Short Forms Worksheet Exercises for Class 2 Examples with Answers CBSE

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Short Forms Worksheet Exercises for Class 2 Examples with Answers CBSE PDF

Short Forms Exercises with Answers for Class 2 CBSE PDF

• We often use short forms in spoken English.
  Example:
  Instead of I am here, we say I’m here.
  Likewise, instead of he is late, we say he’s late.
• When we write a short form, we replace the missing letter with’ (called an apostrophe).

Short Forms

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

Short Form Of Negatives: don’t, doesn’t, haven’t, etc.

isn’t (= is not)	hasn’t (= has not)	don’t (= do not)	can’t (= cannot)
aren’t (= are not)	haven’t (= have not)	doesn’t (= does not)	couldn’t (= could not)
wasn’t (= was not)	hadn’t (= had not)	didn’t (= did not)	won’t (= will not)
weren’t (= were not)			wouldn’t (= would not)
			shouldn’t (= should not)
			mustn’t (= must not)
			needn’t (= need not)
			mightn’t (= might not)
			daren’t (= dare not)

Short Forms (Contractions) Of Question Words: how, who, what, etc.

who	who’s = who is	Who’s that man over there?
who	who’d = who would	Who’d Wke some tea?
who	who’ll = who will	Who’ll be here tomorrow?
what	what’s = what is	What’s for dinner?
what	what’ll = what will	What’ll happen if… ?
how	how’s = how is	How’s your father?
where	where’s = where is	Where’s the nearest shop?
when	when’s = when is	when’s your birthday?

Short Forms Worksheets for Grade 2 CBSE PDF

A. Write the long form of the following short forms.
1. don’t ____________
2. can’t ____________
3. won’t ____________
4. we’ll ____________
5. haven’t ____________
6. he’s ____________
7. isn’t ____________
8. she’ll ____________
9. I’m ____________
10. you’re ____________
11. I’d ____________
12. you’ll ____________

B. Write the short form of the following long forms.
13. did not ____________
14. they will ____________
15. they would ____________
16. he would ____________
17. were not ____________
18. has not ____________
19. had not ____________
20. she is ____________
21. I have ____________
22. we have ____________
23. he will ____________
24. they had ____________