Year 2 - Contractions

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A contraction is made when two words are brought together to make one shorter word. To do this, letters are removed. What punctuation is used in contractions? Listen to this question being read aloud below.

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full stop

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comma

apostrophe

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The highlighted word in the sentence is contracted. What two words is it made from?

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can not

could not

would not

could knot

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Look at the highlighted words in the sentence below. What would the contraction of these word be?

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di'dnot

did'not

did'nt

didn't

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Where's your homework?

They'are going on holiday soon.

It's so cold outside.

Its' so cold outside.

Write the contraction of these two words in the space below.

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What two words is this contraction made from?

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I am

I will

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