contraction not to be

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Contractions with Not To Be

Introduction	Contractions Using Not To Be
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Introduction

This is a lesson about using contractions with the simple present conjugation of the verb, to be, in negative statements. The main purpose of this lesson is to provide many interactive quizzes so that students may practice using contractions.

Contractions Using To Not Be

Contractions are made in two ways.

First, by taking the pronoun (I, he, she, it, you, they, we) and the to be verb and combining them by dropping the first letter of the be verb and using an apostrophe to replace it. The word not is left behind.
Second, the pronoun (I, he, she, it, you, they, we) is not changed. Next, the to be verb is connected to the word not by not changing the to be verb and adding n't.
****** There isn't a contraction of am + not. The word amn't does not exist. The only way to make a contraction from a sentence like, "I am not happy.", is to write, "I'm not happy." ******

Pronoun + Be Verb + Not	Contracted Form 1	Contracted Form 2
I am not	I'm not	None - There is no contraction of am + not!
he is not	he's not	he isn't
she is not	she's not	she isn't
it is not	it's not	it isn't
you are not	you're not	you aren't
they are not	they're not	they aren't
we are not	we're not	we aren't

Introduction

Contractions Using To Not Be

Quizzes