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Contractions Worksheet
Circle the contraction that matches each pair of words.
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Contractions
10 questions, one page, US Letter. Print it and do it on paper.
On the sheet: A contraction joins words with an apostrophe. Circle the letter beside the matching contraction.
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About this worksheet
A contraction joins two words into one shorter word, with an apostrophe where letters were left out: do not becomes don't, and I am becomes I'm.
Contractions are everywhere in early reading books. Knowing what they stand for helps a child read them, and knowing where the apostrophe goes helps them spell them.
A worked example
did not (a) did'nt (b) didn't (c) don't
- did not loses one letter: the o in not.
- The apostrophe goes where the o was: didn't.
- (a) puts the apostrophe in the wrong place.
- (c) is the contraction for do not, not did not. Circle (b).
Answer: (b) didn't
The common mistake
What it looks like: Putting the apostrophe where the two words join, as in did'nt, instead of where the letters were left out.
Why it happens: Children think the apostrophe shows where one word ends and the next begins.
How to fix it: Write both words, cross out the letter that leaves, and put the apostrophe right where it was.
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