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Be - Affirmative And Negative Contractions
They’re happy.
She’s happy.
He’s happy.
I’m happy.
You’re happy.
He’s happy.
She’s happy.
We’re happy.
They’re happy.
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Be - Affirmative And Negative Contractions
She’s not happy.
He isn’t happy.
I’m not happy.
You’re not happy.
He’s not happy.
She’s not happy.
We’re not happy.
They’re not happy.
I’m not happy.
You aren’t happy.
He isn’t happy.
She isn’t happy.
We aren’t happy.
They aren’t happy.
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Be - Affirmative And Negative Contractions
It’s Winter. It’s cold. It’s Summer. It’s not cold.
It isn’t cold.
It’s cold.
It’s not cold.
It isn’t cold.
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Be - Affirmative And Negative Contractions
A contraction is 2
words that are put
together with an
apostrophe.
Make an affirmative
contraction with a
pronoun and be ( am,
is, are).
Put together the
pronoun and be (am,
is, are) .
I am = Iam
Take out the first
letter of be (am, is,
are).
Iam = Im
Put in an apostrophe.
Im = I’m
Use a contraction
when speaking.
Use a contraction
with informal
writing.
I’m young.
I’m young.
I’m young
You’re young.
He’s young.
She’s young.
It’s young.
We’re young.
They’re young.
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Be - Affirmative And Negative Contractions
One way to make a
negative contraction is
to put together the
pronoun and be (am,
is, are). Then put not
behind be (am, is, are).
Put together the
pronoun and be
(am, is, are).
She is = Sheis
Take out the first
letter of be (am,
is, are).
Sheis = Shes
Put in an
apostrophe.
Shes = She’s
Put not behind be
(am, is, are).
She’s = She’s not
Not makes the
sentence negative.
She’s not young.
She’s not young.
I’m not young.
You’re not young.
He’s not young.
She’s not young.
It’s not young.
We’re not young.
They’re not young.
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Be - Affirmative And Negative Contractions
Another way to make
a negative contraction
is to put together
be (am, is, are)
and not.
Do this with every
pronoun except I .
Put together be (am,
is, are) and not .
is not = isnot
Take out the o in
not.
isnot = isnt
Put in the
apostrophe.
isn’t
He isn’t young.
He isn’t young.
I’m not young
You aren’t young.
He isn’t young.
She isn’t young.
It isn’t young.
We aren’t young.
They aren’t young.
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Be - Affirmative And Negative Contractions
Practice.
Vocabulary
happy sad cold hot young old short tall big small easy difficult
Change the sentence to make a sentence with an affirmative contraction.
Example: I am happy. I’m happy._
I am young. __________________________________________________________________________
He is short. __________________________________________________________________________
It is easy. __________________________________________________________________________
We are cold. __________________________________________________________________________
She is sad. ___________________________________________________________________________
They are tall. ___________________________________________________________________________
You are old. ___________________________________________________________________________
Change the sentence to make a sentence with a contraction and not.
Example: It is not small. __It’s not small.__
You are not short. _______________________________________________________________________
We are not happy. _______________________________________________________________________
They are not sad. _______________________________________________________________________
It is not easy. ___________________________________________________________________________
She is not tall. ____________________________________________________________________________
He is not big. ___________________________________________________________________________
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Be - Affirmative And Negative Contractions
Vocabulary
happy sad cold hot young old short tall big small easy difficult
Change the sentence to make a sentence with a negative contraction.
Example: She is not old . __She isn’t old.__
We are not happy. _______________________________________________________________________
They are not cold. _______________________________________________________________________
She is not tall. ____________________________________________________________________________
I am not young. ____________________________________________________________________________
It is not hot. ______________________________________________________________________________
I am not happy. ____________________________________________________________________________
You are not sad. ____________________________________________________________________________
It is not difficult. ____________________________________________________________________________
Unscramble the words and write the sentence.
Example: isn’t/ happy/She __She isn’t happy.__
easy/isn’t/It _____________________________________________________________________________
cold/We’re ______________________________________________________________________________
They’re/sad/not _________________________________________________________________________
aren’t/happy/You _________________________________________________________________________
