Page 3 - Contractions-MIND MAP and NOTES

The isn’t / aren’t contractions are more common after nouns. The ’s / ’re not
contractions are more common after pronouns: The cakes aren’t ready yet. She’s not a
friend of mine.

We don’t use more than one contraction:

He’s not free.
Not: he’sn’t free.

We don’t use affirmative contractions at the end of clauses:
A:

I think we’re lost.

B:
Yes, I think we are.

Not: I think we’re

However, we do use negative contractions at the end of clauses and we do commonly
use contractions in tag questions:
A:

You’ve contacted Jan, haven’t you?

B:
No, I haven’t.

In question forms, am not is contracted to aren’t:

I’m getting a pay rise, aren’t I?
Not: amn’t I?