ในภาษาอังกฤษมักจะมีคำย่อหรือ Contraction ที่เราได้พบเห็นบ่อยๆ จนบางครั้งเราเห็นคำย่อบ่อยจนลืมไปเลยว่ามันย่อมาจากอะไร หรือบางคำบางประโยคเราจะสามารถย่อมันได้เป็นแบบไหน ดังนั้นเรามาดูตารางคำย่อที่เชื่อว่าคุณต้องได้ใช้มันไปตลอดอย่างแน่นอน
Word | Contraction |
are not | aren’t |
cannot | can’t |
could not | couldn’t |
did not | didn’t |
do not | don’t |
does not | doesn’t |
had not | hadn’t |
have not | haven’t |
he is | he’s |
he has | he’s |
he will | he’ll |
he would | he’d |
here is | here’s |
I have | I’ve |
I will | I’ll |
I would | I’d |
I had | I’d |
is not | isn’t |
it has | it’s |
it has | it’s |
it will | it’ll |
must not | mustn’t |
she is | she’s |
she has | she’s |
she will | she’ll |
I am | I’m |
she had | she’d |
should not | shouldn’t |
that is | that’s |
there is | there’s |
they are | they’re |
they have | they’ve |
they will | they’ll |
they would | they’d |
they had | they’d |
was not | wasn’t |
we are | we’re |
we have | we’ve |
we will | we’ll |
we would | we’d |
we had | we’d |
were not | weren’t |
what is | what’s |
where is | where’s |
who is | who’s |
who will | who’ll |
will not | won’t |
would not | wouldn’t |
you are | you’re |
you have | you’ve |
you will | you’ll |
you would | you’d |
you had | you’d |