An abbreviation is a word that has been shortened by leaving out some of the letters. We sometimes abbreviate the names of the days of the week rather than write the complete name. To write abbreviations of the days of… Read more247. Abbreviations for Days of the Week

We sometimes abbreviate the names of the months. We take out some letters and add a period to make the names of the months shorter. Here are the common abbreviations for the names of the months of the year:January –… Read more248. Abbreviations for the Names of the Months

We have been talking all week about abbreviations. An abbreviation is a shortened word. Usually we make an abbreviation by taking out some letters and putting a period at the end of the shortened word. A contraction is a different… Read more249. Contractions are Abbreviations

The word contraction means “shortening” or “becoming smaller.” We make a contraction by shortening two words into one word. Many contractions are made with the adverb not. Here are some examples:do not = don’tdoes not = doesn’tdid not = didn’tshould… Read more331. Contractions with Not

We talked yesterday about contractions with the adverb not. do not = don’tdoes not = doesn’tcan not = can’t For each of these contractions, we bumped the two words together and took out the o in not. Here is one… Read more332. Contraction for Will Not

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… Read more333. Contractions With Pronouns

Sometimes we make contractions with pronouns and the helping verb will. When you push the two words together, the letters wi get bumped out. Contractions with will look like this:I will = I’llyou will = you’llwe will = we’llthey will… Read more334. More Contractions With Pronouns

Last week we talked about contractions – words made from shortening two words into one.It is can be shortened into it’s.It is time for lunch. It’s time for lunch. The pronoun its is a possessive pronoun when it owns something…. Read more336. Contractions and Possessive Pronouns – it’s and its