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Contractions

List o' Common Contractions:

BE WILL WOULD HAVE HAD WORDS (negating a verb) CONTRACTION


I'm I'll I'd I've I'd is not isn't
I
I am I will I would I have I had are not aren't
you're you'll you'd you've you'd was not wasn't
you
you are you will you would you have you had
were not weren't
he's he'll he'd he's he'd
he have not haven't
he is he will he would he has he had
she's she'll she'd she's she'd has not hasn't
she
she is she will she would she has she had had not hadn't
it's (or 'tis) it'll it'd it's it'd will not won't
it
it is it will it would it has it had would not wouldn't
we're we'll we'd we've we'd do not don't
we
we are we will we would we have we had
does not doesn't
they're they'll they'd they've they'd
they did not didn't
they are they will they would they have they had
that's that'll that'd that's that'd cannot can't
that
that is that will that would that has that had could not couldn't
who's who'll who'd who's who'd should not shouldn't
who
who is who will who would who has who had might not mightn't
what's/what're what'll what'd what's what'd must not mustn't
what
what is/what are what will what would what has what had
where's where'll where'd where's where'd
where
where is where will where would where has where had
WORDS (woulda-shoulda-coulda) CONTRACTION
when's when'll when'd when's when'd
when would have would've
when is when will when would when has when had
why's why'll why'd why's why'd should have should've
why
why is why will why would why has why had could have could've
how's how'll how'd how's how'd might have might've
how
how is how will how would how has how had
must have must've

WORDS DOUBLE CONTRACTION


WORDS (odd ones) CONTRACTION
she would have she'd've (colloquial)
of o'
it is not 'tisn't (archaic)
of the clock o'clock
madam ma'am
never-do-well ne'er-do-well
cat-of-nine-tails cat-o'-nine-tails
jack-of-the-lantern jack-o'-lantern
will-of-the-wisp will-o'-the-wisp
it was 'twas (archaic)

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