Contractions are a combination of two words. Often they are a pronoun and a verb. But not all verbs can be combined with a pronoun to form a contraction. Use only these verbs: have, has, is, are, am, would, and will. Look how these verbs form contractions with the pronouns:
Pronoun | have/has | is/are/am | would/will |
I | I’ve | I’m | I’d/I’ll |
you | you’ve | you’re | you’d/you’ll |
he | he’s | he’s | he’d/he’ll |
she | she’s | she’s | she’d/she’ll |
it | it’s | it’s | N/A |
we | we’ve | we’re | we’d/we’ll |
they | they’ve | they’re | they’d/they’ll |
who | who’s | who’s | who’d/who’ll |
Certain verbs form contractions with the negative word not:
Verb | Contraction |
are | aren’t |
can | can’t |
could | couldn’t |
did | didn’t |
do | don’t |
does | doesn’t |
has | hasn’t |
have | haven’t |
is | isn’t |
must | mustn’t |
need | needn’t |
should | shouldn’t |
was | wasn’t |
were | weren’t |
will | won’t |
would | wouldn’t |