WRITING EXERCISE - AMERICAN SLANG CONTRACTIONS

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Informal contractions

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

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
you	u

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

• Rewrite the chorus of 'Break my stride' without American slang.