🐚 English speakers shorten so many words when using the verb TO BE. Carly teaches you why, how and when to do this along with suitable examples. ✏️ Feel free to write to Carly in the comments box below. 🌐 Interested in lessons with Carly? Visit my website: www.peaklanguageschool.com 🌻 If you enjoyed this lesson, remember to SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPP08UvXSMdLgsopIsqoOmA 🎥 Filmed at Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge, North Vancouver, BC, Canada / Written, filmed and edited by Carly Beaton. 👥 Social Media: Instagram: @learnenglishwithcarly TikTok: @learnenglishwithcarly Facebook: @learnenglishwithcarly Twitter: @EngwithCarly Email for business enquiries: learnenglishwithcarly@gmail.com 00:00 Introduction 00:40 Where do we use contractions? 00:53 Why do we use contractions? 01:16 How do we form a contraction? 01:43 How do we recognise a contraction? 01:58 Why do we need an apostrophe? 03:11 Conjugation of 'to be' 03:25 Contractions of 'to be' 04:14 Examples of contractions in the simple present tense 04:43 Examples of contractions in the present continuous tense 05:26 Contractions with THAT, HERE and THERE 05:53 Contractions with question words WHO, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, WHAT and HOW 06:41 Contractions with pronouns EVERYBODY, NOBODY and SOMETHING 07:12 Summary 07:50 Carly on Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge #verbs #apostrophe #grammar #tenses #britishenglish #vocabularyenglish #ieltsspeaking #ieltswriting