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Apostrophes for Contractions — Answers

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Year 4 · English · Punctuation

Apostrophes for Contractions — Answers

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Part A — Make the contraction

A contraction joins two words and uses an apostrophe (') to show where letters are missing. Write the contraction.

1.do not →

Answer: don't

2.I am →

Answer: I'm

3.she will →

Answer: she'll

4.cannot →

Answer: can't

5.they are →

Answer: they're

6.we have →

Answer: we've

7.it is →

Answer: it's

8.would not →

Answer: wouldn't

Part B — What does it stand for?

Circle the two words that make each contraction.

9.What does won't stand for?
  1. Awill not
  2. Bwould not
  3. Cwant not
  4. Dwas not

Answer: will not

'Won't' is the unusual contraction of 'will not'.

10.What does let's stand for?
  1. Alet is
  2. Blet us
  3. Clets
  4. Dlet has

Answer: let us

'Let's' is short for 'let us'.

11.What does I've stand for?
  1. AI give
  2. BI live
  3. CI have
  4. DI will

Answer: I have

The apostrophe replaces the 'ha' in 'have'.

12.What does shouldn't stand for?
  1. Ashould not
  2. Bshould have
  3. Cshould it
  4. Dshall not

Answer: should not

The apostrophe replaces the 'o' in 'not'.

Part C — Write it out in full

Rewrite each sentence with the contractions written as full words.

13.We can't find the keys, so we'll look again.

Answer: We cannot find the keys, so we will look again.

14.It's late and I haven't finished.

Answer: It is late and I have not finished.

15.They're coming because she's driving.

Answer: They are coming because she is driving.

Part D — True or false?

Circle True or False.

16.The apostrophe shows where letters have been left out.

Answer: True

17.'Its' with no apostrophe means 'it is'.

Answer: False

'It's' with an apostrophe means 'it is'. 'Its' without one shows belonging.

18.'Won't' is short for 'will not'.

Answer: True

19.You put the apostrophe between the two words, no matter where the missing letters are.

Answer: False

The apostrophe goes exactly where the missing letters were: do + not = don't.

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