Short Forms
Short Forms
Short Forms
Long forms, contracted forms of to be (am, are, is) - detailed explanations to be (am, are, is) affirmative long form I am he, she, it: he is we, you, they: we are we're we are not we aren't oder we're not he's he is not he isn't oder he's not short form I'm negative long form I am not short form I'm not
to be (was, were) affirmative long form I, he, she, it: he was we, you, they: we were have got affirmative long form I, we, you, they: we have got he, she, it: he has got had affirmative long form short form negative long form short form he's got he has not got he's not got oder he hasn't got we've got we have not got we've not got oder we haven't got short form negative long form short form we were not we weren't he was not he wasn't short form negative long form short form
every time regardless the subject (I, he, she, it, we, you, they): I had do affirmative negative I'd I had not I hadn't
long form I, we, you, they: I do he, she, it: he does did affirmative long form
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long form
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I do not
I don't
he does not
he doesn't
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 long form can could must might need will would shall should ought to short form 'll 'd 'd negative long form cannot could not must not might not need not will not would not shall not should not ought not to short form can't couldn't mustn't -needn't won't wouldn't shan't shouldn't oughtn't to