Q1.
Partho is not feeling well today. His parents have decided that he will stay at home till he gets better. Partho is bored and cannot stay at home anymore. He decides to ask his grandmother if he can go outside, but he thinks she, too, would not agree.
(Underlined: is not · he will · Partho is · cannot · would not)
Answer
Here is the paragraph rewritten, with the five short forms in bold.
Partho isn’t feeling well today. His parents have decided that he’ll stay at home till he gets better. Partho’s bored and can’t stay at home anymore. He decides to ask his grandmother if he can go outside, but he thinks she, too, wouldn’t agree.
| Underlined words | Short form | What the apostrophe stands for |
|---|---|---|
| is not | isn’t | the o of not |
| he will | he’ll | the letters wi of will |
| Partho is | Partho’s | the i of is |
| cannot | can’t | the letters n and o in the middle |
| would not | wouldn’t | the o of not |
The one to look at twice — Partho’s. A name can take a short form too. Partho is becomes Partho’s, exactly as he is becomes he’s. Here ’s means is. (The same ’s can also mean “belonging to”, as in Partho’s book. The rest of the sentence tells you which one it is.)
Check yourself: Read your new paragraph aloud. If it sounds like the way you talk to a friend, you have done it right.