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Contractions
1. A contraction is a combination of two words.
2. In a contraction, an apostrophe (’) takes the place of missing letters.
3. There are affirmative contractions and negative contractions.
Affirmative Contractions
Pronoun
I
you
we
they
he
she
it
there
that
+ to be
I am
you are
we are
they are
he is
she is
it is
there is:
that is
I’m
you’re
we’re
they’re
he’s
she’s
it’s
there’s
that’s
+ would
I’d
you’d
we’d
they’d
he’d
she’d
it’d
there’d
this’d
+ will
I’ll
you’ll
we’ll
they’ll
he’ll
she’ll
it’ll
there’ll
this’ll
Directions: Replace the underlined words with an affirmative or negative contraction.
Example: I am
I’m
happy to meet you.
1) We will ________ see you at English class next week!
2) There is
________ no milk in the refrigerator.
3) There will ________ be time to chat later.
4) It is ________ raining today.
5) I think it will _________ snow later.
6) I was not ________ home last night.
7) Mary does not _________ eat meat.
8) Donald cannot _________ swim.
9) The store will not _________ open early.
10) James and Joe have not _________ left yet.
11) You should not _________ cheat.
12) Jose has not _________ taken out the trash yet.
13) I could not _________ do it even if I tried.
14) He is _________ almost twenty one years old.
15) I am _________ as old as he is.
16) English is not ________ very hard!
Negative Contractions
Verb + not
do not
does not
did not
is not
are not
was not
were not
has not
have not
had not
will not
would not
can not
could not
should
Contraction
don’t
doesn’t
didn’t
isn’t
aren’t
wasn’t
weren’t
hasn’t
haven’t
hadn’t
won’t
wouldn’t
can’t
couldn’t
shouldn’t
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Contractions
1. A contraction is a combination of two or more words.
2. In a contraction, an apostrophe (’) takes the place of missing letters.
3. There are affirmative contractions, negative contractions modal auxiliary
verb contractions, and several other random contractions.
Affirmative Contractions
Pronoun
I
you
he
she
it
we
they
that
who
what
where
when
why
how
+Be
I'm
I am
you're
you are
he's
he is
she's
she is
it's (or 'tis)
it is
we're
we are
they're
they are
that's
that is
who's
who is
what's/what're
what is/what are
where's
where is
when's
when is
why's
why is
how's
how is
+Will
I'll
I will
you'll
you will
he'll
he will
she'll
she will
it'll
it will
we'll
we will
they'll
they will
that'll
that will
who'll
who will
what'll
what will
where'll
where will
when'll
when will
why'll
why will
how'll
how will
+Would
I'd
I would
you'd
you would
he'd
he would
she'd
she would
it'd
it would
we'd
we would
they'd
they would
that'd
that would
who'd
who would
what'd
what would
where'd
where would
when'd
when would
why'd
why would
how'd
how would
+Have
I've
I have
you've
you have
he's
he has
she's
she has
it's
it has
we've
we have
they've
they have
that's
that has
who's
who has
what's
what has
where's
where has
when's
when has
why's
why has
how's
how has
+Had
I'd
I had
you'd
you had
he'd
he had
she'd
she had
it'd
it had
we'd
we had
they'd
they had
that'd
that had
who'd
who had
what'd
what had
where'd
where had
when'd
when had
why'd
why had
how'd
how had
Negative Contractions
Word + Not
is not
are not
was not
were not
have not
has not
had not
will not
would not
do not
does not
did not
cannot
could not
should not
might not
must not
CONTRACTION
isn't
aren't
wasn't
weren't
haven't
hasn't
hadn't
won't
wouldn't
don't
doesn't
didn't
can't
couldn't
shouldn't
mightn't
mustn't
Modal Contractions
Modal Auxiliaries
would have
should have
could have
might have
must have
CONTRACTION
would've
should've
could've
might've
must've
Other Contractions
Random Words
of
of the clock
madam
never-do-well
cat-of-nine-tails
jack-of-the-lantern
will-of-the-wisp
it was
CONTRACTION
o'
o'clock
ma'am
ne'er-do-well
cat-o'-nine-tails
jack-o'-lantern
will-o'-the-wisp
'twas (archaic)