I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

How fast can you speak English?

Let's talk about it.

Have you ever thought, "Oh my goodness.

English speakers speak so fast.

How will I ever be able to speak like that?"

Well, today I have some good news for you.

I'm going to share with you seven important tips that native speakers use when they speak

quickly.

We're going to talk about reducing sounds, cutting off sounds, and connecting sounds.

Then, at the end of this lesson, I have a challenge sentence for you that I want you

to be able to say as fast as you possibly can.

So, let's get started with the first tip.

My first tip for speaking fast English is to use contractions.

What are contractions?

They're when you put two words together.

I'd like to go is I would like to go.

He's busy.

He is busy.

What're you doing?

What are you doing?

If you'd like some tips about how to pronounce 81 contractions, I made a video about that

up here to help your pronunciation.

But, this first tip is the most simple.

We'll talk about some more difficult tips later.

And it's an easy way to speak quickly.

I'd like to go.

I would like to go.

Do you see how we can speak quicker because we're cutting off all the sounds in the word

would except for that final D?

I'd like to go.

Great.

Let's go on to the second tip.

My second tip for speaking fast English is to reduce these four common verbs.

Gonna, wanna, gotta, hafta.

I'm gonna study English means I'm going to study English.

That word to simply becomes a.

I'm gonna study English.

Or you might say, "I wanna study English."

Here, we're changing want to to wanna.

Again, the word to changes to a.

I wanna study English.

Or maybe you will say, "I gotta study English."

Here we have a longer verb.

I have got to study English becomes I gotta.

I gotta study English.

And then you might say, "I hafta study English."

Have to, here again, to changes to a.

I hafta study English.

Can you say these with me?

I'm gonna study English.

I wanna study English.

I gotta study English.

I hafta study English.

Beautiful sentences, and it's so fast.

My third tip for speaking fast English is to reduce the word you when you're asking

a question.

We're going to talk about three common question words.

And unfortunately, the word you reduces in a different way for each question.

So, listen carefully, and let's check it out.

The first question word is what.

How can we reduce the question, "What are you doing?"

What are you doing?

We could reduce this to say, "Whatcha doin'?"

Whatcha, whatcha.

It sounds like a CH sound here.

Actually, we've cut out completely the word are, and the word you just becomes cha.

Whatcha doing?

You might notice, too, extra tip that the end of the word doing that G also gets cut

out.

Whatcha doin'?

Whatcha doin'?

So, I end that word with an N. Whatcha doin'?

Whatcha doin'?

Oh, I'm teaching in English lesson.

Oh, I'm studying English.

I'm going to sleep.

Whatcha doin'?

Whatcha doin'?

Whatcha.

Whatcha doin'?

Let's talk about the second WH question.

Whereya goin'?

Whereya goin'?

Do you notice the same thing happening here with that ing at the end?

Whereya goin'?

It ends with an N. What is happening with the word you?

Where ya, we just changed it to ya, ya, not you, but Y-A.

Whereya goin'?

And again, we cut out are.

Where are you going?

Whereya goin'?

Whereya goin'?

Whereya goin'?

What about if you wanted to ask a polite question?

Would you help me?

Maybe you need some help in the office.

You might ask this lovely question.

Would you help me?

But if you want to say it fast, you could say, Wouldja help me?

Wouldja help me?

Wouldja help me?

Instead of a ch sound, like we talked about before, whatcha doing, here, instead, we're

going to say ja.

Wouldja help me?

Can you say that with me?

Wouldja.

Wouldja help me?

Would you help me becomes would ja.

Wouldja help me?

Wouldja help me, please?

Tips number four, five, and six include cutting off sounds.

These are a little bit more tricky, so let's pay attention carefully.

Tip number four for speaking fast English is to cut off the T at the end of words.

Ooh, what about this sentence?

I go out every night.

I go out every night.

Do you hear I go out every night?

No.

Instead, your tongue is at the top of your mouth.

You're about to make the T sound, but no air goes through, so it's just stopped at the

top of your mouth.

I go ou' every nigh'.

I go ou' every nigh'.

If you would like to know some more common sentences and English that use this, we use

this all the time, but you can check out this video I made up here about how to pronounce

the most common sentences in English.

I go ou' every nigh'.

Can you say that with me?

I go ou' every nigh'.

Tip number five for fast English is to cut off the letter D at the end of words.

Let's check out this sample sentence.

I found a blue and white card.

I found a blue and white card.

I found a blue and white card.

Maybe you found a blue and white card on the street, and it was a birthday card that someone

just threw out their window.

I found a blue and white card.

I foun'.

The word ends in the letter N. I foun' a blue an'white ... Here, the word and is

being reduced.

Just cut off that final D sound.

I foun' a blue an' white car', car'.

This is a little bit different than the word car.

I drive a car, because your mouth is making the shape of that D sound, but it's not making

the vibrations happening.

You're not actually making a D sound, but your mouth is making that shape car', car'.

My tongue is flat against the roof of my mouth to make the D, but it's not coming out car',

car'.

Can you say that sentence with me?

I foun' a blue an' white car'.

I foun' a blue an' white car'.

I foun' a blue an' white car'.

My sixth tip for speaking fast English is quite advanced.

It is to cut off the first sounds with a few pronouns: him, his, her, and them.

Let's look at a couple of sample sentences.

I think he's right.

I think he's right.

I think he's right?

There's no H happening here.

I think 'e, think 'e.

Kind of sounds like you're saying thinky.

I think 'e's right.

Do you notice too at the end of the word right there's no T sound?

I think 'e's righ'.

I think 'e's righ'.

I think 'e is righ'.

We do this all the time.

Let's go on to another pronoun.

It's his turn.

It's her turn.

It's his turn.

It's her turn.

This one's a