Contractions
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00:00Hi friends! Today we will learn about contractions, so let's start!
00:12Contraction is short way of writing or speaking any two words that often come together.
00:20We make contractions by means of removing some alphabets and sounds from two words, like...
00:29We have a big garden in front of our house.
00:34In this sentence, we can make a contraction for we have...
00:40and we can shorten it and say...
00:48So we have shortened we have to weave.
00:53I repeat, we have a big garden in front of our house.
00:59So weave is a contraction for we have.
01:08Here we can make a contraction for I am, and we can write...
01:16So we have contracted I am to I'm.
01:21There is a cricket match in our city.
01:26Now we can make a contraction for there is, and we can write like...
01:38So we have contracted there is to there's.
01:42It is going to be held in a stadium near my house.
01:49Now we can contract it is to...
01:58We have entry passes for the cricket match.
02:03Here we can make a contraction for we have, and we can write...
02:14But I am not going to watch it as it is too hot today.
02:20Here we have the option of making two contractions.
02:25We can contract I am to I'm.
02:29And we can also contract it is to it's.
02:34So the sentence will read like...
02:48I have a test on Monday, so I will prepare for it.
02:53Here also we can make a contraction for I have, and I will, and we can write it as...
03:14Here we can make two contractions.
03:18One for tomorrow is, and the other for I will.
03:23And we will write it as...
03:37We will go shopping in the morning.
03:40We can make a contraction for we will, and write it like...
03:51So we've seen many examples of contractions like...
04:09Let's...
04:40You are, you're, would not, wouldn't, shall not, shan't, should not, shouldn't.
04:53Here are some examples of the usage of contractions.
04:57We shouldn't waste food and water.
05:01We wouldn't go to watch the match as it's too hot over there.
05:07I couldn't finish my work as I wasn't well yesterday.
05:13Let's go to the park together and we'll play football.
05:18There are many trees in the garden.
05:22So friends, today we learned about contractions.
05:27And we have seen many examples of its usage.
05:31But remember, we use contractions in informal writings and conversations.
05:38We should avoid the use of contractions in formal conversations and writings like...
05:44Letters, resumes, essays, as they give an informal impression instead of formal.
05:54Now go ahead and take a quiz to learn more.
05:58Bye-bye!