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 📘 Important Short Forms (Contractions) in English

       Used in informal speech and writing

🔹 To be contractions

1. I'm → “Aym” (rhymes with "time")
2. You're → “Yor” (rhymes with "more")
3. He's → “Heez”
4. She's → “Sheez”
5. It's → “Its”
6. We're → “Weer” (rhymes with "near")
7. They're → “Theyr” (like "there")

      (Note: “He’s” and “She’s” can mean He is or He has,

       depending on context.)

🔹 To have contractions

1. I've → “Aiv” (rhymes with "five")
2. You've → “Yoov”
3. We've → “Weev”
4. They've → “Thayv”
5. He's → “Heez”
6. She's → “Sheez”

🔹 Will Contractions

1. I'll → “Ayl” (rhymes with "mile")
2. You'll → “Yool”
3. He'll → “Heel”
4. She'll → “Sheel”
5. It'll → “Itt-uhl”
6. We'll → “Weel”
7. They'll → “Thayl”

🔹 Would contractions

1. I'd → “Ayd” (rhymes with "ride")
2. You'd → “Yood”
3. He'd → “Heed”
4. She'd → “Sheed”
5. We'd → “Weed”
6. They'd → “Thayd”

🔹 Negative (Not) Contractions

1. Isn't → “Iz-nt”
2. Aren't → “Arnt”
3. Wasn't → “Woz-nt”
4. Weren't → “Wernt”
5. Don't → “Doh-nt”
6. Doesn't → “Duz-nt”
7. Didn't → “Did-nt”
8. Can't → “Kaant” (like "pant" with 'k')
9. Couldn't → “Kood-nt”
10. Shouldn't → “Shood-nt”
11. Wouldn't → “Wood-nt”
12. Won’t → “Wohnt” (rhymes with “don't”)
13. Haven't → “Ha-vent”
14. Hasn't → “Haz-nt”
15. Hadn't → “Had-nt”
16. Mustn't → “Mus-nt”

🔹 Other Useful Contractions

1. Let's → “Lets”
2. What’s → “Wots”
3. That’s → “Thats”
4. There’s → “Thairz”
5. Here's → “Heerz”
6. Who’s → “Hoos”
7. Where’s → “Wairz”
8. How’s → “Howz”