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A contraction is a combination of two words.
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In a contraction, an apostrophe (’)
takes the place of missing letters.
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There are affirmative contractions and negative
contractions.
Affirmative Contractions
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Pronoun
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+ to be
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+ would
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+ will
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I
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I am
I’m
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I’d
|
I’ll
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you
|
you are
you’re
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you’d
|
you’ll
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we
|
we are
we’re
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we’d
|
we’ll
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they
|
they are
they’re
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they’d
|
they’ll
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he
|
he is
he’s
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he’d
|
he’ll
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she
|
she is
she’s
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she’d
|
she’ll
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it
|
it is
it’s
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it’d
|
it’ll
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there
|
there is:
there’s
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there’d
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there’ll
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that
|
that is
that’s
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this’d
|
this’ll
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Negative
Contractions
|
Verb + not
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Contraction
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do not
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don’t
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does not
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doesn’t
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did not
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didn’t
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is not
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isn’t
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are not
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aren’t
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was not
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wasn’t
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were not
|
weren’t
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has not
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hasn’t
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have not
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haven’t
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had not
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hadn’t
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will not
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won’t
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would not
|
wouldn’t
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can not
|
can’t
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could not
|
couldn’t
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should
|
shouldn’t
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