Wh-Questions, Lesson 2 (Understanding Spoken English Series)

This lesson is for high-intermediate to advanced learners. In American English, wh-questions are often spoken with contractions, and they can be hard to understand. This lesson will teach contractions in wh-questions with "has," "have" and "does."

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[klaylana]

thank you very much for this helpful video! you're a great teacher, please don't stop teaching ,we need your lessons too much.i've learned a lot .thanks

[EnglishwithStacy]

@klaylana

Thanks so much! You're very kind. I'm working on ideas for another video now.

[richieboyrooster]

woow what a wonderful job you are doing.. Thanks so much for this incredible material!! Awesome ¨)

[EnglishwithStacy]

@richieboyrooster

Many thanks!!

[vicmart54]

REALMENTE ES IMPRESIONANTE LA ENSEÑANZA QUE BRINDA STACY, GRACIAS POR ESTOS VIDEOS. SALUDOS.

[EnglishwithStacy]

@vicmart54

Gracias!

[gelox32]

Those contractions I hate them… no just kidding

Thank you

[EnglishwithStacy]

@groundzerobuild

In "they would go to the beach," "would" is for an action that is repeated regularly in the past (habitual past) like "used to."

"Would" is not the past tense of "will."

Your second sentence is a real condition, so we say "will." If it were unreal, we would say "would."

"If they went back to Singapore, they would go to the beach" (but they aren't going back to Singapore).

[EnglishwithStacy]

@groundzerobuild

In requests, they have the same meaning. We can say: "Will you help me?" or "Would you help me?" "Would" is a little more polite.