Unit 4: Travellers' tales
Select a unit
- 1Pop-ups
- 2Hidden talents
- 3Can't buy me love
- 4Travellers' tales
- 5The colleague from hell
- 6Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
- 7Career changes
- 8Art
- 9Project management
- 10The dog ate my homework!
- 11The diary of a double agent
- 12Fashion forward
- 13Flat pack skyscrapers
- 14Extreme sports
- 15Food fads
- 16Me, my selfie and I
- 17Endangered animals
- 18A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
- 19I'm really sorry...
- 20Telling stories
- 21Fakes and phrasals
- 22Looking to the future
- 23Becoming familiar with things
- 24From rags to riches
- 25Against the odds
- 26Our future on Mars?
- 27Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
- 28Dodgy dating
- 29Annoying advice
- 30I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks
Session 1
Sometimes short is best, and in this session we look at spoken short forms. Why say give me when you can say gimme? Learn more, improve your pronunciation and test your knowledge.
Activity 2
Spot the short forms
I gotta practise these short forms...
In 6 Minute English we heard a lot of different spoken short forms. They're quite common in informal English, but you very rarely see them written down.
So, how well do you know them? We're going to play you a short conversation between Finn and Rob with lots of short forms, and you have to find them.
To do
The conversation is six lines long. Listen to it at least twice, and write down any short forms you hear. Then, try to answer the questions in the quiz.
ነቲ ድምጺ ብምስማዕ ነቲ ስራሕ ፈጽምዎ
Finn
1) Whatcha doing tonight?
Rob
2) I'm gonna meet a friend.
Finn
3) Ah, okay then. Gimme a call next week.
Rob
4) Sure. Lemme know if you wanna have a drink.
Finn
5) Yeah, that sounds great. Where shall we go?
Rob
6) I dunno. Lemme think about it.
To do
Got that? Now for the quiz. Play the audio again if you need to.
Spot the short forms
6 Questions
Listen to Rob and Finn's conversation. It is six lines long. Note down the short forms you hear and then select the correct full forms
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Activity
Listen to Rob and Finn's conversation. It is six lines long. Note down the short forms you hear and then select the correct full forms
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He said: "______ doing tonight?"Question 1 of 6
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Activity
Listen to Rob and Finn's conversation. It is six lines long. Note down the short forms you hear and then select the correct full forms
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He said: "I'm ______ meet a friend."Question 2 of 6
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Activity
Listen to Rob and Finn's conversation. It is six lines long. Note down the short forms you hear and then select the correct full forms
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Finn said: "Ah, okay then. _______ a call next week."Question 3 of 6
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Activity
Listen to Rob and Finn's conversation. It is six lines long. Note down the short forms you hear and then select the correct full forms
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He said: "Sure. ______ know if you ______ have a drink."Question 4 of 6
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Activity
Listen to Rob and Finn's conversation. It is six lines long. Note down the short forms you hear and then select the correct full forms
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Listen very carefullyQuestion 5 of 6
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Activity
Listen to Rob and Finn's conversation. It is six lines long. Note down the short forms you hear and then select the correct full forms
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Rob said: "I ______. ______ think about it."Question 6 of 6
Excellent!Great job!ሕማቕ ዕድል!ዘመዝገብኩምዎ ነጥቢ ...:
Next
Well done! Next there's a chance for you to practise the pronunciation of all these forms. Practice makes perfect, as they say. See you there!
Session Vocabulary
gonna – going to
I’m gonna watch a DVD.wanna – want to
Do you wanna watch too?whatcha – what are you
Whatcha doing?dunno - don’t know
I dunno.gotta – got to (or: got a)
I’ve gotta go now.hafta – have to
Do you hafta go already?gimme – give me
Gimme a call tomorrow.lemme – let me
Lemme know what you think.kinda – kind of
She’s kinda nice.
