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In the above sentences, we use the word Don’t. It is a contraction.
A contraction is a short way of saying and writing two words combined.
Many contractions are formed with ‘‘not’’.
An apostrophe (’) takes the place of the letters that are left out.
Examples : do not —don’t; does not — doesn’t
A. Match the highlighted words to their contractions. Write the correct
letter in the space provided. The first one has been done for you.
1. ‘‘This is not funny,’’ said Sunny. a
2. You are not good friends.
3. ‘‘I did not do it,’’ said Frank.
4. ‘‘I was not the one,’’ said Shruti.
5. ‘‘We were not here,’’ they said.
6. ‘‘We could not have opened the box’’.
a. isn’t b. wasn’t c. weren’t
d. didn’t e. couldn’t f. aren’t
B. Write a contraction for the underlined words using the word box.
don’t, haven’t, wasn’t, wouldn’t, couldn’t
1. Little Spot would not help clean up.
2. Mama Spot was not very happy.
3. Little Spot could not go out to play.
4. ‘‘I do not like sad endings,’’ Beth said.
5. ‘‘I have not come to the end,’’ said Dad.
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