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 |