Contractions
When two words are put together to make a shortened word we use an apostrophe to show where we have chopped out some letters and joined the words together.
We call these shortened words CONTRACTIONS
We call these shortened words CONTRACTIONS
EXAMPLES of words +not are+not = aren't - notice the missing letter o Can you work these out? aren't - are not |
haven't - have not |
can't - cannot |
isn't - is not |
couldn't - could not |
mustn't - must not |
didn't - did not |
shouldn't - should not |
doesn't - does not |
wasn't - was not |
I remember this by imagining that an axe has chopped out a letter and left a mark above the spot where the letter was chopped out. The apostrophe is the mark left by the axe.
Here are some more:
here's - here is |
what's - what is |
that's - that is |
where's - where is |
there's - there is |
who's - who is |
he'd - he would, he had |
they'll - they will |
he'll - he will |
they're - they are |
he's - he is, he has |
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