Worksheet: Contractions: What are contractions? | English For Kids | Mind Blooming

Comprehension worksheet generated from the video "Contractions: What are contractions? | English For Kids | Mind Blooming".

Contractions

Vocabulary

  • Contraction — a shorter way to say two words.
  • Apostrophe — a special mark that takes the place of missing letters in a contraction.
  • Combine — to put two words together to make a contraction.

Questions

Watch the video about contractions and answer the questions below.
1.
According to the video, what happens to letters when two words are combined to make a contraction?
2.
The video shows how to make contractions with the word “is.” What is the contraction for “she is”?
3.
Which of these contractions is formed in a special way that is different from most other “not” contractions shown in the video?
  1. didn’t
  2. haven’t
  3. won’t
  4. shouldn’t
4.
What was the most interesting thing you learned about contractions from this video?

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