Pronunciation: How to pronounce 'have' when it's an auxiliary
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Hi. I'm Tim and this is my Pronunciation workshop.
Here I'm gonna show you how English is
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really spoken. Come on, let's go inside.
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Phew, just made it. A little bit late today. My alarm didn't go off this morning, so, I nearly missed the bus.
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Err... Tim, why do you need a bus to get to
the shed at the end of your garden?
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Well, you know it's a really big garden.
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Really?
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OK, fine. Look, I'll let you into a little
secret. This actually isn't my workshop. I've
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been borrowing it from a friend. Anyway, I
nearly missed the bus, but I didn't. So, let's
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ask some people in London what they would
do if their alarms hadn't gone off this morning.
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If my alarm hadn't gone off this morning,
I'd've missed the bus.
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I'd've stayed home.
I'd've woken up anyway.
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I'd've been late for work.
I'd've missed the train.
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I'd've stayed in bed.
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In an earlier video we saw that the verb 'have'
is pronounced /hæf/ when it's used in
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its modal form. But this isn't the only way
the pronunciation of 'have' can change. Watch
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and listen again. Can you hear how they pronounce
it differently?
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If my alarm hadn't gone off this morning,
I'd've missed the bus.
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I'd've stayed home.
I'd've woken up anyway.
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I'd've been late for work.
I'd've missed the train.
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I'd've stayed in bed.
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When the verb have is used as an auxiliary
it's often contracted. And when it comes after
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a consonant sound it's pronounced /əv/. So,
'I'd have been late' becomes 'I'd've been
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late'. Now, this pronunciation is very common in
conditional sentences, but it's not the only
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time you'll hear it. Here are some more examples.
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Your parcel should've been delivered yesterday.
I would've done it differently.
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We might've made a mistake.
The police've arrived.
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Right, so you've heard the examples, and now
it's your turn. Listen and repeat.
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Your parcel should've been delivered yesterday.
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I would've done it differently.
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We might've made a mistake.
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The police've arrived.
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Well done. Now remember, if you want to learn
more about pronunciation, then please visit
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our website, bbclearningenglish.com. And that
is about it from the pronunciation workshop
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for this week. I'll see you soon. Bye bye!
OK, now how does this alarm work?
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I guess I should've read the instructions! That was really loud!
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