
Contraction words are also linking words commonly used in ielts essay writing. These words can be used in Ielts writing to add value to your work and boost your band score.
Contracted words | Uncontract words | Contracted words | Uncontract words |
Don’t | Do not | Who’ll | Who will |
Can’t | Can not | Who’s | Who has |
Shouldn’t | Should not | Which’s | Which has |
Couldn’t | Could not | -‘re | Are |
Wouldn’t | Would not | -‘ll | Will |
Isn’t | Is not | -‘s | Is |
Haven’t | Have not | I’m | I am |
Hasn’t | Has not | Let’s | Let us |
Aren’t | Are not | N’t | Not |
Here’s | Here is | -‘d | Had |
I’ve | I have | To’ve | To have |
I’d | I had | Those’ve | Those have |
I’ll | I will | These’ve | These have |
It’s | It is | ‘twas | It was |
Mustn’t | Must not | Wanna | Want to |
She’s | She is | There’ll | There will |
He’s | He is | Why’d | Why did |
She’ll | She will | Why’s | Why has |
Doesn’t | Does not | Why’re | Why are |
Couldn’t | Could not | They’ll | They will |
Didn’t | Did not |
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You’d | You had |
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You’ve | You have |
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O’er | Over |
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Ol’ | Old |
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Ne’er | Never |
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‘s | Is |
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O’clock | Of the clock |
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Needn’t | Need not |
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Contraction words are used in International English Language System (IELTS) and are made by shortening and combining two words. They are also shortened form of a word or group of words that omits certain letters or sounds and an apostrophe is used to show/ indicate the place of the omitted letters
Example of contraction words are:
Can’t (Can+not)
Don’t (Do+not)
These contraction words are mostly used by people in both speaking (for written dialogue), informal writing (text message) and in formal writing (academic papers, proposals etc.) and where there is space (adverts). They make writing and speech seem friendly and accessible
The most common contractions are made of verb or auxiliaries attached to other words.
In English, contractions are used to combine words in casual speech writing by dropping one or more letters.
You can add more of contraction words that you know in iels writing…Thanks!