CONTRACTION

CONTRACTION

A contraction occur when combine two word, to the extent

that the two are pronounced as one word, or syllable.
Contractions are very common in spoken English but
They are not so common in written.

Youre (you are)

Ill
(I will)
They'd (they would)

RESTRICTIONS

We can say: you're not / you aren't

We can say: I'm not

But we cant say: I amn't

Positive Contractions
Some contractions can have two or three meanings. For example:
he'd can be he had or he would.
It depends on the rest of the sentence, for example:

He'd like to go. (He would like to go.)

He'd finished when I arrived. (He had finished when I arrived.)

The contractions ( is or has) is not used only with pronouns.

It can also be used with nouns, names, question words, and words like here
and there, for example:

The train's late. John's arrived. Where's the phone? Here's your change.
There's a policeman.

Contracted Short Form

Original Long Form

Contracted Short Form

Original Long Form

I'm

I am

she'll

She will

I've

I have

she'd

She had/she would

I'll

I will / I shall

It's

It has / it is

I'd

I would/I should/I had

It'll

It will

you're

You are

We're

We are

you've

You have

We've

We have

We'll

We will

We'd

We had/we would

They're

They are

They've

They have

They'll

They will

They'd

They had / they would

you'll

You will

you'd

You had / you would

he's

He has/he is

he'll

He will

he'd

he had/he would

she's

She has/she is

Negative Contractions
With the verb be, two negative forms are
possible.
for example:
we are not we're not / we aren't
She is not shes not / she isnt
You are not youre not / you arent
I am not I'm not / I aimnt (is incorrect)

Contracted Short Form

Aren't
Can't
Couldn't
Daren't
Didn't
Doesn't
Don't
Hasn't
Haven't
Hadn't
Isn't
Mayn't

Contracted Short Form

Original Long Form
I'm
I am
I've
I have
I'll
I will / I shall
I'd
I would/I should/I had
you're
You are
you've
You have
you'll
You will
you'd
You had / you would
he's
He has/he is
he'll
He will
he'd
he had/he would
she's
She has/she is

Original Long Form

Are not
Can not
Could not
Dare not
Did not
Does not
Do not
Has not
Have not
Had not
Is not
May not

Informal Contractions

Informal contractions are short forms of other words that people use when
speaking casually. They are not exactly slang, but they are a little like slang.

For example, "gonna" is a short form of "going to". If you say going to very fast,
without carefully pronouncing each word, it can sound like gonna.

Remember that informal contractions dont use in "correct" speech, and we

almost never use in writing. We normally use when speak fast and casually for
example with friends or family.

The informal contractions are more common in American English.

also informal contractions we don't use apostrophes when written .

Common Informal Contractions

What are you going to do?
Whatcha going to do?

Do you want a beer?

Do you wanna beer?

Whatchagonna do?

D'youwanna beer?
D'yawanna beer?
Ya wanna beer?
Wanna beer?

examples:

ain't = am not, are not, is not // I ain't sure. / You ain't my boss.

gimme = give me // Gimme your money

gonna = going to // What are you gonna do?

kinda = kind of // She's kinda cute.

lemme = let me // Lemme go! / Lemme help you.

wanna = want to // I wanna go home.

wanna = want a // I wanna coffee.

whatcha = what are you // Whatcha going to do?

ya = you // Who saw ya?

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