About this worksheet
The apostrophe stands where letters were left out: do not becomes don’t because the o is gone. Won’t (will not) is the odd one out and deserves its own mention.
Contractions worksheet generator
Make contractions worksheets where students write the contraction for word pairs like do not and they are, then write the two words for contractions like won’t and I’ll. Every sheet mixes the questions differently.
Contractions
NameDate
Write the contraction for each pair of words. For the second half, write the two words.
- 1.will not →
- 2.would not →
- 3.she will →
- 4.who is →
- 5.you will →
- 6.has not →
- 7.what is →
- 8.they have →
- 9.you have →
- 10.there is →
- 11.weren't →
- 12.here's →
- 13.it's →
- 14.I'll →
- 15.they'll →
- 16.we've →
- 17.let's →
- 18.they're →
- 19.we're →
- 20.haven't →
Contractions
Answer key
- 1.will not →won't
- 2.would not →wouldn't
- 3.she will →she'll
- 4.who is →who's
- 5.you will →you'll
- 6.has not →hasn't
- 7.what is →what's
- 8.they have →they've
- 9.you have →you've
- 10.there is →there's
- 11.weren't →were not
- 12.here's →here is
- 13.it's →it is
- 14.I'll →I will
- 15.they'll →they will
- 16.we've →we have
- 17.let's →let us
- 18.they're →they are
- 19.we're →we are
- 20.haven't →have not
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Teaching tip
Ask students to say which letters the apostrophe replaced for the first few answers.
How to use the generator
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