Would vs Had | Learn English Contractions

Hi, everyone. It’s Lynn.

Welcome back to my video.

Today, we're going to be talking about contractions using the auxiliary verbs ‘would’ and ‘had’.

Now these can be a little bit confusing because they have similar contracted forms,

so make sure you pay close attention in order to memorize these

and you'll be on your way to sounding like a native speaker.

Let's take a look.

Alright, let's take a look at the list of common contractions using ‘would’ and ‘had’.

Now this can be pretty confusing because ‘would’ and ‘had’ both have the same contracted form

but we're going to do it together.

We're going to look at ‘would’ first and then look at ‘had’.

I’m going to say each example twice.

The first time, I’ll say it slowly.

And then I’ll say it like a native speaker speed

so make sure you repeat after me each time.

That's really important.

Okay, here we go.

First one, ‘I would’ = I’d.

‘I’d like to help you make dinner.’

‘I’d like to help you make dinner.’

‘he would’ = ‘he’d’

‘He'd be a good choice for president.’

‘He'd be a good choice for president.’

‘she would’ = ‘she'd’

‘She'd be very happy if you helped her.’

‘She'd be very happy if you helped her.’

‘it would’ = ‘it'd’

‘It’d be nice if you visited us.’

‘It’d be nice if you visited us.’

‘you would’ = ‘you'd’

‘You'd love being on vacation in Hawaii.’

‘You'd love being on vacation in Hawaii.’

‘we would’ = ‘we’d’

‘We'd have to check the price first.’

‘We'd have to check the price first.’

Okay, last one for ‘would’.

‘they would’ = ‘they’d’

‘They'd never hurt you.’

‘They'd never hurt you.’

Okay let's move on to ‘had’.

First one, ‘I had’ = ‘I’d’.

‘I’d better make breakfast soon.’

‘I’d better make breakfast soon.’

‘he had’ = ‘he’d’

‘He'd studied a lot before his test.’

‘He'd studied a lot before his test.’

‘she had’ = ‘she'd’

‘She'd never been to a concert before last night.’

‘She'd never been to a concert before last night.’

‘it had’ = ‘it’d’

‘It’d better be on sale.’

‘It’d better be on sale.’

‘you had’ = ‘you'd’

‘You'd better fasten your seat belt.’

‘You'd better fasten your seat belt.’

‘we had’ = ‘we’d’

‘We'd not eaten since breakfast.’

‘We'd not eaten since breakfast.’

‘they had’ = ‘they’d’

‘They'd gone home before the party finished.’

‘They'd gone home before the party finished.’

Good job, everyone.

Let's move on.

All right, here are some dialogues.

And if you pay really close attention to these,

these are going to help you master these contractions.

In the following examples,

is the contraction using ‘had’ or is it using ‘would’?

Example one.

“He'd not written to his mother in years.”

Is it had or would?

Right it's ‘had’.

Example two.

“They'd pay her if she did her work properly.”

Is it had or would?

This one is ‘would’.

Example three.

“Before last night I’d not seen my girlfriend in a week.”

‘had’ or ‘would’?

It's ‘had’.

Example four.

“We'd love to take a vacation this summer.”

‘had’ or ‘would’?

This one is ‘would’.

Example five.

“She'd done the wash before her husband came home.”

Do you think ‘had’ or ‘would’?

It's ‘had’.

Alright, now you know that ‘had’ and ‘would’ use the same contraction.

And it's tricky but I know if you guys practice

and keep on practicing, you're gonna master it before you know it.

So thanks for tuning in and I’ll see you on my next video.

Bye, everybody.