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Make Short Words Work Hard
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Make Short Words Work Hard
A contraction joins two words. An apostrophe shows where letters have been left out. Read each prompt carefully and write the contraction or sentence requested.
Build the contractions
Write one contraction for each pair of words.
1.Combine “they” and “have” into a contraction.
2.Write “should not” as a contraction.
3.Make a contraction from “you” and “will”.
4.Which contraction means “we would”?
- we’d
- we’ll
- we’re
- we’ve
Match and check
Match each pair of words to its contraction. Then check where the apostrophe belongs.
5.Match each set of words with the correct contraction.
- he is
- she would
- I have
- they are
- could not
- he’s
- I’ve
- couldn’t
- she’d
- they’re
6.Choose the correctly written contraction for “does not”.
- does’nt
- doesn’t
- doesnt’
- does’nt
7.Rewrite this sentence using a contraction: “Freya is ready, but Georgia is not.”
Use contractions in context
Write complete sentences. Include the contractions requested.
8.Kahu's coding club project has just worked. Write one sentence Kahu might say using “I’ve” or “it’s”.
9.Georgia has left her lunch at home. Write something she could say that includes “don’t” or “I’ll”.
10.Write a sentence about a coding task using a contraction other than “don’t”, “I’ll” or “it’s”.
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