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CONTRACTIONS. A CONTRACTION IS A SHORT WAY OF SAYING SOMETHING. IN A CONTRACTION, TWO WORDS ARE JOINED. AN APOSTROPHE (‘) GOES IN PLACE OF THE MISSING LETTERS. Creaded by cconde DSA 2009. '.
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CONTRACTIONS A CONTRACTION IS A SHORT WAY OF SAYING SOMETHING. IN A CONTRACTION, TWO WORDS ARE JOINED. AN APOSTROPHE (‘) GOES IN PLACE OF THE MISSING LETTERS. Creaded by cconde DSA 2009
' Many contractions are formed with pronouns and the verb will. An apostrophe (‘) takes the place of the letters wi in will. I WI LL
' HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS CONTRACTION IN A SENTENCE: wi ll I travel into space one day.
' SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS ONE BECOMES YOU WI LL
' HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS CONTRACTION IN A SENTENCE: wi You ll be my co-pilot.
' SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS ONE BECOMES SHE WI LL
' HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS CONTRACTION IN A SENTENCE: My sister, Eva, can come along, too. She ll wi direct the spaceship.
' SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS ONE BECOMES HE WI LL
' HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS CONTRACTION IN A SENTENCE: He ll wi be the commander.
' SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS ONE BECOMES IT WI LL
' HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS CONTRACTION IN A SENTENCE: A spaceship will take me there. ll wi move very fast. It
' SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS ONE BECOMES WE WI LL
' HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS CONTRACTION IN A SENTENCE: ll We wi make many important discoveries.
' SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS ONE BECOMES THEY WI LL
' HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS CONTRACTION IN A SENTENCE: Our families can have a party when we return. They ll wi be so proud.
Now, let’s see if you know how to make these into contractions: I WILL IT WILL IT'LL I'LL YOU WILL YOU'LL THEY WILL THEY'LL SHE WILL SHE'LL WE WILL WE'LL HE WILL HE'LL
Read the newspaper article below. Let’s change the green words to contractions. Hughes to Become Youngest Astronaut Jasmine Hughes is only nine years old. be the first child to journey into space. Jasmine has been training since she was four. travel on the space shuttle Investigator. Six other astronauts will be in her crew. have to work well as a team. Darren Unger will be the commander. be the leader of the crew. They know their mission is important. help scientists learn more about the universe. The world will be able to watch parts of the trip on TV. see history being made! She will She'll He will He'll They will They'll She will She'll We will We'll They will They'll