CONTRACTIONS

CONTRACTIONS 

We make contractions by connecting two or more words together.  

He had ⇨ He'd 

She had ⇨ She'd 

It had ⇨ It'd 

That had ⇨ That'd (That'd  better  be the last time she calls me!) 

That is ⇨ That's  (That's it) 

That will ⇨ That'll ( That'll do) 

That would ⇨ That'd (That'd have been why) 

Negatives

Are not ⇨ Aren't (Aren't you coming?) 

Can not ⇨ can't  (I can't make it) 

Could not ⇨ couldn't  (I couldn't eat it) 

Did not ⇨ Didn't ( I didn't do it) 

Does not ⇨ doesn't (She doesn't work here) 

Do not ⇨ don't (I don't like spiders) 

Had not ⇨ hadn't (He hadn't been told) 

Has not ⇨ Hasn't (She hasn't left) 

is not ⇨ isn't (This isn't  difficult at all!)  

Must not ⇨  mustn't (We mustn't give up!) 

Need not ⇨ needn't (You needn't  come) 

Should not ⇨ Shouldn't (You shouldn't  run) 

was not ⇨wasn't (I wasn't joking) 

were not ⇨ weren't (We weren't sure which way to go) 

will not ⇨ won't (I'm telling you, she won't come) 

would not ⇨ wouldn't (I wouldn't touch those) 

A lot of contractions to remember,  but most of them are fairly straight word!