COMMON VERB CONTRACTIONS

Auxiliary	Short form	Example of Contraction
am	'm	I am = I'm
are	're	you are = you're
is or has	's	Emma is = Emma's
have	've	they have = they've
had or would	'd	we would =we'd
will or shall	'll	he will = he'll

Notice that the apostrophe (') replaces missing letters.

CONTENTS MAIN PAGE 2.1 Your Writing 2.2 Doing and Being Verbs 2.3 Single-Word Verbs and Verb Strings 2.4 Split Verbs 2.5 Time (Tense) 2.6 A Verb's Four Forms 2.7 Irregular Verbs 2.8 Non-Verb Forms 2.9 Combining Sentences 2.10 Review & Practice 2.11 Fun With Grammar 2.12 Return to Your Writing 2.13 Mastery Test on Verbs