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Contractions

Contractions. What does ‘to contract’ mean?. To make something smaller In grammatical terms, a ‘contraction’ is where you make two words smaller, by making them into one word. How do you make a contraction?. You drop one or more of the letters

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Contractions

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  1. Contractions

  2. What does ‘to contract’ mean? • To make something smaller • In grammatical terms, a ‘contraction’ is where you make two words smaller, by making them into one word

  3. How do you make a contraction? • You drop one or more of the letters • You replace the missing letters with an apostrophe: e.g. I am x = ’ I’m

  4. What are the contractions of these words? I’ve We’re You’re They’re Don’t • I have • We are • You are • They are • Do not ) Think back to the ) last literacy focus (on ) common spelling errors) Can you think of any other examples of contracted words? (Make sure you put the apostrophe in the correct place).

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