CONTRACTIONS For Class 1 to 3

 CONTRACTIONS

Contractions: Contractions or short forms are made by omitting some letters and using an apostrophe (’) in that place.

      1.      do not =don’t

      2.      did not =didn’t

      3.      does not = doesn’t

      4.      am not = isn’t

      5.      is not = isn’t

      6.      are not = aren’t

      7.      was not = wasn’t

      8.      we’re not = weren’t

      9.      have not = haven’t

    10.    had not = hadn’t

     11.     shall not = shan’t

    12.    will not = won’t

    13.    cannot = can’t

    14.    could not = couldn’t

    15.    should not = shouldn’t

    16.    would not = wouldn’t

    17.    may not = mayn’t

    18.    might not = mightn’t

    19.    must not = mustn’t

    20.    ought not = oughtn’t

    21.    I have = I’ve

    22.    you have = you’ve

    23.    they have = they’ve

    24.    we have = we’ve

    25.    he has/is/was= he’s

    26.    I am = I’m

    27.    I had/would/could/should = I’d

    28.    you are/were= you’re

    29.    he is/was/has= he’s

    30.    they are/were= they’re

    31.    she is/was/has= she’s

    32.    we are/were= we’re

    33.    it is/was/has= it’s

    34.    he had/would/could/should = he’d

    35.    she had/would/could/should = she’d

    36.    what is/was/has = what’s

 

Write the underlined parts in short form:

       i.             i.       Hello, I am Shiva. Ans. I’m

      ii.      He is 8 years old. Ans. He’s

     iii.     She is 8 years old, too. Ans. She’s

     iv.     I cannot carry the bag. Ans. can’t

      v.      Please do not run across the road. Ans. don’t

     vi.     We are happy. Ans. We’re

    vii.    She is a good student. Ans. She’s

   viii.   They had finished the work. Ans. They’d

     ix.     We will not go there. Ans. won’t

x. You have seen it. Ans. You’ve