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Gonna, wanna and gotta

Episode 250324 / 24 Mar 2025

Free worksheet and transcript

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How do you pronounce 'going to', 'want to' and 'got to' naturally?

'Gonna' is very common in English. It's a shortened version of 'going to' and it's common in all varieties of English – British, Indian, American, South African etc.

'Gonna' must be followed by a verb.

  • I'm gonna Thailand. ❌
  • I'm gonna go to Thailand. ✔️
  • I'm going to Thailand. ✔️

We can also shorten 'want to' to 'wanna', and 'got to' to 'gotta'. 

In 'gonna', 'wanna' and 'gotta', the word 'to' becomes this sound – /ə/ and the stress is always on the first syllable of these words.

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To do

Practise by using the worksheet on this page. The clip we heard came from an episode of Tenses with Georgie– listen to the whole programme.

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Wanna learn three ways to pronounce the letter 't' naturally? Watch Episode 6 here and learn about /t/, the glottal stop and the flap. 

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