Apostrophe Worksheets - Contractions | Free English Worksheets - Free Printable

Let’s go through each contraction one by one and write out the full words they stand for.

A contraction is when two words are combined into one, usually with an apostrophe replacing some letters. For example:
“don’t” = “do not”
“I’m” = “I am”

Now let’s solve each:

1. Who’ll → Who will
2. Couldn’t → Could not
3. I’ll → I will
4. We’ll → We will
5. Doesn’t → Does not
6. She’d → She would (or She had — but in most basic worksheets like this, it’s “She would”)
7. Won’t → Will not
8. We’re → We are
9. Hadn’t → Had not
10. That’s → That is
11. There’s → There is
12. Weren’t → Were not
13. What’s → What is
14. Don’t → Do not
15. He’d → He would (again, likely “He would” here)
16. Can’t → Cannot (or Can not — both accepted, but “Cannot” is more common as one word)
17. Where’s → Where is
18. You’d → You would
19. He’s → He is
20. I’m → I am

Double-checking tricky ones:
- “She’d”, “He’d”, “You’d” — these can mean “would” or “had”. In elementary worksheets, unless context suggests past perfect (“She’d gone”), we assume “would”.
- “Can’t” is always “cannot” — never “can not” in standard usage for contractions.
- “Won’t” is irregular — from “will not”, not “wo not”.

All look correct.

Final Answer:
1. Who will
2. Could not
3. I will
4. We will
5. Does not
6. She would
7. Will not
8. We are
9. Had not
10. That is
11. There is
12. Were not
13. What is
14. Do not
15. He would
16. Cannot
17. Where is
18. You would
19. He is
20. I am