Long form and short form or contracted forms in Spoken English

Verb conjugation and contraction - in other words; "The short form".

In spoken English we use the short form a lot. Instead of "I am" we say, "I'm". "Did not" becomes "didn't" etc.

We also use these short forms in informal written English. When we write the short form, we use an apostrophe (') for the missing letter(s).

Here are the short forms of the auxiliary verbs to be, to do and to have:-

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To be - Simple Present Form (Positive)

To be - Simple Present Form (Negative)

To be - Simple Past Form (Positive)

To be - Simple Past Form (Negative)

To do - Simple Present Form (Positive)

To do - Simple Present Form (Negative)

To do - Simple Past Form (Positive)

To do - Simple Past Form (Negative)

To have - Simple Present Form (Positive)

To have - Simple Present Form (negative)

To have - Simple Past Form (Positive)

To have - Simple Past Form (negative)

The long and short forms of the modal verbs (Positive)

The long and short forms of the modal verbs (Negative)

The imperative (Positive)

The imperative (Negative)

Negative long and short forms sentences