| BE | WILL | WOULD | HAVE | HAD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | I’m I am |
I’ll I will |
I’d I would |
I’ve I have |
I’d I had |
| you | you’re you are |
you’ll you will |
you’d you would |
you’ve you have |
you’d you had |
| he | he’s he is |
he’ll he will |
he’d he would |
he’s he has |
he’d he had |
| she | she’s she is |
she’ll she will |
she’d she would |
she’s she has |
she’d she had |
| it | it’s (or ‘tis) it is |
it’ll it will |
it’d it would |
it’s it has |
it’d it had |
| we | we’re we are |
we’ll we will |
we’d we would |
we’ve we have |
we’d we had |
| they | they’re they are |
they’ll they will |
they’d they would |
they’ve they have |
they’d they had |
| that | that’s that is |
that’ll that will |
that’d that would |
that’s that has |
that’d that had |
| who | who’s who is |
who’ll who will |
who’d who would |
who’s who has |
who’d who had |
| what | what’s/what’re what is/what are |
what’ll what will |
what’d what would |
what’s what has |
what’d what had |
| where | where’s where is |
where’ll where will |
where’d where would |
where’s where has |
where’d where had |
| when | when’s when is |
when’ll when will |
when’d when would |
when’s when has |
when’d when had |
| why | why’s why is |
why’ll why will |
why’d why would |
why’s why has |
why’d why had |
| how | how’s how is |
how’ll how will |
how’d how would |
how’s how has |
how’d how had |
Double Contractions
| WORDS | DOUBLE CONTRACTION |
| she would have | she’d’ve (colloquial) |
| it is not | ‘tisn’t (archaic) |
Words Negating a Verb
| WORDS (negating a verb) | CONTRACTION |
| is not | isn’t |
| are not | aren’t |
| was not | wasn’t |
| were not | weren’t |
| have not | haven’t |
| has not | hasn’t |
| had not | hadn’t |
| will not | won’t |
| would not | wouldn’t |
| do not | don’t |
| does not | doesn’t |
| did not | didn’t |
| cannot | can’t |
| could not | couldn’t |
| should not | shouldn’t |
| might not | mightn’t |
| must not | mustn’t |
Woulda-Shoulda-Coulda
| WORDS | CONTRACTION |
| would have | would’ve |
| should have | should’ve |
| could have | could’ve |
| might have | might’ve |
| must have | must’ve |
Odd Contractions
| WORDS | CONTRACTION |
| of | o’ |
| of the clock | o’clock |
| madam | ma’am |
| never-do-well | ne’er-do-well |
| cat-of-nine-tails | cat-o’-nine-tails |
| jack-of-the-lantern | jack-o’-lantern |
| will-of-the-wisp | will-o’-the-wisp |
| it was | ‘twas (archaic) |