General English Level 1 V 3

UNIT 01 Who am I? TOPIC 03 My friends

	LANGUAGE FOCUS 07 Contractions

Nat and Julia say:
Nat asks Julia:	" How's your curry?"
Julia says:	" It's great."
Julia says	" She's a computer programmer".
Nat say:	" He's from my hometown"

it's = it is

she's = she is

he's = he is

We call it's, she's, he's contractions or short forms.

	Contraction
I am	I'm (not)
You are	You're (not)
He is	He's (not)
She is	She's (not)
It is	It's (not)
We are	We're (not)
They are	They're (not)

Examples

1	Read the examples.
2	Click on each example to listen.
3	Practise saying each example.

More contractions

We make contractions with other words:

How's your curry? = How is your curry?
What's her name? = What is her name?

Sometimes we use n't for not :
aren't = are not
isn't = is not

Examples

Tom isn't a student. He's a teacher.
Julia and Geng aren't friends.

Now go to 08 LANGUAGE FOCUS The simple present tense, third person.