Contractions(Positives and negatives; plural and singular)

CONTRACTIONS:

A contraction is a shortened form of a word (or group of words) that omits certain letters or sounds. In most contractions, an apostrophe represents the missing letters.

When to use contractions

Contractions are perfectly standard, but they’re usually considered to be relatively casual. If you’re writing something very formal, you may want to avoid using them.

Let's look at how we can use contractions using the verb 'to be' correctly.

To create a negative statement, we use the adverb 'not' after the contraction.

Other way to negative contraction

Here are some exercises:

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/contracted_forms_be.htm

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentSimpleToBe1B.html

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