WRITING EXERCISE - AMERICAN SLANG CONTRACTIONS

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

ENGLISH CLASS

Ain't nothin' gonna break my stride

Nobody's gonna slow me down

I got to keep on moving

'Break My Stride' by Matthew Wilder

MON

NOV 14

READING

PREVIOUS LESSON

TODAY'S LESSON

• writing: informal contractions

TODAY'S GOAL

• you know what American slang contractions are and how to correct them
  

FORMAL VS INFORMAL

Dunno, ya gonna hafta gimme some mo' time!

FORMAL VS INFORMAL

formal speech	informal speech
- unknown listener	- friends, family, etc.
- pay attention to what you're saying	- speak rapidly - use certain slang
- sound professional

FORMAL VS INFORMAL

• allowed in informal speech
• almost unavoidable
• never allowed in writing! 

formal speech	informal speech
going to	gonna
want to	wanna
have got to	gotta
give me	gimme
don't know	dunno
let me	lemme

formal speech	informal speech
I got you	gotcha
you	ya
I am not	ain't
something	somethin'
didn't know anybody	didn't know no one (-) (-)

GET TO WORK

• do the exercises on the worksheet

TODAY'S LESSON

• writing: informal contractions

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