CONTRACTIONS

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CONTRACTIONS

• By
• Eleanor Simpson

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What are contractions?

• A contraction is two words joined together with
  one or more letters dropped and replaced by an
  apostrophe ( ).
• Do not dont I will Ill

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I am changes to

I
am
Im
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I am going to school.
CHANGES TO
Im going to school.
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When the word have is used in a contraction, the
letters ha are dropped and replaced with an
apostrophe ().

• I have
• we have
• they have
• you have

• Ive
• weve
• theyve
• youve

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I have found my lost toy.

• CHANGES TO
• Ive found my lost toy.

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When the word had is used in a contraction, the
letters ha are dropped and replaced with an
apostrophe ().

• they had
• she had
• we had
• he had
• you had

• theyd
• shed
• wed
• hed
• youd

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You had better go home.

• CHANGES TO
• Youd better go home.

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When the word will is used in a contraction, the
letters wi are dropped and replaced with an
apostrophe ().

• he will
• she will
• we will
• you will
• they will
• I will

• hell
• shell
• well
• youll
• theyll
• Ill

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I will go the store.

• CHANGES TO
• Ill go to the store.

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When the word are is used in a contraction, the
letter a is dropped and replaced with an
apostrophe ().

• you are
• we are
• they are

• youre
• were
• theyre

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You are my friend.

• CHANGES TO
• Youre my friend.

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When the word is is used in a contraction, the
letter i is dropped and replaced with an
apostrophe ().

• that is
• what is
• he is
• she is
• who is
• it is

• thats
• whats
• hes
• shes
• whos
• its

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Who is coming to my party.

• CHANGES TO
• Whos coming to my party?

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When the word not is used in a contraction, the
letter o is dropped and replaced with an
apostrophe ().

• can not
• do not
• is not
• was not
• are not
• did not

• cant
• dont
• isnt
• wasnt
• arent
• didnt

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I can not wait for my party.

• CHANGES TO
• I cant wait for my party.

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Lets test our knowledge!
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Remember! A contraction is two words joined
together with one or more letters dropped and
replaced by an apostrophe ().
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Now we are going to use the pen to match the
words to their contraction.

• he had
• I am
• are not
• it is
• I will
• they are
• I would

• Id
• its
• hed
• theyre
• Im
• arent
• Ill