T OPI C: E F F E CT I VECOMMUNI CAT I ON L E S S ON: CONT RACT E DF ORMS . T heE ng l i s hl a ng ua g eof t e ns hor t e nsorc ont r a c t swor ds . F ore x a mpl e , wema ys a y , he’ si ns t e a d ofhei s ; I ’ l l c ome , i ns t e a dofI wi l l c ome . Not et ha tweus ua l l yi ns e r ta na pos t r ophe( ‘ )i nt he pl a c eofami s s i ngl e t t e rorl e t t e r s . Ofc our s e , onl yonea pos t r ophei sus e d. L ooka tt hef ol l owi ngs e nt e nc e s : 1.I ha v e n’ tg oney e t . 2.Who’ sy ourpa r t ne r ? 3.S he‘ l l ha v et obe a rwi t hus . Cont r a c t i onsc a nbec l a s s i f i e di nt ot hef ol l owi ngc a t e g or i e s : 1)Pos i t i v ec ont r a c t i ons 2)Ne g a t i v ec ont r a c t i ons 3)Ot he rc ont r a c t i ons 4)I nf or ma l c ont r a c t i ons Cont r a c t i onsa r ev e r yc ommoni ns pok e nE ng l i s h. T he ya r el e s sc ommoni nwr i t t e nE ng l i s h. T he ya r el i k e l yt obec ommoni ni nf or ma l f r i e ndl yl e t t e r sa nda r enotr e c omme nde di nf or ma l l e t t e r s . E s s a y si ne x a mss houl da v oi dc ont r a c t i ons . Howe v e r , whe nquot i ngt hedi r e c twor dsof as pe a k e ri ny oure s s a y , t hi si sa l l owe d. 1)Pos i t i v ec ont r a c t i on T he s ea r ec ont r a c t i onst ha ta r ei nt hea f f i r ma t i v e . Onet hi ngt onot ehe r ei st ha tt he s e c ont r a c t i onsc a nha v emor et ha noneme a ni ng . T hec or r e c tme a ni ngwi l l onl ydr a wf r om t hec ont e x t . F ore x a mpl e , ‘ s he’ dc oul dme a n, s heha dors hec oul d. E x a mpl e s : a )I ’ dwa ntt ok now, mea ni ngI woul dwa ntt ok now. b)S he ’ dbe e nt he r ebe f or e , mea ni ngs heha dbe e nt he r ebe f or e . c )T he y ’ v ede ni e dbe i ngr e s pons i bl e me a ni ngt he yha v ede ni e dbe i ngr e s pons i bl e . T hec ont r a c t e df or mof‘ i s ’ i sus e dwi t hnouns , na me s , que s t i onwor dsa ndwor dsl i k ehe r e, t her e. He r ea r es omee x a mpl e s : a )Mi c ha e l ’ she r e . -Mi c ha e l i she r e . b)Whe r e ’ st hedonor s ’ l i s t ?-whe r ei st hedonor sl i s t ? c )T he r e ’ sas t r a ng e ri nt hehous e . -T he r ei sas t r a ng e ri nt hehous e . d)He r e ’ sy ourc ha ng e . -he r ei sy ourc ha ng e . He r ei sal i s tofpos i t i v ec ont r a c t i ons : I . I ’ m–I a m I I . I ’ v e -I ha v e I I I . I ’ l l -I wi l l I V. I ’ d-I woul d V. Y ou’ r e– y oua r e VI . Y ou’ v e–y ouha v e VI I . Y ou’ l l -y ouwi l l VI I I . I X. X. XI . XI I . y ou’ d–y ouwoul d he’ s-hei s he ’ l l –hewi l l he ’ d–hewoul d s he ’ s–s hei s E x e r c i s e1 Gi v et hel ongf or moft hef ol l owi ngc ont r a c t i ons : 1. s he ’ l l 2.we ’ v e 3.t he y ’ l l 4.s he ’ d 5.we ’ l l 6.t he y ’ d 7.i t ’ s 8.we ’ d 9.i t ’ l l 10. t he y ’ r e 11. we ’ r e 12. t he y ’ v e 2. Ne g a t i v eCont r a c t i ons T he s ea r eus e dwi t hne g a t i v es t a t e me nt s . S omec a nbes hor t e ne di nmor et ha nonewa y wi t houtc ha ng i ngt heme a ni ng , F ore x a mpl e , ‘ Wea r en’ tc a nbes hor t e ne da s‘ we’ r enot ’ E x e r c i s e2 Wha ta r et hel ongf or msf ort hef ol l owi ngc ont r a c t i ons ? 1.a r e n’ t 2.c a n’ t 3.don’ t 4.da r e n’ t 5.di dn’ t 6.doe s n’ t 7.don’ t 8.ha s n’ t b, wha ta r et hes hor tf or msoft hef ol l owi ngc ont r a c t i ons ? 1.Ha v enot 2.Ne e dnot 3.Ha dnot 4.I snot 5.Ma ynot 6.Mi g htnot 7.Mus tnot 8. Oug htnot 9.s ha l l not 10.woul dnot 11. wa snot 12. s houl dnot 13. we ’ r enot . 3. Ot he rCont r a c t i ons T he r ea r eot he rl e s sc ommonc ont r a c t i ons , butt he y , ne v e r t he l e s s , oc c ur .F ore x a mpl e : a )he r e ’ s -he r ei s -He r ei st hemone y . b)t he r e ’ l l -t he r ewi l l -T hewi l l bene e df ori t . E x e r c i s e3 Wr i t et hef ol l owi ngi ns hor tf or m: 1.t he r ei s 2.t ha ti s 3.t ha twi l l 4.howi s . b.wr i t et hef ol l owi ngi nl ongf or m: 1. wha t ’ l l 2. wha t ’ s 3. whe n’ s 4. whe r e ’ s 5. who’ s 6. who’ d 4. I nf or ma l Cont r a c t i ons T hef ol l owi nga r ei nf or ma l c ont r a c t i onsa ndmus tnotbeus e dne v e rbeus e di nt he e x a mi na t i ons . 1.Wa nna 2.Gonna 3.Got t a 4.Wa t c ha 5.L e mme 6.Ai nt 7.Gi mme 8.Ki nda 9.Az i nni 10. S a t t i 11. y e s a