Contractions: Pronunciation Tips
Contractions: Pronunciation Tips (Including Homophones)
This table covers "be", "have" and "will" only (not verbs like "should" and "can") because these are the verbs where homophones can help you understand and remember some of the contractions.
Useful Tip
Only one pronunciation is given for each contraction, but there may be other pronunciations when unstressed or in other varieties of English.
| verb | long form | contraction | pronunciation (number of syllables) | homophones | common confusions | rhymes with |
| same pronunciation | different pronunciation | |||||
| be | I am | I'm | |ime| (1) | - | aim | dime |
| you are | you're | |yor| (1) | your/yore | jaw | jaw more four | |
| he is | he's | |heez| (1) | - | his/fees/heath | fees bees | |
| she is | she's | |sheez| (1) | - | seas/sees | seas he's | |
| it is | it's | |its| (1) | its | eats/ids | bits fits | |
| we are | we're | |wier| (1) | weir | were/where | pier beer | |
| they are | they're | |thear| (1) | their/there | dare | pair fair | |
| are not | aren't | |arnt| (1) | aunt | ant/aunty | shan't | |
| is not | isn't | |izunt| (2) | - | - | - | |
| was not | wasn't | |wozunt| (2) | - | - | - | |
| were not | weren't | |wurnt| (1) | - | want/won't | burnt learnt | |
| have | I have | I've | |ive| (1) | - | ivy/if | dive five |
| you have | you've | |yoov| (1) | - | - | move prove | |
| he has | he's | |heez| (1) | - | his/fees/heath | fees bees | |
| she has | she's | |sheez| (1) | - | seas/sees | seas he's | |
| it has | it's | |its| (1) | its | eats/ids | bits fits | |
| we have | we've | |weev| (1) | weave | with | peeve believe | |
| they have | they've | |theiv| (1) | - | dave | dave brave | |
| I had | I'd | |ide| (1) | eyed | id | cried died | |
| you had | you'd | |yood| (1) | - | jude (name) | food renewed | |
| he had | he'd | |heed| (1) | heed | hid/head/feed | feed need | |
| she had | she'd | |sheed| (1) | - | shed/seed | seed he'd | |
| it had | it'd | |itud| (2) | - | - | - | |
| we had | we'd | |weed| (1) | weed | wed | he'd she'd | |
| they had | they'd | |theid| (1) | - | - | spade paid | |
| will | I will | I'll | |ail| (1) | aisle/isle | ill | while pile |
| you will | you'll | |yuul| (1) | yule | you all/jewel | tool | |
| he will | he'll | |heel| (1) | heel/heal | feel/hell | feel peel | |
| she will | she'll | |sheel| (1) | - | shell | he'll feel | |
| it will | it'll | |itul| (2) | - | - | - | |
| we will | we'll | |weel| (1) | wheel/weal | well | he'll she'll | |
| they will | they'll | |theil| (1) | - | dale | dale male | |
| will not | won't | |woant| (1) | - | want | don't | |
| I would | I'd | |ide| (1) | eyed | id | cried died | |
| you would | you'd | |yood| (1) | - | jude (name) | food renewed | |
| he would | he'd | |heed| (1) | heed | hid/head/feed | feed need | |
| she would | she'd | |sheed| (1) | - | shed/seed | seed he'd | |
| it would | it'd | |itud| (2) | - | - | - | |
| we would | we'd | |weed| (1) | weed | wed | he'd she'd | |
| they would | they'd | |theid| (1) | - | - | spade paid |
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