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IELTS Speaking Using Contractions: wanna, gonna

What are contractions & can they be used in IELTS Speaking? To know the answers, check out this story!
A contraction is formed by combining two words to make them shorter and easier to understand.
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Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
It is mostly informal conversations in which contractions are used. For example - 'What's up?' or 'Do you wanna come to the party tonight?'
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Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
One of the important factors of evaluation for IELTS Speaking is pronunciation which accounts for one-fourth of the overall score.
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Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
So, even though IELTS Speaking is not an informal test or scenario, if your pronunciation is correct, you can use a few of contractions.
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Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
You may ask why is it allowed. Well, there are two reasons.
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Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Firstly, during the speaking test, your proficiency with the English language is assessed by your speech rate, pronunciation, intonation, vocabulary & fluency.
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Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Secondly, when speaking English, people often use contractions to simplify the language. So, it is part of the common usage and is essential.
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Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Therefore, you can include contractions in your speech but be careful not to overuse them.
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Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
If you want to know the commonly used contractions and more about them, click on the link here.
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