Lesson 17

Contractions

Spelling Focus: In contractions, an apostrophe replaces omitted (left out) letters. We will becomes we’ll; I am becomes I’m.
For this week’s test, you will need to correctly write the contraction AND the two words that it comes from.

1. we will = we'll
2. I am = I'm *
3. I would = I'd
4. you would = you'd
5. I will = I'll
6. we have = we've
7. it is = it's *
8. that is = that's *
9. what is = what's
10. does not = doesn't *
11. he will = he'll
12. she will = she'll
13. they will = they'll
14. they would = they'd
15. he would = he'd
16. would have = would've
17. could have = could've
18. would not = wouldn't
19. should not = shouldn't
20. let us = let's *

*indicates words that are most commonly misspelled by fourth graders in their writing.

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