Contractions

What is a contraction?

• a word made by shortening and separating two words

• a word made by shortening and combining two words

• a word made by lengthening and combining two words

• a word made by lengthening and separating two words

What punctuation mark is used when combining two words to form a contraction?

• period

• exclamation mark

• comma

• apostrophe

Which contraction best completes this sentence?

You _____ eat junk food when your tummy hurts.

• shouldn't

• isn't

• doesn't

• aren't

Rewrite the sentence in the box below using a

contraction from the word bank to fill in the blank.

Word Bank: won't aren't haven't

No, you _____ leaving the table.

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Rewrite the sentence in the box below using a

contraction from the word bank to fill in the blank.

Word Bank: you're they'll I've

When the party is over, _____ clean up the mess.

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Which contractions are combined correctly?

Select 2 answers.

• could have

  couldv'e

• they are

  they're

• he is

  he's

• we would

  we've

Which contractions are combined correctly?

Select 2 answers.

• what is

  what's

• has not

  has'nt

• will not

  won't

• that is

  thats

Rewrite the sentence in the box below.

Make sure to correctly combine the underlined words to form a contraction.

Brian and Matt wish they had gone fishing.

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Which contraction best completes the sentence below?

Please __ run in the house.

Which contraction best completes the sentence below?

I invited many friends to the party and __ coming soon.