Contractions

Hello Friends..

We all like doing things short and sweet.We can say it as sending messages to our friends like gd for good,ni8 for night,mrng for morning and so on.Instead of typing the whole word,words are shortened and used to save time.The same concept is used in grammar which we called as "Contractions".It is a shortened form of words/group of words.

For clear understanding let us look into these examples..

1. I am - I'm.

2. I have - I've.

3. We are - We're.

4. She is - She's.

5. Let us - Let's.

6. Can not - Can't.

The below image tells you what contractions does.It shortens a particular word.

Here the apostrophe( ' ) in the word aren't represents the missing letters.Contractions usually combines a noun + verb/ verb + not.

Here is a conversation between two people..Let us see to it..

Friends do you find the contractions in the above conversation.

It + is is shortly used as It's.

Is + not is shortly used as Isn't.

Contractions provide flexibility.You can use these contractions when you need to save your time both while writing and speaking.

Happy Learning..!!!