Contractions in English grammar
This post is all about contractions in English but also try to cover the following subject:
-Contractions in English grammar with examples
-Learning contractions in English
-Contractions words in English
Contraction is a short form of a word or combination of words that is often used instead of the full form in spoken English.
Contractions words in English
You will – You’ll
You have – You’ve
You are – You’re
Who would – Who’d
Who will – Who’ll
Who shall – Who’ll
Who is – Who’s
Who had – Who’d
Who are – Who’re
Where is – Where’s
Where has – Where’s
What will – What’ll
What shall – What’ll
What is – What’s
What have – What’ve
what has – What’s
What are – What’re
Were not – Weren’t
We would – We’d
We have – We’ve
We had – We’d
We are – We’re
They would – They’d
They will – They’ll
They have – They’ve
They had – They’d
They are – They’re
Learning contractions in English
| Be | Would | |
| I | I am – I’m | I would – I’d |
| You | You are – You’re | You would -You’d |
| He | He is – He’s | He would – He’ d |
| She | She is – She’s | She would – She’d |
| It | It is – It’s | It would – It’d |
| We | We are – We’re | We would – We’d |
| They | They are – They’re | They would – They’d |
| That | That is – That’s | That would – That’d |
| These | These are – These’re | These would – These’ d |
| There | There is – There’s | There would – There’d |
| Who | Who is – Who’s | Who would – Who’d |
| What | What are – What’re | What would – What’d |
| Where | Where is – Where’s | Where would – Where’ d |
| When | When is – When’s | When would – When’ d |
| Why | Why is – Why’s | Why would – Why’ d |
| How | How are – How’re | How would – How’ d |
Contractions - Have / Had
| Have | Had | |
| I | I have – I’ve | I had – I’d |
| He | He has – He’s | He had – He’d |
| How | How have – How’ve | How had – How’d |
| It | It has – It’s | It had – It’d |
| She | She has – She’s | She had – She’d |
| That | That has – That’s | That had – That’d |
| There | There has – There’s | There had – There’d |
| These | These have – These’ve | These had – These’d |
| They | They have – They’ve | They had – They’d |
| We | We have – We’ve | We had – We’d |
| What | What have – What’ve | What had – What’d |
| Where | Where has – Where’s | Where had – Where’d |
| Who | Who has – Who’s | Who had – Who’d |
| Why | Why has – Why’s | Why had – Why’d |
| You | You have – You’ve | You had – You’d |
Contractions - Will
| Will | |
| I | I will – I’ll |
| He | He will – He’ ll |
| How | How will – How’ ll |
| It | It will – It’ll |
| She | She will – She’ll |
| That | That will – That’ll |
| There | There will – There’ll |
| These | These will – These’ ll |
| They | They will – They’ll |
| We | We will – We’ll |
| What | What will – What’ll |
| When | When will – When’ ll |
| Where | Where will – Where’ ll |
| Who | Who will – Who’ll |
| Why | Why will – Why’ ll |
| You | You will -You’ll |