Contractions are words formed by pushing two words together to make one word. Today we’ll talk about contractions made by putting a pronoun and an existence verb together. The first letter of the verb gets bumped out, replaced by an apostrophe.
I am = I’m
you are = you’re
we are = we’re
they are = they’re
he is = he’s
she is = she’s
I am a writer. I’m a writer.
You are my friend. You’re my friend.
We are in school. We’re in school.
They are late. They’re late.
She is a girl. She’s a girl.
You can form a contraction by pushing together a pronoun and an existence verb. The first letter of the verb is replaced with an apostrophe.