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Understanding Contractions in English

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CONTRACTIONS

A contraction is when two words


are put together to make a shorter
word.
It’s math but using words
To make a contraction we need to
combine two words and then take
away one or two letters and add
an apostrophe (’).
Here are a few examples

you’v ’s she’s
e ere
h

at’s
it’s wh
I’ll
Math time
I + am =

A. Iam B. Ia’m

C. I’m D. Iam’
ANSWER
C. I’m
that + is =

A. thatis B. tatis

C. t’hts D. that’s
ANSWER
[Link]’s
did + not

A. didn’t B. didnt

C. di’dnt D. d’i’d’nt
ANSWER
C. di’dnt
JUST
KIDDING!
CORRECT ANSWER
A. didn’t
Homework: GTE P. 26

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