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Contractions 29.01

The document discusses contractions in English. It defines a contraction as a combination of two words where an apostrophe takes the place of missing letters. It provides examples of affirmative contractions using pronouns and verbs like "to be", "would", and "will". It also gives examples of negative contractions formed by combining verbs with "not". The document provides a practice exercise replacing underlined words with appropriate contractions.

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Contractions 29.01

The document discusses contractions in English. It defines a contraction as a combination of two words where an apostrophe takes the place of missing letters. It provides examples of affirmative contractions using pronouns and verbs like "to be", "would", and "will". It also gives examples of negative contractions formed by combining verbs with "not". The document provides a practice exercise replacing underlined words with appropriate contractions.

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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 + to be + would + will
I I am I’m I’d I’ll
you you are you’re you’d you’ll
we we are we’re we’d we’ll
they they are they’re they’d they’ll
he he is he’s he’d he’ll
she she is she’s she’d she’ll
it it is it’s it’d it’ll
there there is: there’s there’d there’ll
that that is that’s this’d 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.
Negative Contractions
7) Mary does not eat meat. Verb + not Contraction
do not don’t
8) Donald cannot swim. does not doesn’t
did not didn’t
9) The store will not open early. is not isn’t
10) James and Joe have not left yet. are not aren’t
was not wasn’t
11) You should not cheat. were not weren’t
has not hasn’t
12) Jose has not taken out the trash yet. have not haven’t
had not hadn’t
13) I could not do it even if I tried. will not won’t
would not wouldn’t
14) He is almost twenty one years old. can not can’t
15) I am as old as he is. could not couldn’t
should shouldn’t
16) English is not very hard!

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