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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

Im
youre
were
theyre
hes
shes
its
theres
thats

+ would
Id
youd
wed
theyd
hed
shed
itd
thered
thisd

+ will
Ill
youll
well
theyll
hell
shell
itll
therell
thisll

Directions: Replace the underlined words with an affirmative or negative contraction.

Example: I am

Im

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
dont
doesnt
didnt
isnt
arent
wasnt
werent
hasnt
havent
hadnt
wont
wouldnt
cant
couldnt
shouldnt