Contractions are used in everyday speech and informal writing. These contractions, unlike slang, are a part of English Grammar and hence it is important to have clear understanding of what they stand for and how they are to be used.
| BE | WILL | WOULD | HAVE | HAD | |
|
I |
I’m = I am I’m late. |
I’ll = I will I’ll leave now. |
I’d = I would
I’d do it. |
I’ve = I have
I’ve a pen. |
I’d = I had I’d gone there. |
| YOU | you’re = you are
You’re late. |
you’ll = you will
You’ll leave now? |
you’d =you would
You’d do it. |
you’ve=you have
You’ve a pen? |
you’d=you had
You’gone there. |
| HE | he’s = he is
He’s late. |
he’ll = he will
He’ll leave now. |
he’d = he would
He’d do it. |
he’s = he has
He’s got married. |
he’d = he had
He’d gone there. |
| SHE | she’s = she is
She’s late. |
she’ll = she will
She’ll leave now. |
she’d = she would
She’d do it. |
she’s = she has
She’s got married. |
she’d = she had
She’d gone there. |
| IT | it’s = it is
It’s raining. |
it’ll = it will
It’ll take time. |
it’d = it would
It’d be late by then. |
it’s = it has
It’s to be done. |
it’d = it had
It’d been late. |
| WE | we’re = we are
We’re late. |
we’ll = we will
We’ll leave now. |
we’d = we would
We’d do it. |
we’ve = we have
We’ve been busy.. |
we’d = we had
We’d gone there. |
| THEY | they’re = they are
They’re late |
they’ll = they will
They’ll leave now. |
they’d = they would
They’d do it. |
they’ve = they have
They’ve been busy. |
they’d = they had
They’d gone there. |
| THAT | that’s = that is
That’s true. |
that’ll = that will
That’ll vary. |
that’d = that would
That’d depend. |
that’s = that has
That’s been done. |
that’d = that had
That’d been mine. |
| WHO | who’s = who is
Who’s there? |
who’ll = who will
Who’ll go? |
who’d = who would
Who’d do that? |
who’s = who has
Who’s the keys? |
who’d = who had
Who’d done it? |
| WHAT | what’s = what is
What’s your name? |
what’ll = what will
What’ll you do? |
what’d = what would
What’d you do? |
what’s = what has
What’s she done? |
what’d = what had
What’d you done? |
| WHERE | where’s = where is
Where’s your house? |
where’ll = where will
Where’ll you stay? |
where’d = where would
Where’d he go? |
where’s = where has
Where’s he been? |
where’d = where had
Where’d it gone? |
| WHEN | when’s = when is
When’s the party? |
when’ll = when will
When’ll you go? |
when’d = when would
When’d it b done? |
when’s = when has
When’s it been done? |
when’d = when had
When’d it been done? |
| WHY | why’s = why is
Why’s that important? |
why’ll = why will
Why’ll she go? |
why’d= why would
Why’d it matter? |
why’s = why has
Why’s it been done? |
why’d = why had
Why’d she done it? |
| HOW | how’s = how is
How’s it? |
how’ll = how will
How’ll you do it? |
how’d = how would
How’d you explain this? |
how’s =how has
How’s he been? |
how’d = how had
How’s she done? |