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these small, common words, we often take out the vowel sound.
This can improve your stress because reducing these small words
will naturally cause the words near them (the more important
nouns and verbs) to be stressed.Remember to let the reduced
words flow into the next ones.
Use the sentences below to practice reducing these words. This try this practice conversation. Review rules of casual speech.
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Spoken English |
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| I have a dog and a cat. |
I have a dog 'n a cat. |
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| She has excellent accounting
skills, and she's a good manager. |
She has excellent accounting
skills 'n she's a good manager. |
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| I'm going shopping for some
paper and ink. |
I'm going shopping fr some paper
'n other office supplies. |
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| We need to buy some gifts and
holiday supplies. |
We need to buy some gifts 'n
holiday supplies. |
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| Do you like your steak rare,
medium or well-done? |
Do you like yr steak rare,
medium, 'r well-done? |
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| Are you a vegan or a vegetarian? |
Are you a vegan 'r a vegetarian? |
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| Are you on contract or are you a
full-time employee? |
Are you on contract 'r are you a
full-time employee? |
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| Would you like soup or salad? |
Would you like soup 'r salad? |
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| This song is for all the little
children. |
This song is fr the children. |
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| These flowers are for the newly
married couple. |
These flowers are fr the newly
married couple. |
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| Congratulations! It's your
birthday! |
It's yr birthday! |
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| You can do your homework after
school. |
You can do yr homework after
school. |
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| This is your big chance! |
This is yr big chance! |
More English Practice How to Speak Casual English Stress: 5 Steps Word Stress Introduction Syllable Stress |
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More English Practice The 500 English Words What is a Vowel The American Accent English Course Online |