• You know that a contraction is a shortened form of two words.

• An apostrophe (‘) replaces any letters dropped when the words are combined.

• You can make contractions by combining pronouns and the verbs am, are, is, will, would, have, has, and had.

Contractions with Pronouns

Pronoun + Verb Contraction

I am I’m

He is He’s

It is It’s

You are You’re

They are They’re

I will/shall I’ll

You will You’ll

We would We’d

I have I’ve

He has He’s

•Notice that some contractions look the same but are formed from different words.

•He is, he has = he’s•We had, we would =

we’d

• Complete the paper by describing Miss Hunter’s favorite things.

• Use a pronoun contraction in each sentence.

• Due: Thursday, April 1