English grammar explained in plain language simple enough to be understood.
Last week, we talked about contractions that can be confused with other words. Here are some more contractions that might be confused with other words. we’ve and weaveWe’ve is a contraction. We’ve is a shortened version of we have.Use we’ve… Read more86. More Confusing Contractions
Contractions are words made from two words that have been pushed together and shortened. Contractions always have an apostrophe (‘) inside. The apostrophe replaces letters taken out of the two words. Certain contractions are similar to other words. Today we… Read more84. Easily Confused Words – Contractions
The word hard works as an adjective when it modifies a noun.That was a hard test.You took a hard fall down the stairs. The word hard acts as an adverb when it modifies a verb.The team played hard but they… Read more179. Using Hard and Hardly
The -tion ending on a word signals that the word is a noun. We call -tion a suffix. Any word that ends in -tion is a noun. We can change a verb into a noun by adding -tion to the… Read more194. Verbs Become Nouns With -tion Ending
An abbreviation is a shortened – or abbreviated – word. We abbreviate certain words by removing a few of the letters and putting a period at the end of the shortened word to show that some of the word is… Read more246. Abbreviations
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
Section A: Write the abbreviation for each word below. Write NO if the word does not get abbreviated.1. February2. November3. May4. Tuesday5. Saturday6. October7. June8. Wednesday9. Monday10. September11. January12. Friday Section B: Write the contraction for each set of two… Read more250. Practice With Abbreviations