Grade 2, English Olympiad (CBSE) - Contractions
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Contractions
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:
- Using the word not: Contractions made as under by adding the word not to some other word.
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 |
- Using the word is: Contractions made as under by adding the word is to some other word.
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 |
- Using the word are: Contractions made as under by adding the word are to some other word.
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 |
- Using the word have: Contractions made as under by adding the word have to some other word.
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 |
- Using the words had/ should/ would: Contractions made as under by adding the word had/ should/ would to some other word.
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 |
- Using the words shall/ will: Contractions made as under by adding the word shall/will to some other word.
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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