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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