Make contractions from specific sentences, and then use them to complete sentences. Shade the right bubbles to show which words have been shortened to form the contractions. Apostrophes for contractions and possessive nouns are absent. Rewrite sentences using apostrophes correctly. Circle to indicate whether the word is a contraction or a possessive noun. Apostrophes are used to replace missing letters. Contractions are common in spoken English and informal writing. A contraction is an abbreviated or abbreviated form of a word or phrase. For example: ”I`m going” can be shortened to form the contraction ”I`m going”. .