Practice contractions with “would” using repeat-after-me and shadowing exercises to sound more natural in everyday English.

Let's look at how we can use contractions using the verb 'to be' correctly. Contractions involve joining two words together — using an apostrophe. They are commonly used in informal written English ...

A woman who is 30 weeks pregnant has just finished her morning walk. Suddenly, she feels her stomach tighten. A few hours later, it happens again. No pain — just a rock hard belly. Should she grab her ...

The apostrophe takes the place of the removed letters. This is how it contracts the two words together. It can't be used for everything however. But…by hunting out the right letters, the new word is ...

The signs that labour is imminent and what those practice contractions feel like ALL eyes were on the Duchess of Cambridge when Kensington Palace announced she had gone into labour with her third baby ...