S1 Exercise 11: Apostrophes for Omission
PUNCTION
APOSTROPHES FOR OMISSION
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Apostrophes can be used to show where there has been an omission (letters have been missed out), or contraction (where a word has been shortened).
When a word is shortened the apostrophe shows where the letter(s) have been missed out. e.g. I am = I’m Does not = doesn’t They are = they’re |
Task 1: Complete. Write the contracted forms as alternatives in the spaces in the passage below.
I do not _______don’t_________ see how we are _________________ going to get a team for tomorrow’s match. Gill cannot ________________ play, Sue has _________________ an Achilles’ heel injury and will not ________________ be fit for weeks and Anne has_______________ got to go for a job interview. It is ________________ sickening, is it not _____________ ? They are __________ the key players, are they not _________________ ? I would have ___________ asked Betty but no one has ____________ seen her for ages and there is ______ nobody else I can think of. Let us _____________ face it, it does not _________ look as if we have __________________ a chance of fielding a full side.