What did you do yesterday?

I don't have a lot of money.

This is part two of how to speak more smoothly in English.

Learn some secrets for improving your English speaking skills and sound more like a native speaker.

In this video, we'll practice LingQ speech with gonna, did you, go to, a lot of, and more.

If you haven't watched part one of how to speak more smoothly, I recommend you take a look first at that video, where you'll find an explanation of the three things you need to incorporate into your English to speak more smoothly.

If you've already seen that video, here's a little quiz for you.

What are three things you need to include in your speech to speak more smoothly?

One, learn to connect your words.

Two, use contractions.

And three, learn our common reductions.

And remember, I'm talking about what we do in standard American English.

Other varieties of English may do something different.

Let's start practicing some more speech formulas.

Just repeat after me, matching my speech exactly.

You may even want to close your eyes so you're not tempted to read the words you see.

The following sentences are very similar to the questions we did with wanna.

So note, with wanna, it's what do you wanna do?

Notice we use do.

With gonna, we use are.

What are you gonna do?

Gonna is a reduction of going to.

So we're talking about the future.

Repeat that with me, gonna.

What are you gonna?

What are you gonna?

What are you gonna do today?

What are you gonna wear to the party?

What are you gonna watch on TV?

What are you gonna work on?

What are you gonna eat for dinner?

What are you gonna tell your parents?

What are you gonna do to prepare?

Where are you gonna?

Where are you gonna live?

Where are you gonna stay?

Where are you gonna go from here?

Where are you gonna go for lunch?

Where are you gonna go on your cruise?

Where are you gonna have your party?

Who are you gonna?

Who are you gonna go with?

Who are you gonna bring with you?

Who are you gonna talk to?

Who are you gonna work with?

Who are you gonna give the job to?

Why are you gonna?

Why are you gonna do that?

Why are you gonna buy that car?

Why are you gonna go there?

Why are you gonna invite him?

Why are you gonna spend so much money?

When are you gonna?

When are you gonna leave?

When are you gonna go home?

When are you gonna change?

What time are you gonna?

What time are you gonna meet?

What time are you gonna have lunch?

What time are you gonna leave for the airport?

What time are you gonna go to dinner?

What time are you gonna go to bed?

What time are you gonna get up?

How are you gonna?

How are you gonna get there?

How are you gonna pay for this?

How are you gonna help us?

Now let's practice answering the question, what are you gonna do this weekend?

You already know that gonna is short for going to, but you'll hear a new reduction toward the end of this series, it's go to, go to is a reduction of go to, go to.

What are you gonna do this weekend?

I'm gonna, I'm gonna stay home.

I'm gonna watch TV.

I'm gonna do my homework.

I'm gonna see my family.

I'm gonna visit my parents.

I'm gonna make a cake.

I'm gonna have a party.

I'm gonna play.

I'm gonna play golf.

I'm gonna play tennis.

I'm gonna play soccer.

I'm gonna play basketball.

I'm gonna play chess.

I'm gonna play video games.

I'm gonna play with my kids.

I'm gonna go.

I'm gonna go dancing.

I'm gonna go shopping.

I'm gonna go snowboarding.

I'm gonna go swimming.

I'm gonna go surfing.

I'm gonna go to.

I'm gonna go to the beach.

I'm gonna go to the lake.

I'm gonna go to the movies.

I'm gonna go to the theater.

I'm gonna go to the park.

I'm gonna go to church.

Now let's ask some questions about the past.

Let's use the reduction, did you, which is short for did you.

What did you?

What did you?

What did you?

What did you do this weekend?

What did you do today?

What did you do last night?

What did you watch?

What did you listen to?

What did you eat for lunch?

Where did you?

Where did you go?

Where did you see your friend?

Where did you used to live?

Where did you meet your husband?

Where did you go to school?

Who did you?

Who did you go with?

Who did you invite?

Who did you see last night?

Who did you have coffee with?

Who did you take with you?

When did you?

When did you get home?

When did you see that?

When did you go to bed?

When did you start your job?

When did you move to Seattle?

Why did you?

Why did you go there?

Why did you choose that color?

Why did you buy that?

Why did you spend so much money?

How did you?

How did you get there?

How did you get in?

How did you fix that?

How did you learn English so well?

Now let's answer the first question.

What did you do this weekend?

To answer this question, you could use many possible past tense verbs, but we can still practice a few formulaic answers.

I'm going to use some of the same examples we did with the gonna sentences earlier.

What did you do this weekend?

I played.

I played golf.

I played tennis.

I played soccer.

I played basketball.

I played chess.

I played video games.

I played with my kids.

I went.

I went dancing.

I went shopping.

I went snowboarding.

I went swimming.

I went surfing.

I went to.

Now this is I went to, but reduction, I went to.

I went to the beach.

I went to the lake.

I went to the movies.

I went to the theater.

I went to the park.

I went to the mall.

I went to church.

Now our next reduction is a lot of.

That's short for a lot of.

Also notice how have a connects and becomes have a.

I don't have a lot of.

I don't have a lot of.

I don't have a lot of time.

I don't have a lot of money.

I don't have a lot of food.

I don't have a lot of problems.

I don't have a lot of work.

I don't have a lot of friends.

And our last reduction for this lesson is lotsa.

This is short for lots of and has the exact same meaning as a lotta.

I have lotsa.

I have lotsa homework.

I have lotsa work to do.

I have lotsa kids.

I have lotsa cousins.

I have lotsa food in the fridge.

I have lotsa friends.

Now can you feel your speech getting smoother?

As we go through these drill practices, I hope you're starting to rely more on your ears than on your eyes for pronunciation.

To become a smoother English speaker, it's time to listen more and repeat what you hear natives say, and rely much less on written English.

By now, you've probably discovered that English spelling can sometimes trick you into pronouncing things the wrong way.

You're either fooled into thinking that letters like O, A, OU, EA are pronounced like they are in your native language, or if you do know English pronunciation rules, you may not be aware of all the common exceptions to the rules.

So I encourage you to start paying closer attention to what you're hearing in English, and not insist on seeing it written.

Spoken English is not as hard as you may think.

Once you recognize our typical spoken English shortcuts, you'll find it much easier to understand spoken English, and your English will sound smooth and fluent like a native speaker.

The best way to practice is to go out and try what you've learned in your own speech.

Be brave.

You can do this.

And let me know how it goes.

I love to hear your comments.

And please make sure to like and share this video, too.

Thanks for watching.