Contractions and Abbreviations

What is a contraction?

• A shortened form of a group of words

• A describing word

• A word that shows who does the action

• A word that describes a verb

What punctuation mark is used in a contraction?

• Apostrophe '

• Hyphen -

• Full stop .

• Comma ,

Contractions are appropriate to include in formal essay writing.

• True

• False

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Contractions are used in...

• Essays

• Speech

• Creative writing

• Informal writing

How would you contract 'I am'?

How would you contract 'is not'?

How would you contract 'has not'?

How would you contract 'they are'?

How would you contract 'we are'?

How would you contract 'you are'?