Las contracciones en ingles

Una contraccin es una palabra o frase que ha sido ha reducida al eliminar una o
ms letras. En la escritura, el apstrofe toma el lugar de las letras que faltan.

Las contracciones en ingls se usan en el lenguaje informal (en el oral ms que en el

escrito), aunque, en un contexto coloquial, puedes usar contracciones para escribir. Si
ests escribiendo un ensayo acadmico, evita las contracciones a toda costa.

A continuacin te pongo unas tablas de las contracciones en ingls ms comunes y su

pronunciacin...que a veces es bastante confusa para los que no hablamos ingls como
lengua materna.

Veremos las contracciones de:

1. Verbo TO BE
2. Verbo TO HAVE y el verbo TO DO
3. Algunos verbos modales
4. Los Modales perfectos
5. Algunas Wh-Words (pronombres interrogativos)

Pues vamos con las tablas:

TO BE Contraction Pronunciation
I am I'm am
He is He's hiz
She is She's iz
It is Its ts
We are Were w
You are Youre j
They are Theyre e
Is not Isn't znt
Are not Arent nt
Was not Wasn't wznt
Were not Werent wnt

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TO HAVE Contraction Pronunciation

I have (got) I've (got) av
He has He's hiz
She has She's iz
It has Its ts
We have Weve wiv
You have Youve juv
They have Theyve ev
Have not Havent h vnt
Has not Hasnt hznt
I had Id ad
You had Youd jud
He had Hed hid
She had Shed id
Had not Hadnt hdnt
Do Contraction Pronunciation
Do not Dont dnt
Does not Doesnt dznt
Did not Didnt ddnt

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Modals Contraction Pronunciation
Cannot Cant knt
Could not Couldnt kdnt
I would Id ad
He would Hed hid
We would Wed wid
They would Theyd ed
Would not Wouldnt wdnt
I will Ill al
You will Youll jul
He will Hell hil
She will Shell il
It will Itll znt
We will Well wil
They will Theyll el
Will not Wont wnt
Should not Shouldnt dnt
Need not Neednt nidnt
Might not Mightnt matnt
Shall not Shant nt
Must not Mustnt msnt

Modales perfectos Contraction Pronunciation

Should have I shouldve a dv
Must have I mustve a mstv
Could have Couldve kdv |
Would have Wouldve wdv

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W-words Contraction Pronunciation

What is/has Whats wts
What are Whatre wt
What will Whatll wtl
Where is/has Wheres wez
Who would/had Whod hud
Who will Wholl hul
Who is Whos huz
Who are Whore hu
Who have Whove huv

Notas

No confundas youre con your, suenan igual, pero uno es la segunda persona + el
verbo to be y el otro es el pronombre posesivo de segunda persona.

No confundas Whos con whose. Tambin suenan igual /huz/,

pero whose significa "de quin" o "cuyo".

Fjate que la contraccin de ambas formas he is y he has es la misma: he's. Las

distinguirs por la palabra que vaya inmediatamente despus. Por ejemplo:

1. He's handsome (He is)

2. He's kissing me (He is)-->Gerundio
3. He's gone out (He has)-->Participio (Presente perfecto)

Lo mismo pasa con he had vs he would, comparten la misma contraccin He'd. Se

distinguirn por el contexto de la frase.

I am not no tiene forma contrada, no puedes decir Amnt, no existe, por eso, para
la primera persona del singular en negativo se usa Arent. Recuerdas que lo
vimos cuando estudiamos las Question tags?--> I am fat, aren't I?

La forma informal de decir aren't es aint, pero sta solo se utiliza en speaking en
contextos informales. Ain't sola ser solo la forma coloquial (o vulgar) de aren't,
pero hoy en da, puede servir para contraer casi cualquier negacin...en el Urban
Dictionary de lo explican de coa ;-)

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Ejercicios

Te dejo estas frases para practicar las contracciones. Slo tienes que contraer la forma normal,
ya sabes, eliminas letras y le aades el apstrofe.

1. It is too hot tonight

2. I will go to the cinema with Anne

3. He has not written the book yet

4. She should have eaten something, should not she?

5. We are late, do not you think?

6. There is the woman who is engaged to your dad

7. She is getting angry, is not she?

8. Georgina has not come the the party, and I do not know what
is troubling her.

9. I have not been able to find a chemist

10. I would like to go with you, but I am too busy

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