Shortened forms or Contractions -4
Some frequently used words in English are written in Short forms. Below is the list of important short forms of the words frequently used in English writing.
| Contractions | Meaning |
| I’m | I am |
| I’ve | I have |
| I’d | I would/had |
| I’ll | I will |
| You’re | You are |
| You’ll | You will |
| You’ve | You have |
| You’d | You would/had |
| he’s | He is/had |
| he’d | He would/had |
| he’ll | He will |
| She’s | She is/has |
| She’d | She would/had |
| She’ll | She will |
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| We’re | We are |
| We’ll | We will |
| We’ve | We have |
| We’d | We had/would |
| they’re | they are |
| they’ll | they will |
| they’ve | they have |
| they’d | they had/would |
| there’s | there is/has |
| there’ll | there will |
| there’d | there would/had |
| It’s | it is/has |
Contractions – Negatives
| Contraction | Meaning |
| aren’t | are not |
| can’t | cannot |
| couldn’t | could not |
| daren’t | dare not |
| don’t | do not |
| doesn’t | does not |
| didn’t | did not |
| haven’t | have not |
| hasn’t | has not |
| hadn’t | had not |
| isn’t | is not |
| mustn’t | must not |
| mightn’t | might not |
| needn’t | need not |
| oughtn’t | ought not |
| shouldn’t | should not |
| shan’t | shall not |
| usedn’t | used not |
| wasn’t | was not |
| weren’t | were not |
| wouldn’t | would not |
| won’t | will not |
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