General English Level 1 GELEV1 Unit 01 Topic 03.doc  LANGUAGE FOCUS 07 Contractions Nat and Julia say: Nat: How’s your curry? Julia: It’s great. Julia: She’s a computer programmer. Nat: He’s from my hometown. Information it’s = it is she’s = she is he’s = he is We call it’s, she’s, he’s contractions or short forms. Look Contraction I am I’m (not) You are You’re (not) He is He’s (not) She is She’s (not) It is It’s (not) We are We’re (not) They are They’re (not) Examples 1. Read the examples. 2. Listen to your recording. 3. Practise saying each example. 1. He’s a computer programmer. 2. She’s from Indonesia. 3. Are they friends? No, they’re not. 4. We’re from Thailand. 5. You’re in Tom’s class. 6. She’s not a student. 7. They’re not from our University. 37 QUESTLANGUAGE