What is a Contraction?



COntractions!


In the box below, please write what you think a contraction is and how they are made.  Use the picture above to help in your explanation.





Answer: A contraction is a word or phrase that's (or that has) been shortened by dropping one or more letters. In writing, an apostrophe takes the place of the missing letters.



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