Formation of verb contractions – 07/03/2023

1. A helping verb tells us about the time of the action in a sentence.

2. Helping verbs are also used to express different types of situations.
3. ‘Should’ is used to give strong suggestions where a person is strongly recommended to do
something.
4. ‘Could’ is generally used to weak suggestions where a person is suggested to choose one out
of many available options.
5. Contractions are shortened forms of words. To form a contraction, we combine the respective
words, omit a few letters, and replace them with an apostrophe.
6. Using contractions DOES NOT change the meaning, it DOES change the tone. If you use a
contraction, it makes the tone more informal.
7. ‘tis: it is
8. Must: used when something is an obligation or a prohibition
9. Would: used to talk about the past or the future
10. To form contractions, combine helping verbs such as ’should’, ‘would’, ‘could’ and ‘must’
with the negative verb ‘not’.
11. The helping verb ‘will’ is used to express possibility and permission.