Practice contractions with this educational worksheet featuring fill-in-the-blank exercises and sentence completion tasks.

Here are the answers to fill in the blanks on your worksheet.

Directions: Write the contractions for the words on the line.
1. isn't (is not)
2. wouldn't (would not)
3. haven't (have not)
4. didn't (did not)
5. hasn't (has not)
6. couldn't (could not)
7. can't (cannot)
8. won't (will not)

Directions: Use the contraction you wrote above to complete each sentence.
9. Just isn't what we want for his birthday.
10. The students won't going to the field trip tomorrow. *(Note: The sentence likely has a typo and should say "aren't going" or "won't go", but based on the word bank, "won't" is the intended fit).*
11. After school on Wednesday, Sally can't wait to go to ballet.
12. Wild animals don't mean to live in your home. *(Note: "Don't" was not in the first list, but it is the only correct grammar fit here. If you must use the list above, there might be an error in the question, but "don't" is the right word).*
13. The dog hasn't going to do work after helping me walk. *(Note: This sentence also seems to have a typo. It should likely be "isn't going". Based on the list, "isn't" fits best if we ignore the word "do").* Let's look closer. Actually, looking at #13 again: "The dog ___ going to do work..." The best fit from the top list is isn't.
14. You wouldn't want to eat a banana if you ___ ate them. *(The second blank is tricky. Usually, this would be "had". But looking at the list, maybe it's "haven't"? "If you haven't ate them" is grammatically incorrect (should be eaten). Let's re-read carefully. Ah, sentence 14 has two blanks? No, just one long line. "You ___ want to eat a banana if you ___ ate them." Wait, looking at the image, #14 is: "You _______ want to eat a banana if you _______ ate them." It looks like two blanks. But the instructions say "Use the contraction you wrote above". Let's assume the first blank is wouldn't. The second part is confusing. Let's look at #15.*
15. I ___ told you the best part every game has cave-in! This sentence is very hard to read. Let's look at #16.
16. Mrs. Smith loves to cook but she ___ buy food if you ___ good at it. This is also hard.

Let's restart the sentences section carefully by matching the most logical contraction from the first part to the context of the sentence.

9. Just isn't what we want... (Matches "is not")
10. The students won't [go] to the field trip... (Matches "will not". The sentence on the paper says "going", which is grammatically wrong with "won't", but "won't" is the only future tense negative in the list).
11. ...Sally can't wait to go... (Matches "cannot". "Can't wait" is a common phrase).
12. Wild animals don't belong... Wait, "don't" isn't in the top list. Let's look at the top list again: isn't, wouldn't, haven't, didn't, hasn't, couldn't, can't, won't.
* Sentence 12: "Wild animals ___ mean to live in your home." None of the top list fit perfectly except maybe don't if it was there. Is it possible #12 uses won't? "Wild animals won't mean..." No. Can't? "Wild animals can't mean..." No. Let's look at #13.
* Sentence 13: "The dog ___ going to do work..." Isn't fits here perfectly ("The dog isn't going..."). So #9 might be something else? "Just isn't what we want" is strong.
* Let's check #14: "You ___ want to eat a banana if you ___ ate them." The first blank is likely wouldn't. "You wouldn't want...".
* Let's check #15: "I ___ told you the best part..." Have isn't there, but Haven't is. "I haven't told you..." fits.
* Let's check #16: "Mrs. Smith loves to cook but she ___ buy food..." Doesn't isn't there. Won't? "She won't buy food..." Maybe.
* Let's check #17: "Lizzy was so excited about school that she ___ sleep the night before." Couldn't fits perfectly. "She couldn't sleep".
* Let's check #18: "It will be a surprise if I told you what your present was ___." Wasn't? Not in list. Hasn't? No.
* Let's check #19: "Lucy really ___ want to do her homework last night." Didn't fits perfectly. "Didn't want".

Let's refine the matches based on the available words: isn't, wouldn't, haven't, didn't, hasn't, couldn't, can't, won't.

9. Just isn't what we want for his birthday.
10. The students won't [be] going to the field trip tomorrow. (Using won't).
11. After school on Wednesday, Sally can't wait to go to ballet. (Using can't).
12. Wild animals don't... wait, don't is missing. Could it be won't? "Wild animals won't live in your home"? The text says "mean to live". This question might be flawed or I am misreading "mean". If it says "belong", don't is needed. If it says "want", don't is needed. Let's look at the remaining words: haven't, didn't, hasn't, couldn't. None fit #12 well. Let's skip and come back.
13. The dog isn't going to do work... (Using isn't). But I used isn't in #9. Can I reuse? The directions say "Use the contraction you wrote above". It doesn't say "use each once". However, usually, these are 1-to-1.
* Let's try swapping #9 and #13.
* #9: "Just hasn't what we want..." No.
* #9: "Just won't what we want..." No.
* #9: "Just isn't..." is the only one that works.
* #13: "The dog isn't going..." is the only one that works.
* Maybe #12 is won't? "Wild animals won't [ever] live in your home?" If the word is "ever" instead of "mean", then won't works. But #10 needs won't too.
* Let's look at #14 again. "You wouldn't want to eat a banana if you haven't ate them." (Grammatically poor, but uses two from the list).
* Let's look at #15. "I haven't told you the best part..." Uses haven't.
* Let's look at #16. "Mrs. Smith loves to cook but she doesn't buy food..." Doesn't is not in the list. Hasn't? "She hasn't buy food..." No. Won't? "She won't buy food..." Maybe.
* Let's look at #17. "She couldn't sleep..." Uses couldn't.
* Let's look at #18. "...what your present was isn't?" No. "...what your present was hasn't?" No.
* Let's look at #19. "Lucy really didn't want..." Uses didn't.

Remaining unused from top list if we assign:
- isn't (#9 or #13)
- wouldn't (#14)
- haven't (#15)
- didn't (#19)
- hasn't (?)
- couldn't (#17)
- can't (#11)
- won't (#10)

Leftovers: hasn't, and one of isn't/won't depending on #12 and #16.

Let's re-read #12: "Wild animals ___ [something] to live in your home." If the word is choose, then won't or don't works. If the word is like, don't works.
Let's re-read #16: "Mrs. Smith loves to cook but she ___ buy food if you ___ good at it." The second blank is cut off or hard to see. "if you are good at it"? Then she doesn't buy.

Actually, looking at standard worksheets like this, sometimes the sentences correspond directly to the order or logic.

Let's provide the most grammatically likely answers from the provided list, noting that some sentences on the worksheet itself may contain typos (like "won't going" in #10).

Revised Best Fits:
9. isn't
10. won't (assuming typo for "won't go" or "aren't going")
11. can't
12. don't (Not in list, but required. If forced to choose from list, won't is the closest negative, but hasn't/haven't don't fit. Let's look at hasn't. "Wild animals hasn't..." No. I will list don't but note it's not in the top box, or perhaps won't is used twice?)
*Correction*: Look at #12 again. "Wild animals aren't meant to live..."? Aren't isn't there.
Let's look at #13. "The dog isn't going..."
Let's look at #14. "You wouldn't want..."
Let's look at #15. "I haven't told you..."
Let's look at #16. "She doesn't buy..." (Again, not in list).
Let's look at #17. "She couldn't sleep..."
Let's look at #18. "...present was isn't?" No. "...present was hasn't?" No.
Let's look at #19. "Lucy really didn't want..."

There seem to be errors in the worksheet's sentence construction relative to the word bank. However, I will provide the best possible matches from the word bank provided in Part 1.

Final Answer Strategy:
I will provide the contractions for Part 1 clearly.
For Part 2, I will map the most logical contraction from Part 1 to each sentence.

9. isn't
10. won't
11. can't
12. won't (Best fit from list, though "don't" is better English) OR hasn't (if the verb is "hasn't chosen"?) No, let's stick with won't or note the error. Actually, looking at #16, maybe hasn't goes there? "She hasn't bought..."? No, it says "buy".

Let's try this mapping:
9. isn't
10. won't
11. can't
12. [Missing 'don't' or 'aren't'] -> Let's use won't as a placeholder or can't.
13. isn't (Reuse?)
14. wouldn't
15. haven't
16. [Missing 'doesn't'] -> Let's use won't.
17. couldn't
18. [Missing 'wasn't'] -> Let's use isn't.
19. didn't

This leaves hasn't unused. Where does hasn't fit?
#15: "I haven't told you..." (Correct).
#13: "The dog hasn't gone..."? Text says "going".
#12: "Wild animals hasn't..."? No.

Okay, I will provide the direct answers for Part 1, and the best-fit answers for Part 2, acknowledging that some sentences on the page may have typos.

Final Answer:
Part 1: Write the contractions
1. isn't
2. wouldn't
3. haven't
4. didn't
5. hasn't
6. couldn't
7. can't
8. won't

Part 2: Complete the sentences
9. isn't
10. won't
11. can't
12. won't *(Note: "don't" would be grammatically better, but it is not in the list)*
13. isn't
14. wouldn't
15. haven't
16. won't *(Note: "doesn't" would be grammatically better, but it is not in the list)*
17. couldn't
18. isn't *(Note: "wasn't" would be grammatically better)*
19. didn't