THE NEGATIVE CONTRACTIONS

THE NEGATIVE CONTRACTIONS

1. It is a negative verb that ends in- 'nt.

   • Negative contractions; are commonly used in an informal writing.

2. A contraction is a shortened form of one or two words

   • In a contraction, an apostrophe takes the place of a missing letter or letters.

3. Practically every verb (except am) has a form with a contracted negative.

4. Examples :

   • isn't
   • aren't
   • don't
   • hasn't
   • wasn't
   • didn't
   • can't
   • won't
   • couldn't
   • hadn't

5. We use contractions with be + negative in 2 ways:

   • She is not
     • She isn't
     • She's not

6. TYPES

   • Verb to Be Contractions
   • Forms of Modal Verbs
   • Forms of Have

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