Question

Contracted Forms

1. Make a list of the contracted forms in the text. Rewrite them as full forms of two words.

For example:

I’ve = I have

2. We have seen that some contracted forms can stand for two different full forms:

I’d = I had or I would

Find in the text the contracted forms that stand for two different full forms, and say what these are.

Answer 1

1

(i) I’ve − I have

(ii) Doesn’t − does not

(iii) Won’t − would not

(iv) I’m − I am

(v) Don’t − do not

(vi) Can’t − cannot

(vii) it’s − it is

(viii) That’s − that is

(ix) I’d − I would

(x) Didn’t − did not

(xi) Who’ll − who will

(xii) You’re − You are

(xiii) We’ll − We will

(xiv) There’s − there is

(xv) He’d − he had

(xvi) Who’s − who is

(xvii) Haven’t − have not

2

(i) I’d − I had or I would

(ii) He’d − He had or he would