CONTRACTIONS
Contractions for the verb TO BE:
PRESENT TENSE
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Affirmative
Contraction |
Negative Contraction |
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I am |
I'm |
- (I'm not) |
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You are |
You're |
You aren't (You're not) |
|
He(/She/It) is |
He's |
He isn't (He's not) |
|
We are |
We're |
We aren't (We're not) |
|
They are |
They're |
They aren't (They're not) |
PAST TENSE
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|
Affirmative Contraction |
Negative Contraction |
|
I was |
- |
I wasn't |
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You were |
- |
You weren't |
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He(/She/It) was |
- |
He/She/It wasn't |
|
We were |
- |
We weren't |
|
They were |
- |
They weren't |
Other common contractions:
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did not |
= didn't |
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do not |
= don't |
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does not |
= doesn't |
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will not |
= won't |
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can not |
= can't |
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have not |
= haven't |
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has not |
= hasn't |
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I(You/He...) will |
= I'll |
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I(You/We...) have (in compound tenses) |
= I've |
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He(She/It) has (in compound tenses) |
= He's |
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