Long forms, contracted forms (short forms)
- Long forms, contracted forms of to be (am, are, is) - detailed explanations
to be (am, are, is)
| affirmative |
negative |
| long form |
short form |
long form |
short form |
| I am |
I'm |
I am not |
I'm not |
| he, she, it: |
| he is |
he's |
he is not |
he isn't oder he's not |
| we, you, they: |
| we are |
we're |
we are not |
we aren't oder we're not |
to be (was, were)
| affirmative |
negative |
| long form |
short form |
long form |
short form |
| I, he, she, it: |
| he was |
- |
he was not |
he wasn't |
| we, you, they: |
| we were |
- |
we were not |
we weren't |
have got
| affirmative |
negative |
| long form |
short form |
long form |
short form |
| I, we, you, they: |
| we have got |
we've got |
we have not got |
we've not got oder we haven't got |
| he, she, it: |
| he has got |
he's got |
he has not got |
he's not got oder he hasn't got |
had
| affirmative |
negative |
| long form |
short form |
long form |
short form |
| every time regardless the subject (I, he, she, it, we, you, they): |
| I had |
I'd |
I had not |
I hadn't |
do
| affirmative |
negative |
| long form |
short form |
long form |
short form |
| I, we, you, they: |
| I do |
- |
I do not |
I don't |
| he, she, it: |
| he does |
- |
he does not |
he doesn't |
did
| affirmative |
negative |
| long form |
short form |
long form |
short form |
| every time regardless the subject (I, he, she, it, we, you, they): |
| I did |
- |
I did not |
I didn't |
Modals (can, could, must, might, will, would, shall, should, ought to)
| affirmative |
negative |
| long form |
short form |
long form |
short form |
| can |
- |
cannot |
can't |
| could |
- |
could not |
couldn't |
| must |
- |
must not |
mustn't |
| might |
- |
might not |
-- |
| need |
- |
need not |
needn't |
| will |
'll |
will not |
won't |
| would |
'd |
would not |
wouldn't |
| shall |
- |
shall not |
shan't |
| should |
'd |
should not |
shouldn't |
| ought to |
- |
ought not to |
oughtn't to |
The short forms 's and 'd have two different long forms:
he's = he is oder he has
he'd = he would oder he had
We seldom use short forms after names and nouns.
Peter has got a book. = Peter's got a book.
The children have visited London. = The children've visited London.
When have is a full verb, we do not use the short form.
They have breakfast at 6 o'clock.