Contraction Word List

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This contraction word list contains a list of 40 contractions to use in your classroom.

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What are contractions?

Contractions are words formed when two small words are put together as an abbreviation. The letters eliminated are replaced with an apostrophe.

List of contractions

add these words	to form this word
are + not	aren’t
can + not	can’t
could + not	couldn’t
did + not	didn’t
does + not	doesn’t
do + not	don’t
had + not	hadn’t
has + not	hasn’t
have + not	haven’t
he + would	he’d
he + will	he’ll
he + is	he’s
I + would	I’d
I + will	I’ll
I + am	I’m
I + have	I’ve
is + not	isn’t
let + us	let’s
she + had	she’d
she + will	she’ll

add these words	to form this word
she + is	she’s
should + not	shouldn’t
that + is	that’s
there + is	there’s
they + had	they’d
they + will	they’ll
they + are	they’re
they + have	they’ve
we + would	we’d
we + are	we’re
we + have	we’ve
were + not	weren’t
what + is	what’s
where + is	where’s
who + is	who’s
will + not	won’t
would + not	wouldn’t
you + will	you’ll
you + are	you’re
you + have	you’ve

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