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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What is a Contraction? </h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>A contraction is one word made up of two words.  </li><li>We do this to make things short and trim.  </li><li>The first word usually stays the same. </li></ul>



<p>&#8211; I will à I’ll (the first word remained the same)&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>And in some cases, both the first word and the second word lose letters.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Shall not à Shan’t (Both words changed)&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>An apostrophe will fill the space of the missing letters.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Examples&nbsp;&nbsp;</h3>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Where only the second word changes&nbsp;</h4>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>She is à She’s  </li><li>They had à They’d  </li><li>I am à I’m  </li><li>Cannot à Can’t </li><li>Have not à Haven’t  </li><li>Is not à Isn’t  </li></ul>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Where both the first- and second-word changes&nbsp;</h4>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Will not à Won’t&nbsp;</li><li>Shall not à Shan’t&nbsp;</li><li>Contractions are used in normal speech and informal writing (writing notes / writing to family and friends)&nbsp;</li><li>Don’t use them contractions in formal writing.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Use complete words.&nbsp;</li></ul>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Example&nbsp;</h4>



<p>‘Cannot’ rather than ‘can’t’&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Pronoun Verb Contractions </h2>



<p>Pronouns substitute proper and common nouns. </p>



<p>We do this to avoid repetition. </p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>E.g., The boy has lost his toy. He is crying.  </li></ul>



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<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>E.g., The boy has lost his toy. He’s crying. </li></ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">How to identify them?&nbsp;</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Keep an eye out for a pronoun. </li><li>If it is followed by an apostrophe and then the end of the verb, then it is a pronoun verb contraction. </li><li>The apostrophe replaced parts of the verb!  </li></ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Why do we use them?&nbsp;</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>We use pronouns to make sentences shorter and remove repetition. We don’t want to hear boy, boy, boy, repeated again and again, do we? </li><li>So, the second time we use ‘he’ </li><li>And instead of writing or saying: </li><li>“The boy’s crying”, we write “he’s crying”  </li></ul>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Examples&nbsp;</h4>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>We are à We’re  </li><li>They are à They’re  </li><li>I am à I’m  </li><li>She would à She’d  </li><li>She had à She’s </li><li>I had à I’d  </li><li>I would à I’d </li><li>I will à I’ll </li><li>It is à It’s </li><li>She has à She’s  </li></ul>
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