Contractions of words in English

Most used contractions To be Not contracted

To have Contracted

I am You are He is /she is We are They are

I’m You’re He’s / she’s We’re They’re

You are not

You aren’t You’re not He/she isn’t We aren’t We’re not They aren’t They’re not

He /she is not We are not They are not

I was not He/she was not We were not They were not

Not contracted I have/have not  You have/ have not  He/she has/has not  We have/ have not  They have/ have not 

Contracted I’ve /haven’t  You’ve / haven’t  He’s/ she’s /hasn’t We’ve / haven’t  They’ve / haven’t 

I had /had not  You had /had not  He/she had /had not  We had / had not  They had / had not 

I’d /hadn’t  You’d /hadn’t  He’d/she’d /hadn’t  We’d /hadn’t  They’d / hadn’t  (Note Note:: can be confused with I should. See below. Context has to show which one is used)

I wasn’t He/she wasn’t We weren’t They weren’t

What is Where is Who is That is There is

What’s Where’s Who’s That’s There’s

Will I will You will He/she will We will They will

I’ll You’ll He’ll/she’ll We’ll They’ll

I will not /would not You will not / would not He/she will not / would not We will not / would not They will not / would not

won’t

Can I can /could not You can/could not He /she can/ could not We can/ could not They can/ could not

can’t couldn’t 

Shall I shall /should not You shall / should not He/she shall/ should not We shall/ should not They shall / should not

shan’t shouldn’t 

That will Who will What will There will I would You would He/she would We would They would

wouldn’t 

That’ll Who’ll What’ll There’ll

‘d Note:: can be confused (Note with I should. See above. Context has to show which one is used)

Confusing contractions Its and it’s Its It’s

Its is the possessive form of ‘it’ It is just a contraction meaning ‘it is’

What is its color?  It’s good to be home again

Their, there or they’re There Their They’re

Mainly an adverb meaning ‘in , at or to that place’  Possessive determiner, meaning ‘belonging to them’ Contraction for ‘they are’

He never went there went there again Don’t  bother because it’s

their 

responsibility  They’re not really friendly   people.

Who’s and whose Who’s Whose

Contraction for 'who is' or 'who has' Possessive case of who and of which. Belonging to

Who's there?  Whose coat is that laying on the  floor? 

Possessive meaning ‘ belonging to you’  Contraction of ‘you are’ 

They found  your wallet   your wallet 

Your, and you're Your You’re

You’re not alone!

Were, we’re and where Were We’re Where

Verb. Simple past of ‘ be’  Contraction of ‘we are’ Adverb of place

We were dead tired  We’re very happy  Where

are you? 

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