Write down the contractions in each of the following sentences. Then, after each contraction, write the two words that were put together to form the contraction.

7. It's time for lunch.

8. There's an important visitor in the office.

9. Can't we leave at noon?

10. What's the hurry?

11. Joe's going, too.

12. Bill said he'll meet us at the door.

13. You shouldn't have left earlier than the rest of the men.

14. I thought they'd wait for me.

15. Where's everyone? I'm getting hungry.

16. The bell's going to ring in a minute.

7. It's-it is

8. There's-there is

9. Can't-cannot

10. What's-what is

11. Joe's-Joe is

12. He'll-he will

13. shouldn't-should not

14. they'd-they would

15. Where's. I'm / where is; I am

16. bell's-bell is

In English, it is common to contract the words in a sentence. A contraction consists on two words made shorter by placing an apostrophe where letters have been omitted.

Contractions aren't necessary in written English since sing the full version of a word is always grammatically correct.

However, contractions make a piece of writing seem friendly and accessible.

7. It's, It is

8. There's, There is

9. Can't, Can not

10. What's, What is

11. Joe's, Joe is

12. He'll, He will

13. Shouldn't, Should not

14. They'd, They would

15. Where's, Where is

16. Bell's, Bell is