Contractions
Building on my tip from last week, this week contractions is the subject of my top tip. A contraction is where words are shortened. As the words are being shortened, an apostrophe needs to be used to indicate the missing letters e.g. I’m is short for I am and so the apostrophe highlights that there is a letter missing and in this case, the missing letter is ‘a’. Here are a few examples for you:
Contraction Full Form
shan’t shall not
can’t can not
couldn’t could not
doesn’t does not
isn’t is not
let’s let us
I’d I would
what’s what does
we’re we are
they’re they are
There’s just one thing for me to do and that’s to say, happy Friday!
Esther Chilton 
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