Learning English Grammar

Contractions

Contraction
- is a short way of writing two words
- a letter/s is/are omitted
- an apostrophe (') is used to replace the omitted letter/s

There are two kinds of contraction

1. Formed by replacing a missing letter/s with an apostrophe
Examples :

two words - contraction

I am - I'm

he is - he's
it is - it's
she is - she's
that is - that's
there is - there's
what is - what's
where is - where's
who is - who's

they are - they're
we are - we're
what are - what're
who are - who're
you are - you're

I had - I'd
he had - he'd
she had - she'd
they had - they'd
we had - we'd
who had - who'd
you had - you'd

he has - he's
it has - it's
she has - she's
that has - that's
where has - where's

I have - I've
they have - they've
we have - we've
who have - who've
you have - you've

are not - aren't
cannot - can't
could not - couldn't
did not - didn't
do not - don't
does not - doesn't
had not - hadn't
has not - hasn't
have not - haven't
is not - isn't
must not - mustn't
shall not - shan't
should not - shouldn't
was not - wasn't
were not - weren't
will not - won't
would not - wouldn't

he shall - he'll
I shall - I'll
she shall - she'll
what shall - what'll
who shall - who'll
you shall - you'll

let us - let's

I will - I'll
he will - he'll
she will - she'll
we will - we'll
what will - what'll
who will - who'll
you will - you'll

I would - I'd
he would - he'd
she would - she'd
they would - they'd
we would - we'd
who would - who'd
you would - you'd

2. Formed by compressing a word without using an apostrophe
Examples :

Doctor - Dr.
Miss - Ms.
Mister - Mr.
Reverence - Rev.

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