Contractions are formed by combining two words. The contracted word has one or more letter missing. The missing letters are replaced by an apostrophe ('). Contractions may be formed by joining an auxiliary verb with not or by joining a pronoun with an auxiliary verb. The table below lists the most common contractions next to their non-contracted forms.

Non-Contracted Form	Contracted Form	Non-Contracted Form	Contracted Form
are not	aren't	you have	you've
cannot / can not	can't	you will	you'll
could not	couldn't	you would / you had	you'd
did not	didn't	he is / he has	he's
does not	doesn't	he will	he'll
do not	don't	he would / he had	he'd
has not	hasn't	she is / she has	she's
have not	hasn't	she will	she'll
had not	hadn't	she would / she had	she'd
is not	isn't	it is / it has	it's
should not	shouldn't	it will	it'll
were not	weren't	we are	we're
will not	won't	we have	we've
would not	wouldn't	we will / we shall	we'll
I am	I'm	we would / we had	we'd
I have	I've	they have	they've
I will / I shall	I'll	they will	they'll
I would / I should / I had	I'd	they would / they had	they'd
		you are	you're

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