Contractions

What is a contraction?  

A contraction is a combination of words that have been combined to make shorter word.  The words are combined by dropping some letters and adding an apostrophe in place of the missing letters.

Here are a list of common contractions

Words and have	Contraction Form
Could Have	Could’ve
Might Have	Might’ve
Must Have	Must’ve
Would Have	Would’ve

 

Words negating a verb using not	Contraction Form
Are Not	Aren’t
Cannot	Can’t
Could Not	Couldn’t
Did Not	Didn’t
Do Not	Don’t
Does Not	Doesn’t
Might Not	Mightn’t
Must Not	Mustn’t
Will Not	Won’t
Would Not	Wouldn’t

 

Words and Will	Contractions
He will	He’ll
How Will	How’ll
I will	I’ll
It will	It’ll
She Will	She’ll
That Will	That’ll
They Will	They’ll
We Will	We’ll
What Will	What’ll
When Will	When’ll
Where Will	Where’ll
Why Will	Why’ll
You will	You’ll

 

Words and Had	Contractions
He had	He’d
How had	How’d
I had	I’d
It had	It’d
She had	She’d
That had	That’d
They had	They’d
We had	We’d
When had	When’d
Where had	Where’d
Who had	Who’d
Why had	Why’d
You had	You’d

 

Words and Is	Contractions
He is	He’s
How is	How’s
It is	It’s
She is	She’s
That is	That’s
What is	What’s
When is	When’s
Where is	Where’s
Who is	Who’s
Why is	Why’s

 

Words and Are or Am	Contractions
I am	I’m
They are	They’re
You are	You’re