Contractions exercise Write the following sentences in contracted form You ought not to have offended her They are waiting in the hall If you not behave, there would be trouble I will be happy when this is finished I shall definitely pay you back next week Will you not have some more wine? In a situation like that I would scream until somebody came to help me This is a lovely party, but we have got to go home because of the baby-sitter I have not heard Sally moving about She must not be awake yet 10 It must be nice to be a cat, must not it? 11 I cannot find my keys 12 She did not say hello She might not have recognized you Answers You oughtn’t to have offended her They’re waiting in the hall If you don’t behave, there’d be trouble I’ll be happy when this is finished I’ll definitely pay you back next week Won’t you have some more wine? In a situation like that I’d scream until somebody came to help me This is a lovely party, but we’ve got to go home because of the baby-sitter I’ve not heard Sally moving about She mustn’t be awake yet 10 It must be nice to be a cat, mustn’t it? 11 I can’t find my keys 12 She didn’t say hello She mightn’t have recognized you Stay on top of your writing! Download our grammar guide from www.englishgrammar.org to stay up-to-date Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)