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Notes:
1. To make a contraction (short form), we put an apostrophe (’) in place of the missing letter.
2. We can make a contraction with a subject pronoun + am, is, and are.
3. We can make a contraction with a singular subject + is.
4. We cannot make a contraction with a plural noun + are.
The dryers are empty. Not: The dryers’re empty.

GRAMMAR IN USE
It is common to contract a noun or name + be in spoken English.

Simon's from Mexico.
We don’t usually contract a noun or name + be in written English.

EXERCISE 4 Write the contraction for the words given.

1. I’m new here.
I am
2. from Mexico. a citizen of the United States now.
a. Simon is b. He is
3. from Poland. a citizen, too.
a. Dorota is b. She is
4. both very helpful.
They are
5. big.
The laundromat is
6. hot in the laundromat.
It is
7. new here. new, too.
a. You are b. I am
both new.
c. We are

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