Affirmative Contraction

Negative Contraction

I am

I'm

-            (I'm not)

You are

You're

You aren't   (You're not)

He(/She/It) is

He's

He isn't     (He's not)

We are

We're

We aren't    (We're not)

They are

They're

They aren't  (They're not)

Affirmative Contraction

Negative Contraction

I was

-

I wasn't

You were

-

You weren't

He(/She/It) was

-

He/She/It wasn't

We were

-

We weren't

They were

-

They weren't

did not

= didn't

do not

= don't

does not

= doesn't

will not

= won't

can not

= can't

have not

= haven't

has not

= hasn't

I(You/He...) will

= I'll

I(You/We...) have (in compound tenses)

= I've

He(She/It) has (in com­pound tenses)

= He's