1. Contractions

2. What Are Contractions? She is big is not  isn’t I am I’m
Contractions combine two words into one.
You use an apostrophe (’) to represent the missing letters.
EXAMPLE
OTHER COMMON CONTRACTIONS
She is big
is not  isn’t
I am I’m
he will  he’ll
cannot  can’t
will not  won’t
I have been  I’ve been
She is big
She’s big

3. Which of the following is NOT a contraction?
He’s
Can’t
Wont
Mustn't
I’m
They’re

4. Match each phrase and its corresponding contraction.
Is not
Weren’t
Cannot
I’m not
There are
She’s
I am not
You’ll
She is
Won’t
Will not
Isn’t
They are
They’re
We are
Mustn't
That will
No contraction
Are not
We’re
You should not
He couldn’t
You will
You shouldn’t
He could not
That’ll
Must not
Aren’t
Were not
Can’t

5. Rewrite the following sentence using a contraction.
The pig will not play in the mud.
The pig won’t play in the mud.
The pig wont play in the mud.
The pig will not play in the mud.

6. Make each word below a contraction:
arent
hasnt
wasnt
thatll
heres
cant
couldnt Im
hows
theyre
well
Isnt
shell
havent
hes
wouldnt
shouldnt
musnt
theyll
its
shell
wasnt
isnt