Contracted forms – Exercise 2

Task No. 1168

Write the contracted/short forms for the words in CAPITALS into the spaces.

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Long and Short forms of Auxiliaries

Welcome to your Contracted forms - Exercise 2

1
You SHOULD NOT work so hard. → You work so hard.
Clue
The apostrophe substitutes the letter O in NOT
2
THEY HAVE finished the test. → finished the test.
Clue
The apostrophe substitutes the letters HA in HAVE
3
LET US go to the cinema. → go the cinema.
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The apostrophe substitutes the letter U in US
4
He DID NOT play football. → He play football.
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The apostrophe substitutes the letter O in NOT
5
I COULD NOT find my purse. → I find my purse.
Clue
The apostrophe substitutes the letter O in NOT
6
HERE IS your money. → your money.
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The apostrophe substitutes the letter I in IS
7
I WOULD tell her. → tell her.
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The apostrophe substitutes the letter WOUL in WOULD
8
WHO IS this man? → this man?
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The apostrophe substitutes the letter I in IS
9
THEY HAD forgotten their books. → forgotten their books.
Clue
The apostrophe substitutes the letters HA in HAD
10
WHERE ARE you from? → you from?
Clue
The apostrophe substitutes the letter A in ARE