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Americans often drop the H in all forms of the verb "to have." This is not done 100% of the time, but about 50%. We do this naturally (without thinking about it) when speaking quickly and casually. As you can see in the sentences below, this often happens in everyday questions. Notice that T becomes a D when this rule causes the T to come between vowel sounds. Also, you will see that the A sounds usually reduce to the simple U sound--as in "up." However, it is o.k. to keep the A sound too. The S in "has" is actually a light Z sound, just like in the word "is."
Use the sentences below to practice removing the H in forms of have. Review rules of casual speech. Review T sound rules. Review S and Z rules.
After reviewing these sentences, get more practice with this conversation using have.
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Written
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Spoken English |
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| How have you
been? |
How'uv you ben? |
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| What has he
done? |
What's'e
done? or
Whad'uz'e done? |
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| Where has she
gone? |
Where'uz she
gone? |
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| What have you
been doing? |
Whad'uv you ben
doing? |
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| What has he been
up to? |
Whad'uz he ben
up to? or
Whad'uz'e ben up to? |
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| Why have you
called? |
Why'uv you
called? |
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| Who have you
been talking to? |
Who'uv you ben
talking to? |
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| Where have I
heard that before? |
Where'uv I heard
that before? |
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| That's the best
thing that has happened all day! |
That's the best
thing thad'uz happened all day! |
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| Those are the
people that have caused so much trouble. |
Those are the
people thad'v caused so much trouble. |
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| What had he
done? |
Whad'ud he
done? or
What'ud'e done? |
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| What had she
been doing? |
Whad'ud she ben
doing? |
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| Where had she
gone? |
Where'ud she
gone? |
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