Monday, September 6, 2010

Contractions: No entiendo????

Uh-oh!!! Who doesn't understand???

Remember your song in Grammarsaurus? "Contraction, Contraction, such satisfaction. Squeeze together two words into one. Contraction, contraction, time for subtraction, who knew apostrophes could be so fun?"

The song is about making contractions. You take two words, like you and are, and make you're. Then your sentence would be "You're in fifth grade."

You put an apostrophe in the contraction, between the two words.

Here are the answers:

1. I + am = I'm, as in: I'm going to school tomorrow.
2. We + are = We're, as in: We're going to take a language arts final now.
3. You + are = You're, as in: You're my best friend.
4. They + are = They're, as in: They're in fourth grade.
5. I + would = I'd, as in: I'd like to go to Salento.
6. You + would = You'd, as in: You'd make a great soccer player.
7. They + will = They'll, as in: They'll have a great time in Missouri.
8. are + not = aren't, as in: You are going to the Termales on Saturday, aren't you?
9. you + will = you'll, as in: You'll never guess who is coming to LPV!
10. were + not = weren't, as in: Weren't you going to the movies tonight?
11. are + not = aren't, as in: Aren't you happy here? (same as 8, oops!)
12. is + not = isn't, as in: Isn't it time for snack?
13. was + not = wasn't, as in: That cake was really good, wasn't it?
15. should + not = shouldn't, as in: Shouldn't we study for the test?

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