Reduced Pronunciation: Modals

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Alex

I have a question teacher, in the sentence bellow why the correct answer is he must have instead of he must has, you know: he,she,it has?
6. “He musta been sick” is the reduced spoken form of:
He must be sick.
He must has been sick.
He must have been sick.
He must had been sick.

leandrof

It’s the reduced form of “He must have been sick.”

The following sentences aren’t grammatically correct:
“He must has been sick.” (always use a base verb after a modal…”must have”)
“He must had been sick.” (same rule as above)

I hope this helps.

Alex

yes helpful, helped me alot thank you very much.

leandrof

I was wrong with the “must have” too (9/10).
Thank you for reminding the rule “always use a base verb after a modal”.

Lana

this one was thougher than I tought.

ALEX VALLE TOLEDO DA SILVEIRA

Like anything else in life, it takes time to learn, but it’s not impossible. :)

Alex

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zigmund

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Alex

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Alex

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Alex

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Volv

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Alex

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Alex

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Alex

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Alex

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Tyrion

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Alex

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amar4867

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Alex

It is a very good lesson. Now I can understand the movies much better. Thank you so much.

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Alex

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Alex

very good lesson/

cyborgn17

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Alex

Hi Alex,
Great and useful lesson! Thanks for it.

Actually, I’ve noticed there is a mistake in the 3rd conditional sentence of question No.9. It actually should read as: “I might have done better if you HAD helped me.”

Cheers,
David

David

Ah, I see what you mean. It’s also possible to say “I might have done better if you would have helped me” too, though. Your form is more grammatically correct and common, though.

Alex

Thanks Alex
That was very useful???

Helen4547

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Alex

Would you explain how to understand news report and complex speech, thank you teacher Alex.

Yasmin saad

Hi Alex. Great job! It’s very important to practice the pronunciation of those modals. English is hard. Sometimes I think that it is all Greek to me. Thanks again. I’ll see you next time. Take it easy. Bye!

Júlio César L Sousa

French is almost all Greek to me, so I understand your challenges. :)

Alex

Hi Alex. This lesson also is a great way to improve listening. I’m interested in watching your lessons. Thank you.

m.parvazi

Exactly! One of the most important skills this improves is your listening. I’m glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.

Alex

I’ve got 100, but in some questions I hesitited. Thank you Alex for a good lesson. I hope that I shall be understand native speaers better.

Trien

I hope so too! Good luck with your studies.

Alex

I have qot 100, Thank you/

natiqpasha

Nice work! Keep on studying.

Alex

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Maria Thai 77

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Zoura

Hi ALex….
Thank you for this explanations….
I have a question
Please tell me about pronunciation about…

would she ?
could she ?
Should She ?

Edimer

There’s no reduction in these situations. The “Sh” sound is necessary.

Alex

Very good lesson.Thanks

zigmund

You’re welcome. I’m happy you enjoyed it.

Alex

Hi. Thanks a lot for helping us.
But sir could you please help me with understanding the difference between “needn’t”,”don’t need to” and “mustn’t”
I get a little confused and don’t know in which situation I should use them.
Please make a tutorial video and let us know the correct grammar.
But thanks again for all the things you have done.

Sajjad

Hello, Alex thanks for this good lesson that you share us. Actually it’s good to use short cut words or reduce pronunciation while you are speaking.

Lii leejo

Hello,teacher. I’m a teacher of English and my students ask me to teach them how to speak like native speakers, I always do but the problem that I face is that I have no documents. Please, tell me what I should I do?

amar4867

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Alex

If you have any documents, please send them to me. This my e-mail address:amarelhankouri@gmail.com

amar4867

special thanks prof.

alaa abosheab

Useful class, I get 10/10, unexpectedly! Thank you Alex.

dodik

Nice job on the quiz! Thanks for watching, dodik.

Alex

Hafta is a week in turkish))))? i can`t use it like have to)))

PolinaPony

10/10 ☺. Alex ,I would like to ask a question . What’s the difference between keep studying and keep on studying ? It seems like same for me so, why do we put “on” between the verbs?

Annie

That’s a great question with no answer. Why do we say “sit down” and “sit”? Or “stand up” and “stand”? :) It’s just another way of saying the same thing. The phrasal verb versions are a bit more informal, and that’s basically the only difference.

Alex

I thought “has” was associated with he an she. Its very confused the use of “must have” using he or she. For example you say “he must have’ and not “he must has” instead.

Chirajito

Normally, you’re right, but because “must” is a modal, it must be followed by a base form verb. :)

Alex

Excellent speaking learning !

Jashim

omg, this is what i’ve always been confused when I read drama subtitles. I didn’t know what happened when characters said modals so quickly, this is so hard to me to follow their taking speed. but from you teching, now i know the trick. thanks a lot,Alex!