Form contractions with ‘not’

Key Notes :

🌟 Forming Contractions with ‘not’ 🌟

What is a Contraction?

• A contraction is when we join two words to make a shorter word.
• We use an apostrophe (’) to show where letters are missing.
• Example: do not → don’t ✨

Common Contractions with ‘not’

Words	Contraction
is not	isn’t
are not	aren’t
was not	wasn’t
were not	weren’t
have not	haven’t
has not	hasn’t
had not	hadn’t
do not	don’t
does not	doesn’t
did not	didn’t
will not	won’t
cannot	can’t
could not	couldn’t
should not	shouldn’t
would not	wouldn’t

How to Form a Contraction

1. Take the first word (like do).
2. Take the word not.
3. Remove the o in not and replace it with ’.
4. Join the words.

• Example: do not → don’t ✅

Tips for Remembering

• Contractions make sentences shorter and sound friendly. 😃
• The apostrophe (’) always shows missing letters.
• You cannot put a space in a contraction. ❌

Fun Practice Examples

• I am not → I ain’t (informal/fun)
• She is not → She isn’t
• We have not → We haven’t
• He will not → He won’t

Let’s practice!🖊️