What are Contractions? Contractions List for Elementary Students

  

An easy way to explain contractions is to tell a student that a contraction is a combination of words that have been combined to make shorter words.  The words are combined by dropping some letters and adding an apostrophe in place of the missing letters. Here is a list of simple contractions used by elementary school students.

What are Contractions? Contractions List for Elementary Students

Here is a list of common contractions

Words and haveContraction Form
Could HaveCould’ve
Might HaveMight’ve
Must HaveMust’ve
Would HaveWould’ve
           Words negating a verb using notContraction Form
Are NotAren’t
CannotCan’t
Could NotCouldn’t
Did NotDidn’t
Do NotDon’t
Does NotDoesn’t
Might NotMightn’t
Must NotMustn’t
Will NotWon’t
Would NotWouldn’t
Words and WillContractions
He willHe’ll
How WillHow’ll
I willI’ll
It willIt’ll
She WillShe’ll
That WillThat’ll
They WillThey’ll
We WillWe’ll
What WillWhat’ll
When WillWhen’ll
Where WillWhere’ll
Why WillWhy’ll
You willYou’ll
Words and HadContractions
He hadHe’d
How hadHow’d
I hadI’d
It hadIt’d
She hadShe’d
That hadThat’d
They hadThey’d
We hadWe’d
When hadWhen’d
Where hadWhere’d
Who hadWho’d
Why hadWhy’d
You hadYou’d
Words and IsContractions
He isHe’s
How isHow’s
It isIt’s
She isShe’s
That isThat’s
What isWhat’s
When isWhen’s
Where isWhere’s
Who isWho’s
Why isWhy’s
Words and Are or AmContractions
I amI’m
They areThey’re
You areYou’re

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