Apostrophes and contractions

Grade 2 Punctuation Worksheet

Hint:
A. Use an apostrophe to combine the words. Apostrophes replace
missing letters when
1. they will _ they’ll_ _ words are combined.
2. will not _____________
here is -> here’s
3. should have _____________ I have -> I’ve
4. we had _____________
5. it will _____________
6. do not _____________
7. is not _____________
8. was not _____________
9. have not _____________
10. had not _____________

B. Remove the apostrophe and write the full words.

1. there’s __there is___

2. haven’t _____________
3. where’s _____________
4. there’re _____________
5. we’d _____________
6. mustn’t _____________
7. shouldn’t _____________
8. couldn’t _____________
9. can’t _____________
10. don’t _____________

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Apostrophes and contractions
Grade 2 Punctuation Worksheet

Answers
A. Use an apostrophe to combine the words.

1. they will _ they’ll_ _

2. will not _ won’t_ _
3. should have _ should’ve__
4. we had _ we’d __
5. it will _ it’ll_ _
6. do not _ don’t __
7. is not _ isn’t __
8. was not _ wasn’t __
9. have not _ haven’t __
10. had not _ hadn’t __

B. Remove the apostrophe and write the full words.

1. there’s __there is_ __

2. haven’t __have not__ _
3. where’s __where is__ _
4. there’re __there are__ _
5. we’d __we had / we would___
6. mustn’t __must not_ __
7. shouldn’t __should not __
8. couldn’t __could not_ _
9. can’t __cannot__ _
10. don’t __do not_ __

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