Contractions

What is a contraction?

• A word made of a verb and an adjective.

• A word made from shortening & combining 2 words.

• Two words that sound the same but are spelled different.

• A long word.

Which words are contractions (Check off all the correct answers!)

• Haven't

• Would

• Cannot

• She'd

• Couldn't

True or False: Would not and Cannot are contractions.

• True

• False

What does this contraction stand for: Didn't.

• Do not

• Did not

• Don't

Type the correct contraction for this set of words: "Have not" (Make sure to use apostrophes!)

True or False: The sentence "He has not gone there" will use the contraction "hasn't".

• True

• False

Which group of words has ALL contractions in it?

• He'd, they will, didn't

• Hasn't, she's, will

• Could not, shouldn't, must

• They'd, we're, won't

Type the correct contraction for this set of words: "I have" (Make sure to use apostrophes!)

Check off all the words that are NOT contractions.

• She's

• He would

• I'm

• Cannot

Does the sentence "She isn't going to the mall" use a contraction?

• Yes

• No