{"id":856,"date":"2022-04-18T12:37:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=856"},"modified":"2025-09-29T09:59:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:59:15","slug":"e-tt-5-use-contractions-in-a-sentence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-tt-5-use-contractions-in-a-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"E- TT.5 Use contractions in a sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-huge-font-size\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong>  Use contractions in a sentence<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-aae0d72b0df05b1a7d05750bd97517d2\" style=\"color:#74008b\"><strong>Key Notes :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-f5748ed2fb5e7c9d260860a831318d2d\" style=\"color:#000060\">\ud83c\udf1f <strong>Using Contractions in a Sentence<\/strong> \ud83c\udf1f<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/17589565089799136425xczzgm-voicemaker.in-speech.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> What is a Contraction?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>contraction<\/strong> is when we <strong>combine two words<\/strong> into <strong>one shorter word<\/strong> using an <strong>apostrophe (\u2019)<\/strong>.<br>\u2705 Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>I am \u2192 I\u2019m<\/strong> \ud83d\ude03<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Do not \u2192 Don\u2019t<\/strong> \ud83d\udeab<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/17589565586663093176ghn65h8-voicemaker.in-speech.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> <strong>Why Use Contractions?<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Makes sentences <strong>shorter<\/strong> and <strong>faster to say<\/strong> \ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83d\udca8<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Makes writing <strong>friendly and casual<\/strong> \u270f\ufe0f\ud83d\ude0a<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> <strong>Common Contractions<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Words Combined<\/th><th>Contraction<\/th><th>Example Sentence<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>I + am<\/td><td>I\u2019m<\/td><td>I\u2019m happy today! \ud83d\ude04<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>You + are<\/td><td>You\u2019re<\/td><td>You\u2019re my best friend! \ud83d\udc6b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>He + is<\/td><td>He\u2019s<\/td><td>He\u2019s playing football \u26bd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>She + is<\/td><td>She\u2019s<\/td><td>She\u2019s reading a book \ud83d\udcd6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>It + is<\/td><td>It\u2019s<\/td><td>It\u2019s raining outside \u2614<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Do + not<\/td><td>Don\u2019t<\/td><td>Don\u2019t run in the hall \ud83d\udeb7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Can + not<\/td><td>Can\u2019t<\/td><td>I can\u2019t reach the shelf \ud83e\ude9c<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>We + are<\/td><td>We\u2019re<\/td><td>We\u2019re going to the park \ud83c\udf33<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>They + are<\/td><td>They\u2019re<\/td><td>They\u2019re singing a song \ud83c\udfb6<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\ud83d\udca1 Tip: The apostrophe (\u2019) replaces the missing letters!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>How to Use Contractions in a Sentence<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Think of <strong>two words<\/strong> you want to join.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove the <strong>missing letters<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Put an <strong>apostrophe<\/strong> where the letters are missing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read your sentence to make sure it <strong>sounds right<\/strong> \ud83c\udfa4\u2705<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I am \u2192 I\u2019m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sentence:<\/strong> I\u2019m going to school. \ud83c\udfeb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Fun Activity<\/strong> \ud83c\udfa8<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Draw a <strong>happy face<\/strong> \ud83d\ude03 next to a sentence with a contraction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Circle the <strong>apostrophe<\/strong> in each contraction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Suggested Images for Notes:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cartoon of kids talking with speech bubbles using contractions. \ud83d\udcac<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Table with colorful highlights for the contractions. \ud83c\udf08<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Images for each example sentence: raining \u2614, reading \ud83d\udcd6, football 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A contraction is when we combine two words into one shorter word using an apostrophe (\u2019).\u2705 Example: Why Use Contractions? Common Contractions Words Combined Contraction Example Sentence I + am I\u2019m I\u2019m happy today! \ud83d\ude04 You<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-tt-5-use-contractions-in-a-sentence\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;E- TT.5 Use contractions in a sentence&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-856","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22595,"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/856\/revisions\/22595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}