This document provides guidance on pronouncing common English contractions by listing each contraction and its pronunciation. It covers pronouns combined with forms of "be", "have", and "will" as well as question words combined with forms of "be" and "have". For each contraction, an phonetic transcription of the pronunciation is given.

1. How to Pronounce Contractions
• I am = I’m = /aim/
• You are = you’re = strong /jɔːr/, jʊr/ weak /jər/
• He is, He has = He’s = /hiːz/
• She is, she has = she’s = strong /ʃiːz/ weak /ʃiz
• It is = It’s = /ɪts/
• We are = We’re = /wɪər/ , /wɪr/
• They are = They’re = /ðeər/, /ðer/
• How is = How’s = /haʊz/
• Why is = Why’s = /waiz/
• What is, what has = What’s = /wɒts/, /wɑːts/,/wʌt/
• When is, When does = /wenz/
• I have = I’ve = /aiv/
• You have = You’ve = strong /juːv/ weak /jəv/
• We have = We’ve = /ˈwiːv/ /wiv/
• Could have = Could’ve = /ˈkʊd.əv/
• Should have = Should’ve = /ˈʃʊd.əv/
• Would have = Would’ve = /ˈwʊd·əv/
• Might have = Might’ve = /ˈmaɪ.təv/
• I will = I’ll = /aɪl/
• You will = You’ll= /juːl/
• He will = He’ll = /hiːl/
• She will = She’ll = /ʃil/ /ʃiːl/
• It will = It’ll = /ˈɪt.əl/ , /ˈɪt̬.əl/
• We will = We’ll = strong /wiːl/ weak /wil/
• They will = They’ll = /ðeɪl/
• How will = How’ll = /haʊl/
• Where will = Where’ll = /weərl/
• When will = When’ll = /Wen əl/
• What will = What’ll = /wʌ dəl/
• Who will = Who’ll = /huːl/
• I had, I would = I’d = /aid/
• You had, you would = you’d = /juːd/
• He had, he would = He’d = /hi:d/
• She had, she would = She’d = /ʃid/ /ʃiːd
• It had, it would = It’d = /ˈɪt.əd/, /ˈɪt̬.əd/
• We had, we would = We’d = /wid/
• They had, they would = They’d = /ðeɪd/
• How had, how would, how did= How’d = /haʊd/
• Where did = Where’d = /weərd/
• Why did = Why’d = /waid/