This document provides information about contractions in English. It defines contractions as two words combined into one with letters removed. There are about 70 contractions, most commonly formed by removing two letters like "she'll". Common contractions are formed from combinations of pronouns with "is", "are", "will", "have", "had", and "not". The document gives examples of each type of contraction and includes a game to practice forming contractions.

1. Contractions
First Grade Grammar

2. Contractions
 A contraction is one word that
is made by putting together two
separate words and shortening
them.

3. Contractions Know How
 There are about 70 contractions in the
English language.
 Most contraction are made by leaving
out two letters like the word she will
(she’ll).
 Some contractions are missing only one
letter.
 Words are squeezed together.

4. Contractions with I and am
 Whenever there is a contraction with I, I must
be capitalized.
 You will only use am with I in a contraction.
Replace the a with an apostrophe. Squeeze
the words together.
I + am = I’m

5. Contractions with is
 If is is part of the two words that make up
the contraction, you will leave out the i
and replace with an apostrophe.
Squeeze the words together.
 she + is = she’s
 he + is = he’s
 it + is = it’s
 that + is = that’s

6. Contractions with are
 If are is part of the two words that make
up the contraction, you will leave out the
a and replace with an apostrophe.
Squeeze the words together.
they + are = they’re
we + are = we’re
you + are = you’re

7. Contractions with will
 If will is part of the two words that make up the contraction,
you will leave out the w and i and replace with an
apostrophe. Squeeze the words together.
she + will = she’ll
I + will = I’ll
they + will = they’ll
we + will = we’ll
he + will = he’ll
you + will = you’ll
it + will = it’ll

8. Contractions with not
 If not is part of the two words that make up the
contraction, you will leave out the o and replace with an
apostrophe. Squeeze the words together.
have + not = haven’t does + not = doesn’t
is + not = isn’t do + not = don’t
had + not = hadn’t must + not = mustn’t
could + not = couldn’t would + not = wouldn’t
should + not = shouldn’t
can + not = can’t (leave out one of the n’s)
will+ not = won’t (not willn’t!!!!!!!!!!)

9. Contractions with have
 If have is part of the two words that make up
the contraction, you will leave out the ha and
replace with an apostrophe. Squeeze the
words together.
I + have = I’ve
they + have = they’ve
we + have = we’ve
you + have = you’ve

10. Contractions with had
 If had is part of the two words that make
up the contraction, you will leave out the
ha and replace with an apostrophe.
Squeeze the words together.
I + had = I’d
they + had = they’d
we + had = we’d
you + had = you’d

11. Contractions with has
 If has is part of the two words that make up the
contraction, you will leave out the ha and
replace with an apostrophe. Squeeze the
words together. This one is tricky because you
can us is too!
 she + has = she’s
 he + has = he’s
 it + has = it’s
 that + has = that’s

12. Contractions Games
Rules
 Choose the correct contraction for each
word

13. We + Have = _______________
WEHAVE
WEHAV
We’ve

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16. Are + Not
Arnot Ar’nt Aren’t

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19. Has + Not
Hasnt
Hasn’t
Has’t

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22. Can + Not
Cannot
Can’not
Can’t

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25. You + Have
Youave
You’ve
You’ave

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28. Contractions
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By: Shauna Gregory