Contractions Practice Worksheet

A Grade 3 ELA worksheet focused on understanding and forming contractions.

Grade 3 ELA GrammarGrammar and MechanicsContractions

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TextFill in the BlanksMultiple ChoiceTrue / FalseShort Answer

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.C

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ELAGrammarContractionsGrade 3

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Contractions Practice

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Read each section's instructions carefully and complete the activities. This worksheet will help you practice using contractions!

What are Contractions?

A contraction is a shortened form of two words. We put them together and use an apostrophe ( ' ) to show where letters have been left out. For example, 'do not' becomes 'don't'.

Write the two words that make up each contraction.

1. I'm = I

2. won't = will

3. they're = they

4. doesn't = does

5. we've = we

Choose the correct contraction for the words in bold.

1. He **is** happy.

Hes'

He's

Heis'

He's'

2. We **have** seen that movie.

We've

Weve'

We'have

Wehave'

Read each statement. Circle T for True or F for False.

1. The word 'can't' is a contraction of 'can not'.

True

False

2. An apostrophe in a contraction always replaces the letter 'o'.

True

False

Rewrite each sentence using a contraction for the underlined words.

1. I _am_ going to the park.

2. They _are_ playing soccer.

3. She _will_ not eat her vegetables.