Contractions

A contraction is _______.

• A person, place, or thing

• a word that describes something

• a shortened form of 2 words

• a punctuation mark at the end of a sentence.

In a contraction, what do you put in the place of the letters you take out?

• a comma

• a question mark

• an apostrophe

• a period

What contraction is made from does + not?

• does'nt

• doesn't

• doesnot

• didn't

Which words make the contraction you’re?

• I + am

• We + are

• you + had

• you + are

What contraction is made from she + had?

• she'd

• they'd

• shehad

• sh'ed

Which words make the contraction they’ve?

• They + will

• She + have

• They + have

• he + has

What contraction is made from will + not?

• willn't

• won't

• wonted

• willnot

Choose the contraction in the sentence below.

Eleni shouldn’t feed the cat.

• feed

• Eleni

• shouldn't

• cat

Choose the contraction in the sentence below.

Sumeet wanted to play outside, but he’s sick.

• wanted

• play

• he's

• but

Danaya made a contraction from we + will. She wrote it as well. What did Danaya do wrong?

• She didn't take out any letters.

• She took out the wrong letters.

• She forgot to add an apostrophe.

• She forgot to add a comma.