Reading Standard III, Abbreviations and Contractions
Lesson 325, Contractions
Defining contraction
Identifying contractions formed from a personal pronoun and a verb
Identifying from context the meaning of a personal pronoun + verb contraction that has more than one meaning
Differentiating between they’re, their, and there
Differentiating between you’re and your
Differentiating between it’s and its
Differentiating between whose and who’s
Identifying contractions formed from an indefinite pronoun and a verb
Identifying contractions formed from someone’s name and a verb
Identifying contractions formed from an adverb and a verb
Identifying contractions formed from a verb plus not
Identifying can’t and won’t as contractions that leave out more than one letter
Standard IV – Reference Skills