Letterland Unit 23 - contraction - Sara Burkes | Library

Contractions are when you combine two words into one.

You use an appostrophe ' to show where the missing letters were. 

you are

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they are

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it is

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who is

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
they're		at, a place, calls attention to something
there		belongs to someone
their		they are

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Dear Mom and Dad, __________   was a line of cars waiting at Yellowstone Park. 
Aunt Nancy: Use their if something belongs to them, like ‘their campsite.’ Use there to point out something. While you are waiting, bears come up and put their noses on  __________   windshield, but you’re not supposed to feed them. Your son, Max

Aunt Nancy: Use your if something belongs to you, like ‘your flashlight.’ You’re is a contraction for ‘you are.’ It was worth waiting to get into this beautiful ___________ park. There’s a huge _______________  of buffalo and many other animals that you see everywhere.

Other Answer Choices:

you're

population

there

their

scenic

your

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Uncle Fred woke us early. Cousin Andrew was feeling around for his shoes in the dark tent. “__________  shoe is this?” he joked. “Ugh! It smells like Max’s!” Uncle Fred ______________  ed  this foolishness, “__________  hiking to the waterfall?” he asked.  Got to go, there’s a waterfall waiting for me. See, I got ‘there’s’ correct myself, Aunt Nancy. ‘There’s’ is a contraction for ‘there is’. Later, MeAunt Nancy: Use whose when you’re asking who something belongs to. Who’s is a contraction for ‘who is.

Other Answer Choices:

Who's

interrupt

Whose

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_________   time to see a geyser __________ ! About every hour, Old Faithful spurts its steamy water up over 100 feet. I told Aunt Nancy, “You’re my ‘Old Faithful’ spelling editor.” She said I’m getting better--only one to fix in this postcard. It’s about time! Love, MaxAunt Nancy: Use its if something belongs to it. It’s is a contraction for ‘it is.’