Contractions

Free online contractions lessons and exercises. These exercises contain explanations, examples, and practice making contractions out of individual words. These exercises are colorful, organized, and contains easy-to-understand rules that students of all levels can grasp. Included is a chart of both positive and negative contractions.

Beginning Level Exercises

• Exercise 1 - Learn to make positive contractions in individual sentences. Fill in the blank. 10 questions long. Some questions have more than one blank.
• Exercise 2 - Learn to make positive contractions in individual sentences. Fill in the blank. 10 questions long. Some questions have more than one blank.
• Exercise 3 - Learn to make negative contractions in individual sentences. Fill in the blank. 10 questions long. Some questions have more than one blank.
• Exercise 4 - Learn to make negative contractions in individual sentences. Fill in the blank. 10 questions long. Some questions have more than one blank.
• Exercise 5 - Learn to make both positive and negative contractions in individual sentences. Fill in the blank. 10 questions long. Some questions have more than one blank.
• Final Exam - Cumulative Review. Fill in the blank. 10 questions long. Practice what you have learned by writing the correct positive or negative contractions in an informal dialogue.

Explanation

• A contraction is a combination of two words. In a contraction, an apostrophe takes the place of missing letters.
• There are affirmative contractions and negative contractions.