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The key answer of exercise 8

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5.1 - Are you creative? for the textbook New Total English Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Rachael Roberts, Antonia Clare and JJ Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Listen to the following sentences. What happens to the pronunciation of have and been?

Answer

The weak form of have and been are used have is shortened or 'contracted' to /əv/ and the weak form of been is used /bɪn/.

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