- A contraction is a short way of writing two words together.
- Some of the letters are left out. An apostrophe takes the place of the missing letters.
They are running to the playground.
They're running to the playground.
It is starting to snow.
It's starting to snow.
We are playing games together.
We're playing games together.
Here are some more examples of contractions:
| she will | do not | you will | you would | I would | |
| she'll | don't | you'll | you'd | I'd |