- 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.
![group image](https://s3.amazonaws.com/smrtenglish.com/core/LMLA/KIDS/ENGL130Kids/unit07/Grammar 7-6/7-6g1.jpg)
They are running to the playground.
They're running to the playground.
![group image](https://s3.amazonaws.com/smrtenglish.com/core/LMLA/KIDS/ENGL130Kids/unit07/Grammar 7-6/7-6g2.jpg)
It is starting to snow.
It's starting to snow.
![group image](https://s3.amazonaws.com/smrtenglish.com/core/LMLA/KIDS/ENGL130Kids/unit07/Grammar 7-6/7-6g3.jpg)
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 |