consonant sound. You can just say, um, Um, let me show you what I mean. Let's use the word ask. Ask them. No, too slow. Let's say it a little bit faster. Ask them. Ask them. Ask them. Did you see what I did there? I removed the TH sound, and I joined the K sound to the EM sound. Ask them. Ask them. Say it with me. Ask them. This is the same with most words that end in a consonant sound. If you use that word before them, you normally don't have to say the TH sound from them. Let's look at some more examples. You should tell them. You should tell them. You need to control them. You need to control them. Try to hear them. Try to hear them. You need to wear them outside. You need to wear them outside. Why do you always lose them? Why do you always lose them? When using the word two before them, you still don't have to say the TH sound from them, but you need to add another sound. Let me show you. Give it to him. Give it to him. What sound did I add between two and them? I added a W, give it to him, give it to him. Say it with me, give it to him, give it to him. 20. Practice With 'Them': Ask them. Ask him. You should tell them. You should tell them. You need to control them. You need to control them. Try to hear them. Try to hear them. You need to wear them outside. You need to wear them outside. Why do you always lose him? Why do you always lose him? Give it to him, give it to him. 21. Strong And Weak Forms: In this section, you are going to learn how to pronounce some of the most common words in English, like a native speaker. For example, you will learn that bean is often pronounced as Bin. It's helpful to think of bean as the strong form of the word. This means you can clearly hear each sound from the word. The pronunciation is strong. Clear and you pronounce every sound. Bin is the weak form of the word. You can't clearly hear every sound of the word. The pronunciation is softer and it's not as clear. We normally use the strong form of a word when we are saying that word by itself, when we are emphasizing that word, or when we want the listener to be able to hear every sound. We normally use the weak form of a word if the word isn't important, or if the speaker is speaking quickly. For example, I want some apples and oranges. In this sentence, I used the strong form of every word. This is making each word clear and easy to hear. I want some apples and oranges. One more time. I want some apples and oranges. This is using some of the weak forms of words. This makes some of the words harder to understand like sum and and, but the most important words in the sentence are said with the strong form. Those words are apples and oranges. Those words are said clearly and they are easy to hear. Let me say it again. I want some apples and oranges. I want some apples and oranges. This is very important to remember because if you say every sentence with the strong form of words, your pronunciation will sound not natural. Remember to think about strong forms and weak forms when you are learning the pronunciation in this course. 22. Examples With Words: Okay, let's get started. Remember, this is video A, which has some explanations. Video B will have the same words from this lesson, but there will be no explanations. You can use that lesson to just listen and repeat. Remember, repeat after me when I'm showing you the natural English pronunciation for these words. This will help you to improve your pronunciation and get the most benefit from this course. A becomes, we use the choi sound when we say A very quickly, and we use the weak form. Uh, a dog. A dog. A bottle, a bottle. A chair, a chair. Anne becomes n, n. Again, we use the choi sound when we are speaking quickly and using the weak form of Anne. Urn Un. An apple. An apple. An elephant. An elephant. An umbrella. An umbrella. And becomes urn urn. We don't say that final D sound at all when we say and very quickly. Urn Earn. Fish and chips. Fish and chips. Coke and Pepsi. Coke and Pepsi. Dogs and cats. Dogs and cats. Because becomes Cos. Cos. Because is often shortened to Cos in fast spoken English. Cos. Cos. 'Cause it's a good movie. 'Cause it's a good movie. 'Cause I like chicken, 'cause I like chicken. 'Cause he's a soccer player. 'Cause he's a soccer player. Been becomes Bin Bin. That sound is changed to an sound. Bin Bin. Have you been well? Have you been well? Been busy today. Been busy today. He's been to the restaurant. He's been to the restaurant. But becomes but, but you don't aspirate that final T sound. You need to say the T sound, but you just don't let the air come out of your mouth at the end of the word. Don't say but and don't say but. Say but, but one more time. I like tea but not coffee. I like tea but not coffee. He will go, but he wants to go early. He will go, but he wants to go early. She has white shoes, but she doesn't have black shoes. She has white shoes, but she doesn't have black shoes. 23. Practice The Words: Uh, a dog. A dog. A bottle. A bottle. A chair. A chair. On n. An apple. An apple. An elephant. An elephant. An umbrella. An umbrella. Urn urn. Fish and chips. Fish and chips. Coke and Pepsi. Coke and Pepsi. Dogs and cats. Dogs and cats. Cos. Cos. 'Cause it's a good movie. 'Cause it's a good movie. 'cause I like chicken. Because I like chicken. Cause he's a soccer player. Cause he's a soccer player. Bin Bin, have you been well? Have you been well? Been busy today. Been busy today. He's been to the restaurant. He's been to the restaurant. But I like tea, but not coffee. I like tea, but not coffee. He will go, but he wants to go early. He will go, but he wants to go early. She has white shoes, but she doesn't have black shoes. She has white shoes, but she doesn't have black shoes. 24. Can/Can't: Now let's talk about K and Kant. We will look at K first, then we will look at Kant. Then we will compare them both so you can see, hear and understand the difference. Can becomes K. K. That at sound changes to an sound, the cha sound. K K. I can swim. I can swim. He can dance. He can dance. Can you speak English? Can you speak English? Can't becomes Kant. Can't last T sound is not aspirated. You still need to say the T sound, but you just don't let the air out at the end of the word. Don't say can't C. Say can Can't with me one more time. Can't can't swim. I can't swim. He can't dance. He can't dance. Cotton you speak English. Cotton you speak English. Kant. What did you hear? K. What did you hear? So can you hear the difference between these two sounds? The main difference is the vowel sound. I can the vowel sound is an at if said normally with the strong form, and the vowel sound is, I said in the weak form KKK. Kant has a different vowel sound. The vowel sound for Khan is Khan. Khan. I can swim. I can't swim. He can dance. He can't dance. Can you speak English? Can't you speak English? Can you hear and understand the difference now? If yes, you can go to the next lesson. If not, please watch this lesson again because it's very important that you can understand and hear the difference between these two very important and common words. 25. Practice With 'Can' and 'Can't': K. K. I can swim. I can swim. He can dance. He can dance. Can you speak English? Can you speak English? Can't can't swim. He can't dance. He can't dance. Can't you speak English? Can't you speak English? I can swim. I can't swim. He can dance. He can't dance. Can you speak English? Can't you speak English? 26. Do/Don't: Now let's talk about do and don't will look at D first, then we will look at don't then finally, we will look at the difference between D and don't so you can hear and understand the difference between these two words. Do can sometimes become D D. That h sound changes to an sound, the choi sound. D. D. But when using D as a main verb, you should use the strong form of the pronunciation. Do do. Do you like learning English? Do you like learning English? Here, D is an auxiliary verb. The main verb is like. I want to do my homework. I want to do my homework. We don't say D here. Why? Because do is a main verb in the sentence. So if you're not sure whether to say D or do, just say do. Don't becomes don't final T sound is not aspirated. We need to say the T sound, but you just don't let the air come out of your mouth at the end of the word. Do not say don't or don't don't very important that you say the T sound, but just don't aspirate the sound. Don't don't want to go. I don't want to go. They don't eat breakfast. They don't eat breakfast. Don't you like tea? Don't you like tea? What did you hear? What did you hear? Do. What did you hear? So can you hear the difference between these two words? The biggest difference is that D has a long, oh, sound. Don't has a long, oh, sound. Do, don't if you say do fast and more naturally, it sounds like D D. It uses the choi sound. Do you like learning English? Don't you like learning English? What do you think? What don't you think? I do want to go. I don't want to go. Now, I hope you can hear and understand the difference between these two words. If you can, please go to the next lesson. If you can't watch this lesson again because it's very important you can hear and understand the difference between these two words. 27. Practice With 'Do' and 'Don't': D. D, D, D. Do you like learning English? Do you like learning English? I want to do my homework. I want to do my homework. Don't don't want to go. I don't want to go. They don't eat breakfast. They don't eat breakfast. Don't you like tea? Don't you like tea? Do you like learning English? Don't you like learning English? What do you think? What don't you think? I do want to go. I don't want to go. 28. More Words: This is part two of the word section of the course. Four becomes F. F. Again, we use that choi sound. The choi sound is very common in English, so it's very important you say it correctly. Practice with me. FF. One more time. F for me. For me. For him for him. For you, for you. Go Wing becomes Gen Gowen Gowen. We change that sound to a sound. And note, we don't say go in, go in. No, the correct pronunciation is Gen. Goen. It's like there's a W sound between the go and the in Goin Goin. Are you going? Are you going? Where are you going? Where are you going? You shouldn't be going. You shouldn't be going. Another important and common word. Just becomes us Jus. One more time. J. We don't pronounce that final T sound at all, and we change the sound from u to the choir sound. JJ. J. J $3. Just $3. Just over there. Just over there. Just do what I say. Just do what I say. Next word, not not becomes not No. We don't aspirate the final T sound. You need to say the T sound, but as you know, you don't let the air out. So don't say not or not. Say not. No. Practice with me. No. Not here. Not here. Not hungry, not hungry. Not good. Not good. O becomes of of of. Again, we use the choi sound of a friend of mine. A friend of mine. The color of his hair. The color of his hair. Employee of the month. Employee of the month. So becomes. We change that sound from s to the choi sound. So practice with me. Here's some cake. Here's some cake. Have some dinner. Have some dinner. Do you have some fruit? Do you have some fruit? The next word is something. Listen carefully. Something becomes something something. Listen, one more time. Something. So is said like. S. But we don't aspirate the P sound. Something something. Practice with me. Something. One more time, 'cause I know this is a funny one. Something. Do you want something? Do you want something? Have you eaten some? Have you eaten some? Can he use some? Can he use some this is another important word. Becomes. We use the choi sound again. To. Go to the shops. Go to the shops. I'm going to work. I'm going to work. Bring it to me. Bring it to me. Y becomes yo ya. Yo, or yeah. In my accent, I say, yeah, more than yo. Yeah. Yeah. One more time? Yeah. How are ya? How are ya? Are you busy? Are you busy? You got to start eating better. You got to start eating better. They are some of the most common words in English and how to say them more naturally in their weak form. These words are used in daily life, so it's very important that you learn to pronounce them correctly. 29. Practice With The Words: S. S. For me. For me, For him. For him. For you, for you. Going. Going. Are you going? Are you going? Where are you going? Where are you going? You shouldn't be going. You shouldn't be going. Jess. Jess. $3. Just $3. Just over there. Just over there. Just do what I say. Just do what I say. No. No. No here. Not here. Not hungry, not hungry. Not good. Not good of a friend of mine. A friend of mine. The color of his hair. The color of his hair. Employee of the month. Employee of the month. Sum. Here's some cake. Here's some cake. Have some dinner. Have some dinner. Do you have some fruit? Do you have some fruit? Something. Something. Do you want something? Do you want something? Have you eaten something? Have you eaten something? Can he use something? Can he use something? To, too. Go to the shops. Go to the shops. I'm going to work. I'm going to work. Bring it to me. Bring it to me. Yo, or ya. Yo ya. How are ya? How are ya? Are you busy? Are you busy? You got to start eating better. You got to start eating better. 30. 36 Common Contractions: In this video and in the next video, you will learn more than 60 of the most important contractions in English. Let's get started. I am. I'm I'm. You are your He is his He. She is she's she's. It is. It's it's We are. Were where they are there there. I have I've, I've. You have you've You've. He has his He. She has she's she's. We have weave, weave. They have they've they've I will oh, oh. You will. You You He will heal, heal. She will heal, heal. It will, I'll I'll. We will wel, wel. They will they'll they'll. I would I'd, I'd. You would Ud Ud He would heed, heed She would shed shed I would Id, Id. We would weed, weed. They would ad, ad. Do not don't not doesn't did not didn't not won't was not wasn't not weren't not hadn't not haven't 31. 30 More Contractions: Who would? Who'd. Who'd. Who will? Who? Who? Who are Ha Ha. Who has or who is? Whose? Whose? What did? What Whadd. What Watter Water. What is or what has? What? Whats? What have? What of What have where did. Where Wa Wa. Where is or where has Wes Ws. Where have Who? Where off. When W W W is Ws Ws. When have W of W of why did why. Why wire wire Why is or why has Wise. Wise. Why have W why. How did How Hud. How are HH. How is Hs Hs. How have how of how of C not Couldn't have have could have ora Coda. Should not shouldn't have should have, should have or should should. Would not wouldn't have would have would have or Wa Wa. A 32. First Set of Phrases: In this section, you are going to learn how to pronounce some of the most common English phrases naturally like a native speaker. Are you ready? Let's get started. And A becomes a Orna. We don't say the D sound, and we change the A from and to nana. Fries in a burger. Fries in a burger. Cat and a dog. Cat and a dog. A blue one and a red one. A blue one and a red one. Could he becomes Cody. Cody, we remove the H sound from he and join Cod and he together. Cody Cody. Could he ride a bike? Could he ride a bike? Could he eat a lot? Could he eat a lot? Could he drive? Could he drive? This is a very interesting one. Could not have becomes CudnaKudna. Listen one more time. Kudna not have becomes no. No. Weird, right? KudnaKudna. This can also be pronounced as Couldn't have Couldn't have. Both are correct. He couldn't have done it. He couldn't have done it. She couldn't have been there. She couldn't a been there. I couldn't have helped you. I couldn't have helped you. Could have two becomes Kur after Kur after. Listen one more time. K after. Have two becomes after after CurafterKur after. He could have to go. He could have to go. She could have to change jobs. She could have to change jobs. They could have to find a new place to live. They could have to find a new place to live. Cup of becomes Kappa. Kappa. The of changes to a A Cappa Cappa. Could I get a cup of tea, please? Could I get a cup of tea, please? Do you have a cup of water? Do you have a cup of water? That cup of coffee isn't mine. That cup of coffee isn't mine. It becomes doesn't it? Doesn't it. The I from the it turns into a choi sound, and we don't say that final T sound in it. Doesn't it? Doesn't it? Please note that it becomes does. Does it. Does it. Doesn't it like that dog? Doesn't it like that dog? Doesn't it want to eat? Doesn't it want to eat? Does it do what I need? Does it do what I need? Do not know becomes Dana. Dana. All the words join together to become Dana. Dana. Dana. I don't know the answer. I don't know the answer. You to know how to help him. You to know how to help him. They know where to go. They know where to go. I Do U becomes Jojo. Go. It's like the first sound becomes a J, and then the second sound is the choi sound. Jo Jo. You can use jo with any sentence or statement that has D. Do you like playing sport? Do you like playing sport? Do you want to go out later? Do you want to go out later? Do you think it's a good idea? Do you think it's a good idea? Give me becomes Gimme. Gimme. We don't use the V sound from give Gimme. Gimme. Give me a pen. Give me a pen. Can you give me some food? Can you give me some food? I want you to give me a good reason. I want you to give me a good reason. 33. Practice the First Set: Ona. Una. Fries in a burger. Fries in a burger. Cat and a dog. Cat and a dog. A blue one and a red one. A blue one and a red one. Cody? Could he? Could he ride a bike? Could he ride a bike? Could he eat a lot? Could he eat a lot? Could he drive? Could he drive? This is a very interesting one. Could not have becomes KudnaKudna couldn't have couldn't have. He couldn't have done it. He couldn't have done it. She couldn't a been there. She couldn't a been there. I couldn't have helped you. I couldn't have helped you. Kurd after Kur after. He could have to go. He could have to go. She could have to change jobs. She could have to change jobs. They could have to find a new place to live. They could have to find a new place to live. Kappa. Kappa Could I get a cup of tea, please? Could I get a cup of tea, please? Do you have a cup of water? Do you have a cup of water? That cup of coffee isn't mine. That cup of coffee isn't mine. Doesn't it? Doesn't it? Does it. Does it. Doesn't it like that dog? Doesn't it like that dog? Doesn't it want to eat? Doesn't it want to eat? Does it do what I need? Does it do what I need? Do. Do. I don't know the answer. I don't know the answer. You to know how to help him. You to know how to help him. They know where to go. They know where to go. Jo Jo. Do you like playing sport? Do you like playing sport? Do you want to go out later? Do you want to go out later? Do you think it's a good idea? Do you think it's a good idea? Gimme. Gimme. Give me a pen. Give me a pen. Can you give me some food? Can you give me some food? I want you to give me a good reason. I want you to give me a good reason. 34. Second Set of Phrases: Going to becomes Gonna. Gonna. We don't say the from going and we don't say two at all. We say gonna. Gonna. They're going to go. They're going to go. Are you going to get it? Are you going to get it? Where are you going to go? Where are you going to go? Got A becomes gotta. Gotta. Got and the A join together, and we say gotta. Gotta. Note how with my accent, I don't say a T sound, I say a D sound. Gotta. Gotta. Have you got a pen? Have you got a pen? I've got a phone. I've got a phone. Has she got a boyfriend? Has she got a boyfriend? Have got two also becomes gotta. Gotta. We don't say the word have at all. We just say gotta. Gotta. Remember, Gotta means have got two. That means you can't use Gotta with any subject that you can't use have with. For example, you can't say he got to go because you can't say he have to go. They got to drive faster. They got to drive faster. I got to get a new job. I got to get a new job. I got to go now. I got to go now. Had two becomes Hata HTA. You already know that two becomes TA, so this one should be easy for you. Had ta, HTA. You had to be there. You had to be there. He had to change clothes. He had to change clothes. They had to stop driving. They had to stop driving. H two becomes Ha Ha. That T sound changes to a D sound. Ha. Ha. He has to stop eating so much. He has to stop eating so much. She has to get some new clothes. She has to get some new clothes. It has to stop barking. It has to stop barking. H two becomes hafta hafta. That V sound from H changes to sound. HaftaHafa. Do you have to do it? Do you have to do it? I have to film this video today. I have to film this video today. They have to stop wasting money. They have to stop wasting money. He has becomes he has. He has. The H sound from has changes to your sound. He has. He has. This is also the same with S. She has becomes she as. She as. He has a dog. He has a dog. She has a car. She has a car. He has a phone. He has a phone. I would like to becomes what do you think? Have a guess. It becomes I'd like. I'd ta. The I and the wood become ID, contraction, and two becomes t I'd ta, I'd ta. This is the same for all subjects. She'd ta. He'd ta. We'd ta. They'd ta. I'd like to make an appointment, please. I'd like to make an appointment, please. She'd like to invite you to the party. She'd like to invite you to the party. They'd like to meet. They'd like to meet. I am A becomes Ima Ima. I and M become I'm a contraction, and we say U instead of A, Ima Ima. We can use this pronunciation with all subjects. Ora Shiza Heza Isa Wa, era. I'm a doctor. I'm a doctor. He's a lawyer. He's a lawyer. They're a bit hungry now. They're a bit hungry now. The last phrase in this lesson he Is he becomes Iy Iy. We join the I and the he together and we don't say the sound. Iy Iy. Is he happy? Is he happy? Is he a doctor? Is he a doctor? Is he going to go? Is he going to go? Now you should really be starting to understand natural English pronunciation. For example, that last sentence should have been, is he going to go. But with natural pronunciation, we simply say, is he going to go? Is he gonna go. You see, you can speak English like a native speaker, but you just need to know how to do it. 35. Practice the Second Set: Gonna. Gonna. They're gonna go. They're gonna go. Are you gonna get it? Are you gonna get? Where are you going to go? Where are you going to go? Got. Got. Have you got a pen? Have you got a pen? I've got a phone. I've got a phone. Has she got a boyfriend? Has she got a boyfriend? Got. Got. They got to drive faster. They got to drive faster. I got to get a new job. I got to get a new job. I got to go now. I got to go now. Ha. Ha. You had to be there. You had to be there. He had to change clothes. He had to change clothes. They had to stop driving. They had to stop driving. Ha. Ha. He has to stop eating so much. He has to stop eating so much. She has to get some new clothes. She has to get some new clothes. It has to stop barking. It has to stop barking. HaftaHfa. Do you have to do it? Do you have to do it? I have to film this video today. I have to film this video today. They have to stop wasting money. They have to stop wasting money. He has. He is. She. She. He has a dog. He has a dog room. She has a car. She has a car. He has a phone. He has a phone. I liked her. I'd liked her. She'd liked her. He'd liked her. We'd like her. They'd liked her. I'd like to make an appointment, please. I'd like to make an appointment, please. She'd like to invite you to the party. She'd like to invite you to the party. They'd like to meet you. They'd like to meet. Ama Ama, Yura Shiza, Heza Isa, era, era. I'm a doctor. I'm a doctor. He's a lawyer. He's a lawyer. They're a bit hungry now. They're a bit hungry now. Is. Is. Is he happy? Is he happy? Is he a doctor? Is he a doctor? Is he gonna go? Is he gonna go? 36. Third Set of Phrases: It is A, becomes Isa Isa. I and I come together to become Is, and then we add the choi sound. Isa Isa. It's a dog. It's a dog. It's a cat. It's a cat. It's a bird. It's a bird. Kind of becomes kind kind. The of becomes the choi sound, kinderer. Kind of can also be pronounced as kind. It's like you change into a contraction. He's nice. He's nice. They're friendly. They're friendly. I like her. I like her. Let me becomes Lemme. Lemme. We don't say that final T sound from Let. Lemme. Lemme. Let me help you. Let me help you. Let me go. Let me go. Let me go to the party. Let me go to the party. Lots of becomes lotsa lotsa. Again, it's like the of becomes the choi sound. Lotsa, lotsa. Lots of can also be pronounced as lots of lots of. Again, it's like the lots and the of join together to become a contraction. Lots of. He has lots of cats. He has lots of cats. She speaks lots of languages. She speaks lots of languages. They have lots of money. They have lots of money. Must have becomes must have or usar. Must have or usar. Both are correct. Must've is a simple contraction, and usar is just a different way to say the word. Must have. Must have Musa Musa he must have left already. He must have left already. You must have passed the test. You must have passed the test. I must have eaten too much. I must have eaten too much. Out of becomes outer outer. I change the T sound to a D sound and change of to the choi sound. Outer Outer. You can also say out of out of. Again, it's like you change out of into a contraction. I'm as cereal. I'm as cereal. He's out of the house. He's out of the house. They are out of the competition. They are out of the competition. Should he becomes Shouldi Should he. We remove the H sound from he and we say Shouldi. Should he. Should he. Should he get a new job? Should he get a new job? Should he buy a new house? Should he buy a new house? Should he read a book? Should he read a book? Should not have becomes shouldn't not becomes shouldn't have becomes the cha sound. Shouldn't. It can also be pronounced as shouldn't have shouldn't have shouldn't have. You shouldn't have done that. You shouldn't have done that. They shouldn't have gone out today. They shouldn't have gone out today. She shouldn't have bought that dress. She shouldn't have bought that dress. Should have two becomes should after. Should after. Should after. It's like the have and the two becomes after after should after, should after. He should have to go. He should have to go. They should have to change jobs. They should have to change jobs. She should have to resign. She should have to resign. 37. Practice the Third Set: Isa. Isa. It's a dog. It's a dog. It's a cat. It's a cat. It's a bird. It's a bird. Kinder, kinder, kind of, kind of. He's kind of nice. He's kind of nice. They're kind of friendly. They're kind of friendly. I kind of like her. I kind of like her. Lemme. Lemme. Let me help you. Let me help you. Let me go. Let me go. Let me go to the party. Let me go to the party. Lota otter Lots of lots of He has lots of cats. He has lots of cats. She speaks lots of languages. She speaks lots of languages. They have lots of money. They have lots of money. Must have must have Ma Ma. He must have left already. He must have left already. You must have passed the test. You must have passed the test. I must have eaten too much. I must have eaten too much. Outer outer, out of out of I'm as cereal. I'm as cereal. He's out of the house. He's out of the house. They are out of the competition. They are out of the competition. Should he. Should he. Should he get a new job? Should he get a new job? Should he buy a new house? Should he buy a new house? Should he read a book? Should he read a book? Shouldn't shouldn't have. You shouldn't have done that. You shouldn't have done that. They shouldn't have gone out today. They shouldn't have gone out today. She shouldn't bought that dress. She shouldn't have bought that dress. Should after. Should after. He should have to go. He should have to go. They should have to change jobs. They should have to change jobs. She should have to resign. She should have to resign. 38. Fourth Set of Phrases: There is A becomes the Theresa Theresa. There is becomes theirs, and we change A to the choi sound. Theresa Theresa. There's a boy. There's a boy. There's a girl. There's a girl. There's a family. There's a family. This is becomes this is, this is the S from this is used to join this and is this is a bike. This is a bike. This is a shopping center. This is a shopping center. This is a table. This is a table. A becomes tour Tour. Tour. We add a W sound between the two and the A to join the words together. Tour. Tour. Have you been to a waterpark? Have you been to a waterpark? I went to a bank. I went to a bank. She went to a new city. She went to a new city. Two An follows the same rule. To An becomes Tuin Tuin. We use a W sound to join the two and the An together. Tuin Tuin. Let's go to an island. Let's go to an island. Have you been to an apple farm? Have you been to an apple farm? I went to an opera. I went to an opera. I Want two becomes wanna. Wanna. We remove the T completely from W and we say wanna. Wanna. Remember, Wanna means want to. That means you can only use Wanna with subjects that you can use Want with. For example, you can't say he want to go because you can't say he want to go. I want to go. I want to go. They want to cook at home tonight. Want to cook at home tonight. We want to see a movie. We want to see a movie. Want you becomes want you want you want. We add a CH sound between W and W you want you. Remember, want you means want you. It doesn't mean wants you. I want you to do it. I want you to it. They want you to be there. They want you to be there. We want you to help us. We want you to help us. Was it becomes Was it. Was it. Was it we join the W and I together, but we don't aspirate the T from it. Was it. Was it. Was it a good party? Was it a good party? Was it a good day? Was it a good day? Was it good weather? Was it good weather? With A becomes whither whither whither. We join the with with the A, but the A is pronounced as the choi sound. Whither whither. I was with a friend. I was with a friend. She was with a colleague. She was with a colleague. They were with a good man. They were with a good man. Would he becomes? Yes, you're correct. It becomes Woody. Woody. It's the same with could he and should he? We remove the H from he Woody. Woody. Would he be a good employee? Would he be a good employee? Would he want to go to the beach? Would he want to go to the beach? Would he invite her? Would he invite her? Would not have becomes Wa. Wooda Wooda. It's the same as could not have and should not have. Woodna Woodna. Remember, would not have can be pronounced as wouldn't have. Wouldn't have. I wouldn't have gone. I wouldn't have gone. She wouldn't have wanted to meet him. She wouldn't have wanted to meet him. They wouldn't have gone to the beach. They wouldn't have gone to the beach. Wood have two becomes Wood after. Wood after. Wood after. He would have to be the best person for the job. He would have to be the best person for the job. She would have to go. She would have to go. You would have to do it. You would have to do it. They are some of the most important phrases in English and how to say them naturally like a native speaker. I hope you can see now that saying these phrases naturally is not difficult. You just need to know the correct pronunciation. Practice saying these phrases many times with Lesson B, so you can say these phrases automatically without even thinking about it. When you are confident with these phrases, please go to the next section. 39. Practice the Fourth Set: Theresa Theresa. There's a boy. There's a boy. There's a girl. There's a girl. There's a family. There's a family. This is This is a bike. This is a bike. This is a shopping center. This is a shopping center. This is a table. This is a table. Tour. Tour. Have you been to a waterpark? Have you been to a water park? I went to a bank. I went to a bank. She went to a new city. She went to a new city. Tuan. Tuin. Let's go to an island. Let's go to an island. Have you been to an apple farm? Have you been to an apple farm? I went to an opera. I went to an opera. Wanna. I want to go. I want to go. They want to cook at home tonight. They want to cook at home tonight. We want to see a movie. We want to see a movie. Want you want you. I want you to do it. I want you to do it. They want you to be there. They want you to be there. We want you to help us. We want you to help us. Was it? Was it? Was it a good party? Was it a good party? Was it a good day? Was it a good day? Was it good weather? Was it good weather? Whither whither. I was with a friend. I was with a friend. She was with a colleague. She was with a colleague. They were with a good man. They were with a good man. Woody. Woody. Would he be a good employee? Would he be a good employee? Would he want to go to the beach? Would he want to go to the beach? Would he invite her? Would he invite her? Wouldn'ta. Wouldn'ta. Wouldn't have. Wouldn't have. I wouldn't have gone. I wouldn't have gone. She wouldn't have wanted to meet him. She wouldn't have wanted to meet him. They wouldn't have gone to the beach. They wouldn't have gone to the beach. Wood after. Wood after. He would have to be the best person for the job. He would have to be the best person for the job. She would have to go. She would have to go. You would have to do it. You would have to do it. 40. First Group of Sentences: In this section, you are going to learn how to naturally pronounce 30 common sentences in English. Are you ready? Let's get started. Could you repeat that please become Could you repeat that, please? Could you repeat that, please? The Cod turns into KjaKuja. Could you repeat that, please? Could you repeat that, please? Do you understand becomes, do you understand? Do you understand? Do you turns into JJ. Do you understand? Do you understand? Do you know what I mean becomes do you know what I mean? Do you know what I mean? Again, the do U turns into Jo and the W I turns into W What. Do you know what I mean? Do you know what I mean? Excuse me becomes excuse me. Excuse me. We remove the EX sound from excuse and just say excuse. Excuse me. Excuse me. Have a good day, have a good day. Have a good day. Have A becomes haha. And when we say good day, we only say one D sound. Good day, good day. Have a good day. Have a good day. Have you been busy today? Have you been busy today? Have you been busy today? Have you been have you been? Have you been? Have you been busy today? Have you been busy today? Sometimes when speaking really quickly, native speakers just say, been busy today, been busy today. How are you becomes How are you? How are you? How becomes HHoer. How are you? How are you? How have you been becomes how have you been? How have you been? How have becomes how becomes, and been becomes Ben Easy, right? How have you been? How have you been? How long have you been learning English Become how long have you been learning English? How long have you been learning English? Long H becomes Longv becomes Y, and Ben becomes Bin. How long have you been learning English? How long have you been learning English? How much is it how much is it? How much is it? Is it becomes it? Is it? And the CH sound from much joins to, is it? Much is it? Much is it? How much is it? How much is it? 41. Practice the First Group of Sentences: Could you repeat that, please? Could you repeat that, please? Do you understand? Do you understand? Do you know what I mean? Do you know what I mean? Excuse me. Excuse me. Have a good day. Have a good day. Have you been busy today? Have you been busy today? Been busy today? Been busy today. How are you? How are you? How have you been? How have you been? How long have you been learning English? How long have you been learning English? How much is it? How much is it? 42. Second Group of Sentences: How old are you becomes how old are you? How old are you? How old becomes how old? How old. And the R is pronounced as the choi sound. How old are you? How old are you? How is it going? Becomes, how's it going? How's it going? How is becomes hows, and we join Hs with it Houser. How's it. Then we say going, not going. How's it going? How's it going? I don't get it becomes I don't get it. I don't get it. The T sound from don't is not aspirated, and we say, get it. Get it. The T sound from G is changed into a D sound. Get it. I don't get it. I don't get it. Nice to meet you become Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Meet becomes meet you. Met you. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. See you later becomes See you later. See you later. See you becomes Sa Sa. See you later. See you later. What are you doing becomes what are you doing? What are you doing? What are you becomes Wodier Waddia. And the doing becomes doing. Doing. What are you doing? What are you doing? What are your hobbies? What are your hobbies? What are your hobbies? What becomes water. Water. The T sound changes to a D sound, and becomes the choi sound. What are your hobbies? What are your hobbies? What can I do for you becomes what can I do for you? What can I do for you? We don't aspirate the T sound in what? We say W. What? Can I becomes K Keri with the choi sound, and four becomes F. What can I do for you? What can I do for you? What do you do becomes what do you do? What do you do? What do you becomes Wadia Wadia. What do you do? What do you do? What do you think becomes What do you think? What do you think? Again, what do you become Wadia Wadia? What do you think? What do you think? 43. Practice the Second Group of Sentences: How old are you? How old are you? How's it going? How's it going? I don't get it. I don't get it. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. See you later. See you later. What are you doing? What are you doing? What are your hobbies? What are your hobbies? What can I do for you? What can I do for you? What do you do? What do you do? What do you think? What do you think? 44. Third Group of Sentences: What do you want to do becomes what do you want to do? What do you want to do? Again, what do you become Wadia Wadia Want to do becomes wanna do wanna do. What do you want to do? What do you want to do? What have you done becomes what have you done? What have you done? What have becomes What of? What of? You becomes Y. What have you done? What have you done? What have you been up to become what have you been up to? What have you been up to? Again, what have becomes What of? What of? You becomes, and been becomes Ben. What have you been up to? What have you been up to? What is up becomes What's up? What's up? What is becomes What's? Whats. What's up? What's up? What is your phone number? Be What's your phone number? What's your phone number? Again, what is becomes Watts, and your becomes. What's your phone number? What's your phone number? What is your name? What's your name? What's your name? Again, it's the same as the last sentence. What's your name? What's your name? Where are you from Becomes Where are you from? Where are you from? Where becomes Wa Wa, and becomes Yo. Where are you from? Where are you from? Where are you going? Becomes Where are you going? Where are you going? Again, where becomes where becomes and Going becomes going Going. Where are you going? Where are you going? Where do you live? Where do you live? Where do you live? Where do you become Weerier. Where do you live? Where do you live? Would you like some coffee? Would you like some coffee? Would you like some coffee? Would becomes Woja Woja. We don't aspirate the K sound from L. L becomes L. Finally, S becomes Sm. Would you like some coffee? Would you like some coffee? I 45. Practice the Third Group of Sentences: What do you want to do? What do you want to do? What have you done? What have you done? What have you been up to? What have you been up to? What's up? What's up? What's your phone number? What's your phone number? What's your name? What's your name? Where are you from? Where are you from? Where are you going? Where are you going? Where do you live? Where do you live? Would you like some coffee? Would you like some coffee? 46. Daily Practice: I like this orange. This orange. This orange. Do you have cats or dogs? Cats or dogs? Cats or dogs? Give me that apple, that apple, that apple. These animals are friendly these animals, these animals. I went with a friend Whither whither. He saw a movie. Sra Sra. Do it. Do it. Go out. Go out. He answered. He answered. Do you like tea or coffee? Tea or coffee. Most common. Most common. Used to, used to must be must be. Did Did any. Don't you? Don't you meet you. Met you. Did you? Did you? Would you? Would you? Social life. Social life. I want to. I want to. Ask him call him. Tell him. Ask him where the dog is. Ask him where the dog is. Call him right now. Call him right now. Tell him the good news. Tell him the good news. Know him. Meet him, find him. I know him. I know him. I need to meet him. I need to meet him. You need to find him. You need to find him. Show him. Hear him. Help him. I think you should show him. I think you should show him. Did you hear him? Did you hear him? Can you help him? Can you help him? See him. See him. You need to see him. You need to see him. Listen to him. Speak to him. Give him. Give him, give him a car. Give him the keys. Give him a house. Ask her. Call her. Tell her. Ask her where the cat is. Ask her where the cat is. Call her today. Call her today. Tell her the bad news. Tell her the bad news. Know her. Met her, find her. I know her. I know her. They need to meet her. They need to meet her. He needs to find her. He needs to find her. See her. See her. He needs to see her. He needs to see her. Listen to her. Speak to her. Give her. Give her. Give her a key. Give her a drink. Give her a car. Ask him. Ask him. You should tell him. You should tell him. You need to control them. You need to control them. Try to hear them. Try to hear them. You need to wear them outside. You need to wear them outside. Why do you always lose him? Why do you always lose him? Give it to him. Give it to him. Uh, a dog. A dog. A bottle. A bottle. A chair. A chair. Urn urn. An apple. An apple. And an elephant. An elephant. An umbrella. An umbrella. Urn urn. Fish and chips. Fish and chips. Coke and Pepsi. Coke and Pepsi. Dogs and cats. Dogs and cats. Cos. Cos. 'Cause it's a good movie. 'Cause it's a good movie. 'cause I like chicken. Because I like chicken. Because he's a soccer player. Cause he's a soccer player. Bin Bin, have you been well? Have you been well? Been busy today. Been busy today. He's been to the restaurant. He's been to the restaurant. But I like tea, but not coffee. I like tea, but not coffee. He will go, but he wants to go early. He will go, but he wants to go early. She has white shoes, but she doesn't have black shoes. She has white shoes, but she doesn't have black shoes. K. K. I can swim. I can swim. He can dance. He can dance. Can you speak English? Can you speak English? Can't can't swim. He can't dance. He can't dance. Can't you speak English? Can't you speak English? I can swim. I can't swim. He can dance. He can't dance. Can you speak English? Can't you speak English? D. D, D, D. Do you like learning English? Do you like learning English? I want to do my homework. I want to do my homework. Don't don't want to go. I don't want to go. They don't eat breakfast. They don't eat breakfast. Don't you like tea? Don't you like tea? Do you like learning English? Don't you like learning English? What do you think? What don't you think? I do want to go. I don't want to go. For me. For me. For him. For him. For you. For you. Going. Going. Are you going? Are you going? Where are you going? Where are you going? You shouldn't be going. You shouldn't be going. Jess. Jess. $3. Just $3. Just over there. Just over there. Just do what I say. Just do what I say. No. No. No here. Not here. Not hungry, not hungry. Not good. Not good, of a friend of mine. A friend of mine. The color of his hair. The color of his hair. Employee of the month. Employee of the month. Here's some cake. Here's some cake. Have some dinner. Have some dinner. Do you have some fruit? Do you have some fruit? Something. Something. Do you want something? Do you want something? Have you eaten something? Have you eaten something? Can he use something? Can he use something? To, too. Go to the shops. Go to the shops. I'm going to work. I'm going to work. Bring it to me. Bring it to me. Yo, or ya. Yo ya. How are you? How are you? Are you busy? Are you busy? You got to start eating better. You got to start eating better. I am. I'm I'm. You are your your He is his his. She is she's she's. It is it's it's We are We We They are there there. I have I've I've. You have ve. You've. He has He. She has she's she's. We have weave, weave. They have they've they've I will. Oh. Oh, you will. You You He will heal, heal. She will heal, heal. It will, I'll I'll. We will Well, wel. They will they'll they'll. I would I'd, I'd. You would ud Eud. He would heed, heed. She would shed, shed. I would Id, Id. We would weed, weed. They would ad, ad Do not don't not doesn't did not didn't not won't was not wasn't not weren't not hadn't not haven't who would? Who'd. Who'd. Who will? Who? Who? Who are Hua. Ha. Who has or who is? Whose? Whose? What did? What Whadd. What Water. Water. What is or what has? What? Whats? What have? What of What have where did. Where Wa Wa. Where is or where has? Where's Ws. Where have Who? Who. When W W W is Ws Ws. When have W of W of why did wide. Why wire wire. Why is or why has Wis Wise. Why have W Why H did HowdHwdHHer? How How is Hs Hs. How have H of how of C not Couldn't have have could have or a Coda should not shouldn't should have should have, should have Oh Shoda Would not Won't have would have would have order Woerner Owner. Fries in a burger. Fries in a burger. Cat and a dog. Cat and a dog. A blue one and a red one. A blue one and a red one. Could he? Could he? Could he ride a bike? Could he ride a bike? Could he eat a lot? Could he eat a lot? Could he drive? Could he drive? This is a very interesting one. Could not have becomes KudnaKudna couldn't have couldn't have. He couldn't have done it. He couldn't have done it. She couldn't a been there. She couldn't a been there. I couldn't have helped you. I couldn't have helped you. Kur after Kur after. He could have to go. He could have to go. She could have to change jobs. She could have to change jobs. They could have to find a new place to live. They could have to find a new place to live. Kappa. Kappa C I get a cup of tea please? Could I get a cup of tea, please? Do you have a cup of water? Do you have a cup of water? That cup of coffee isn't mine. That cup of coffee isn't mine. Doesn't it? Doesn't it? Does it. Does it. Doesn't it like that dog? Doesn't it like that dog? Doesn't it want to eat? Doesn't it want to eat? Does it do what I need? Does it do what I need? Do Do. I don't know the answer. I don't know the answer. You to know how to help him. You to know how to help him. They know where to go. They don't know where to go. Jo Jo. Do you like playing sport? Do you like playing sport? Do you want to go out later? Do you want to go out later? Do you think it's a good idea? Do you think it's a good idea? Gimme. Gimme. Give me a pen. Give me a pen. Can you give me some food? Can you give me some food? I want you to give me a good reason. I want you to give me a good reason. Gonna. Gonna. They're gonna go. They're gonna go. Are you gonna get it? Are you gonna get it? Where are you going to go? Where are you going to go? Got her. Got. Have you got a pen? Have you got a pen? I've got a phone. I've got a phone. Has she got a boyfriend? Has she got a boyfriend? Got her. Gotta. They got to drive faster. They got to drive faster. I got to get a new job. I got to get a new job. I got to go now. I got to go now. Ha. Ha. You had to be there. You had to be there. He had to change clothes. He had to change clothes. They had to stop driving. They had to stop driving. Hasa, Hasa he has to stop eating so much. He has to stop eating so much. She has to get some new clothes. She has to get some new clothes. It has to stop barking. It has to stop barking. HaftaHfa. Do you have to do it? Do you have to do it? I have to film this video today. I have to film this video today. They have to stop wasting money. They have to stop wasting money. He. He is, Ss. She. He has a dog room. He has a dog room. She has a car. She has a car. He has a phone. He has a phone. I liked her. I'd liked her. She'd liked her. He'd like her. We'd like her. They'd liked her. I'd like to make an appointment, please. I'd like to make an appointment, please. She'd like to invite you to the party. She'd like to invite you to the party. They'd like to meet. They'd like to meet. Ima Ama, Yura Shiza, Heza Isa era, era. I'm a doctor. I'm a doctor. He's a lawyer. He's a lawyer. They're a bit hungry now. They're a bit hungry now. Is he. Is he. Is he happy? Is he happy? Is he a doctor? Is he a doctor? Is he gonna go? Is he gonna go? Isa Isa. It's a dog. It's a dog. It's a cat. It's a cat. It's a bird. It's a bird. Kinder, kinder, kind of, kind of. He's kind of nice. He's kind of nice. They're kind of friendly. They're kind of friendly. I kind of like her. I kind of like her. Lemme. Lemme. Let me help you. Let me help you. Let me go. Let me go. Let me go to the party. Let me go to the party. Lota otter. Lots of lots of He has lots of cats. He has lots of cats. She speaks lots of languages. She speaks lots of languages. They have lots of money. They have lots of money. Must have must have Ma Ma. He must have left already. He must have left already. You must have passed the test. You must have passed the test. I must have eaten too much. I must have eaten too much. Outer, outer, out of out of. I'm a cereal. I'm a cereal. He's out of the house. He's out of the house. They are out of the competition. They are out of the competition. Should he. Should he. Should he get a new job? Should he get a new job? Should he buy a new house? Should he buy a new house? Should he read a book? Should he read a book? Shouldn't shouldn't have. You shouldn't have done that. You shouldn't have done that. They shouldn't have gone out today. They shouldn't have gone out today. She shouldn't bought that dress. She shouldn't have bought that dress. Should after. Should after. He should have to go. He should have to go. They should have to change jobs. They should have to change jobs. She should have to resign. She should have to resign. The Theresa. There's a boy. There's a boy. There's a girl. There's a girl. There's a family. There's a family. This is This is a bike. This is a bike. This is a shopping center. This is a shopping center. This is a table. This is a table. Tour. Tour. Have you been to a waterpark? Have you been to a water park? I went to a bank. I went to a bank. She went to a new city. She went to a new city. Tuan. Tuin. Let's go to an island. Let's go to an island. Have you been to an apple farm? Have you been to an apple farm? I went to an opera. I went to an opera. Wanna. Wanna. I want to go. I want to go. They want to cook at home tonight. They want to cook at home tonight. We want to see a movie. We want to see a movie. Want you want you. I want you to do it. I want you to do it. They want you to be there. They want you to be there. We want you to help us. We want you to help us. Was it? Was it? Was it a good party? Was it a good party? Was it a good day? Was it a good day? Was it good weather? Was it good weather? Whither whither. I was with a friend. I was with a friend. She was with a colleague. She was with a colleague. They were with a good man. They were with a good man. Woody. Woody? Would he be a good employee? Would he be a good employee? Would he want to go to the beach? Would he want to go to the beach? Would he invite her? Would he invite her? Wouldn'ta. Wouldn'ta Wouldn't have. Wouldn't have. I wouldn't have gone. I wouldn't have gone. She wouldn't have wanted to meet him. She wouldn't have wanted to meet him. They wouldn't have gone to the beach. They wouldn't have gone to the beach. Wood after. Wood after. He would have to be the best person for the job. He would have to be the best person for the job. She would have to go. She would have to go. You would have to do it. You would have to do it. Could you repeat that, please? Could you repeat that, please? Do you understand? Do you understand? Do you know what I mean? Do you know what I mean? Excuse me. Excuse me. Have a good day. Have a good day. Have you been busy today? Have you been busy today? Been busy today? Been busy today. How are you? How are you? How have you been? How have you been? How long have you been learning English? How long have you been learning English? How much is it? How much is it? How old are you? How old are you? How's it going? How's it going? I don't get it. I don't get it. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. See you later. See you later. What are you doing? What are you doing? What are your hobbies? What are your hobbies? What can I do for you? What can I do for you? What do you do? What do you do? What do you think? What do you think? What do you want to do? What do you want to do? What have you done? What have you done? What have you been up to? What have you been up to? What's up? What's up? What's your phone number? What's your phone number? What's your name? What's your name? Where are you from? Where are you from? Where are you going? Where are you going? Where do you live? Where do you live? Would you like some coffee? Would you like some coffee? 47. Test of Pronunciation: You have learned to pronounce a lot of English naturally like a native speaker. Congratulations. Now it's time for your final tests to see how much you have learned. The first test is going to be about pronunciation. I am going to show you a word, a phrase, or a sentence. I want you to say it two times. First, say it with normal English pronunciation. Second, say it naturally like a native speaker with the pronunciation that you learned in this course. After you say it twice, I will show you the correct pronunciation, so you can see if you said it correctly. For example, if you see this, I want you to firstly say C. This is the normal English pronunciation. Secondly, I want you to say Cody. This is the natural English pronunciation. Okay, are you ready? There will be 30 questions in this test. Good luck. A. Oh. Because Ben. Ben. But but Can can Can't What? Ah. What How have how have could not have Couldn't or couldn't have. Doesn't it? Doesn't it? Did you? Did you D U j have to hafta. He has. He has. Is he he? Must have Muster or must should he should. There is a there's a Want two. Want you want you. Wood have two. Wood after. Do you know what I mean? Do you know what I mean? How long have you been learning English? How long have you been learning English? What are you doing? What are you doing? Where do you live? Where do you live? Would you like some coffee? Would you like some coffee? That is the end of the first test. How did you go? Was it fun, boring, exciting, easy, difficult? Let me know, and in the next lesson, you will get to test your listening skills. 48. Test of Listening: For this test, you are going to need to write down some answers. So please get a pen and paper or you can just use your phone. I am going to say something, and I want you to write down what I said. Write down the normal way to say it and write down the natural way to say it. For example, if I say Cody, I want you to write down Cod he and I want you to write down Cody. At the end of the lesson, I will show you the answers. Are you ready? Good luck. Oh, and from right now, there will be no subtitles. But but did you? Did you Don't in Going. Just something something Hood Ha Ha. When when of Kappa Kappa. Gimme. Gimme. Gonna. Gonna Ha. Ha. I liked her. I liked her. Master. Master. Shudna Shudna That is. That is Tour Tour. Was it? Was it Woody. Woody. Could you repeat that, please? Could you repeat that, please? Have you been busy today? Have you been busy today? How much is it? How much is it? What are your hobbies? What are your hobbies? What do you want to do? What do you want to do? Okay, that is the end of test number two. Here are the answers, and let me know how many you got right. 49. What Would You Say If I Said ....: This final test is called what would you say if I will say something in natural spoken English and I want you to reply to me. For example, if I say, how are you, you could say, I'm good thanks. How are you? After you have replied, I will show you what I said and a common answer. This test is just a bit of fun, so enjoy it, have fun with it, and good luck. I forgot to say that from now, there will be no subtitles. Do you know what I mean? Have you been busy today? How have you been? How long have you been learning English? How much is it? How old are you? What are you doing? What are your hobbies? What do you want to do? What have you been up to? That was your final test, so I hope you did well and I hope you enjoyed doing them. Let me know how many questions you got right, and I will see you in the next section. 50. Top 3 Things To Remember: There was a lot of pronunciation in this course. Here are the three most important things that you need to remember. One, when there is a consonant sound at the end of a word, and the next word starts with a vowel sound, you can normally join those two sounds together. For example, these R becomes these Rs is a consonant sound, and R is a vowel sound. So that means we can join those two sounds together, and it just becomes one sound. These are another example, sum of becomes sum of sum of Sv. It just sounds like one sound. Sum. This is one of the simplest and most important things that can help you to speak English more naturally like a native speaker. Here is how you can practice. Find something to read in English. Read a sentence very slowly. When you get to the end of a word, don't stop pronouncing the last sound if it's a consonant sound and join that sound to the first sound of the next word if the first sound is a vowel sound. If the first sound of the next word is a consonant sound, stop pronouncing the last sound of the first word and keep reading. Let me show you an example. This sentence. I will read it for you very slowly. These are only some of the words you need to learn. Let me read it one more time, but a bit faster. These are only, some of the words you need to learn. Now I'll read it at normal speed. These are some of the words you need to learn. You can see where I joined the consonant and vowel sounds together and where I could not join some sounds. The second most important thing to help you speak English more naturally is to not aspirate the stop sounds in English when they are at the end of a word. For example, don't say it's cold outside. Say, it's cold outside. It's cold outside. It's cold out, cold, out, side. For these three words, I do not let the air come out of my mouth for the final sound. Remember, the six main stop sounds in English, p d, and. Three, use contractions. Using contractions will help you to speak English faster, easier and more naturally. Contractions are words like he's, she's, and its. But please note that when speaking and writing very formal English, it's better not to use contractions. There's one more important thing to remember. It's just one word. Relax. Have fun with English and have fun speaking English. You don't have to speak perfect English to get the benefits out of being able to speak English. It's okay if you don't speak English perfectly every time, and it's okay if you make a mistake or don't say something exactly like a native speaker. Relax, have fun with English and enjoy it. If you remember anything from this course, please remember these four things. These basic things are very important, and they will help you to speak English more naturally and like a native English speaker.