As contrações (contractions) são formadas pela combinação/fusão de duas palavras através do apóstrofo (') que termina por uni-las. As contrações também são bastante usadas na linguagem falada porque temos pressa em nos comunicar. Confira a seguir, a lista das contrações organizadas em ordem alfabética.
- are not = aren’t
- cannot = can’t
- could not =couldn’t
- did not = didn’t
- do not = don’t
- does not = doesn’t
- had not = hadn’t
- have not = haven’t
- he is = he’s
- he has = he’s
- he will = he’ll
- he would = he’d
- he had = he’d
- here is = here’s
- I am = I’m
- I have = I’ve
- I will = I’ll
- I would = I’d
- I had = I’d
- is not = isn’t
- it is = it’s
- it has = it’s
- it will = it’ll
- must not = mustn’t
- she is = she’s
- she has = she’s
- she will = she’ll
- she would = she’d
- she had = she’d
- should not = shouldn’t
- that is = that’s
- there is = there’s
- they are = they’re
- they have = they’ve
- they will = they’ll
- they would = they’d
- they had = they’d
- was not = wasn’t
- we are = we’re
- we have = we’ve
- we will = we’ll
- we would = we’d
- we had = we’d
- were not = weren’t
- what is = what’s
- where is = where’s
- who is = who’s
- who will = who’ll
- *will not = won’t (irregular)
- would not = wouldn’t
- you are = you’re
- you have = you’ve
- you will = you’ll
- you would = you’d
- you had = you’d
