Your neighbour says, "I'm gonna pop out, d'you wanna come?" and you freeze, because you were listening for "going to" and "want to". These are reductions: short, squashed forms of very common phrases. British people use them all the time in relaxed speech, but textbooks rarely show them. In this episode: • Gonna, wanna, gotta • Dunno, gimme, lemme • Of and -ing • Innit: for recognition • Listening lab: saturday morning • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: going to (GUH-nuh) — for plans and predictions I'm gonna make a cup of tea. — I am going to make tea (casual) It's gonna rain. — It is going to rain want to (WON-uh) — would like to D'you wanna come? — Do you want to come? (casual) I don't wanna get up. — I do not want to get up got to (GOT-uh) — must, have to I've gotta go, the kids are waiting. — I have got to go We've gotta tidy up before Nan comes. — We have to tidy up I don't know (eye-DUN-noh) — the usual fast form Dunno (duh-NOH) — just I don't know, very casual give me (GIM-ee) — please give me Gimme a sec. — Give me a second, wait (casual) let me (LEM-ee) — allow me Lemme see. — Let me see sort of (SAW-tuh) — a bit, in some way It's sort of cold today. — It is a bit cold kind of (KAIN-duh) — a bit, in some way I'm kind of tired. — I'm a bit tired out of (OWT-uh) — with none left We're out of bread. — We have no bread left a cup of tea (uh KUP-uh TEE) — the of almost disappears a lot of washing (uh LOT-uh WOSH-ing) — lots of clothes to wash goin' (GOH-in) — going doin' (DOO-in) — doing nothin' (NUTH-in) — nothing Real British English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — modern British accent, everyday grammar, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang, he/she/it for things, and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.