INFORMAL CONTRACTIONS

Read. Informal contractions are short forms of other words that people use when speaking casually. These contractions are common in songs, comic strips and other expressions of informal language. TEACHER: Talk to students about formal and informal language. Ask them to think of examples in L1. Ask them to read the text and check their understanding.

Read. Please remember that these are informal contractions. That means that we do not use them in formal speech, and we almost never use them in writing. Only if the writing is a transcription of a real life situation. TEACHER: Ask students to read the explanation and check their understanding.

Pay attention. These informal contractions are common in ALL forms of English in informal situations. TEACHER: Read the text with students and check if they got it.

Some informal contractions are:. gotta = got to wanna = want to gonna = going to ain’t = it can be used in any negative form TEACHER: Show them the most common informal contractions in English.

[ ] have – [ ] isn’t – [ ] have to – [ ] going to What do these songlines mean? [ ] have – [ ] isn’t – [ ] have to – [ ] going to a. “This ain’t a love song...” – Bon Jovi b. “I gotta a feeling...” – The Black Eyed Peas c. “...that tonight’s gonna be a good night...” – The Black Eyed Peas d. “I gotta go my own way” – High School Musical TEACHER: Ask students to identify what each contraction means in the sentence.

[ b ] have – [ a ] isn’t – [ d ] have to – [ c ] going to What do these songlines mean? [ b ] have – [ a ] isn’t – [ d ] have to – [ c ] going to a. “This ain’t a love song...” – Bon Jovi b. “I gotta a feeling...” – The Black Eyed Peas c. “...that tonight’s gonna be a good night...” – The Black Eyed Peas d. “I gotta go my own way” – High School Musical TEACHER: Have students check their answers.

Now you. TEACHER: Have students explore the pictures and come up with a sentence using one of the contractions.

Now you. TEACHER: Have students explore the pictures and come up with a sentence using one of the contractions.

Well done!