Contraction / Short Forms

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Di bawah ini merupakan materi tentang Contraction / Short Forms disertai dengan contoh kalimat (example) dan latihan soal (exercise) yang dilengkapi dengan kunci jawabannya.

Definition

  • Contraction / Short Forms merupakan bentuk lisan dan tulis (dalam kondisi nonformal /informal writing/speaking) yang dibuat menjadi ringkas dari kata atau satu set kata-kata dalam bahasa Inggris yang sering kita sebut sebagai singkatan.
  • Untuk membentuk contraction/short forms, letakkan tanda baca apostrof (apostrophe) () pada posisi huruf yang dihilangkan.

Contraction/Short Forms with I/he/she/it/you/they/we

Contractions I he she it they we you
am ‘m i’m
is ‘s he’s she’s it’s
are ‘re they’re we’re you’re
have ‘ve i’ve they’ve we’ve you’ve
has ‘s he’s she’s it’s
had ‘d I’d he’d she’d they’d we’d you’d
will ‘ll I’ll he’ll she’ll they’ll we’ll you’ll
would ‘d I’d he’d she’d they’d we’d you’d


Contoh kalimat:

  • I’ve got some new clothes.
  • We’ll probably go out this evening.
  • It’s 10 o’clock. You’re late again.

‘s → is or has

‘s → is

  • She’s going out this evening. (she is going → she’s going)

‘s → has

  • She’s gone out. (she has gone out → she’s gone)

‘d → would or had

‘d → would

  • A: What would you like to eat?

B: I’d like a salad, please. (I’d like → I would like)

‘d → had

  • I told the police that I’d lost my passport. (I’d lost → I had lost)

Jangan gunakan ‘m/’s/’d etc. pada akhir kalimat.

  • Are you tired? – Yes I am. (not ‘Yes, I’m)

Penggunaan lain

  • Who’s your favourite football player? (= Who is)
  • What’s the time? (= What is)
  • There’s a big tree in the garden. (= There is)
  • My sister’s working in Paris. (= My sister is working)
  • Emily’s gone out. (= Emily has gone)
  • What colour’s your car? (= What colour is your car?)

Negative Contraction

  • is, are, was, were
    – isn’t = is not
    – aren’t = are not
    – wasn’t = was not
    – weren’t = were not
    – has, have, had
    – hasn’t = has not
    – haven’t = have not
    – hadn’t = had not
  • do, does, did
    – don’t = do not
    – doesn’t = does not
    – didn’t = did not
  • can, could, will, would, should, must, need
    – can’t = cannot
    – couldn’t = could not
    – won’t = will not
    – shouldn’t = should not
    – mustn’t = must not
    – needn’t = need not

Nah sekarang kamu sudah mengetahui bagaimana menggunakan Contraction/Short Forms yang benar yaa. Kerjakan latihan soalnya dan jika ada pertanyaan silakan tuliskan pada kolom komentar.

Exercise! Contraction / Short Forms

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