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Grade 2 | English | Contractions, Contractions, Word order and Jumbled words, Olympiad, CBSE, ICSE, Maths Olympiad, Science Olympiad, English Olympiad
As the word expresses itself, Contraction means to squeeze something to make it small or short. Contraction is - in which two words joined together and made shorter by placing an apostrophe where the letters have been omitted.
Example: I am can also be written as I’m. Here ‘a’ is omitted and in place of that an apostrophe is used.
Few more examples are as under:
Words + not | ||
Word + not | Meaning | Contraction |
is + not | Is not | Isn’t |
are + not | are not | aren't |
was + not | was not | wasn't |
were + not | were not | weren't |
have + not | have not | haven't |
has + not | has not | hasn’t |
had + not | had not | hadn't |
do + not | do not | don't |
does + not | does not | doesn't |
did + not | did not | didn't |
shall + not | shall not | shan’t |
should + not | should not | shouldn't |
will + not | will not | won't |
would + not | would not | wouldn't |
must + not | must not | mustn't |
can + not | cannot | can't |
could + not | could not | couldn't |
may + not | may not | mayn't |
might + not | might not | mightn't |
ought + not | ought not | oughtn't (to) |
need + not | need not | needn't |
dare + not | dare not | daren't |
Words + is | ||
Word + is | Meaning | Contraction |
he + is | he is | he's |
she + is | she is | she's |
it + is | it is | it's |
here + is | here is | here's |
that + is | that is | that's |
what + is | what is | what's |
who + is | who is | who's |
where + is | where is | where's |
how + is | how is | how's |
everyone + is | everyone is | everyone's |
there + is | there is | there's |
let + us | let us | let's |
Words + are | ||
we + are | we are | we're |
you + are | you are | you're |
they + are | they are | they're |
what + are | what are | what're |
who + are | who are | who're |
Words + have | ||
I + have | I have | I’ve |
we + have | we have | we've |
you + have | you have | you've |
they + have | they have | they've |
what + have | what have | what’ve |
who + have | who have | who've |
Words + had/ should/ would | ||
I + had / should / would | I had / I should / I would | I’d |
we + had / should / would | we had / we should / we would | we'd |
you + had / should / would | you had / you should / you would | you'd |
he + had / should / would | he had / he should / he would | he'd |
she + had / should / would | she has / she should /she would | she'd |
they + had / should / would | they had / they should / they would | they'd |
who + had / should / would | who had/ who should/ who would | who'd |
Words + shall/ will | ||
I + shall/ will | I shall/ I will | I’ll |
we + shall/ will | we shall/ we will | we'll |
you + shall/ will | you shall/ you will | you'll |
he + shall/will | he shall/ he will | he'll |
she + shall/ will | she shall/ she will | she'll |
it + shall/ will | it shall/ it will | it'll |
they + shall/ will | they shall/ they will | they'll |
who + shall/ will | who shall/ who will | who'll |
Now few for your practice: Download the given sheet, cut and paste the correct contraction words given in the boxes to complete the set.
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