Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Naming America
Contractions with Not
Verbs

A contraction is a short form of two words. An apostrophe is used to show that a letter or letters have been left out. Here are some facts and examples about contractions:

✵ Many contractions are made with verbs and the word not.

✵ A special contraction is won’t, which is made from will not.

3.14 Naming America

The name America comes from the name of an Italian explorer. This man explored the coast of the New World shortly after Columbus. Who was he?

To answer the question, match each pair of words on the left with the contraction they make on the right. Write the letter of each answer in the space above the number of each pair at the bottom of the page.