Algunas conjugaciones pueden tener formas cortas cuando van detrás de pronombres como I, you, he…
Ejemplo: I am ; I’m
También las podemos usar detrás de nombres.
Ejemplo: Susan’s had a baby. (Susan has had a baby).
Las formas cortas se utilizan en el lenguage coloquial y en cartas informales.
| Verbo | Forma corta |
| am (presente verbo to be) | I’m |
| are (presente verbo to be) | you’re, we’re, you’re, they’re |
| is (presente verbo to be) | he’s, she’s, it’s |
| has (presente verbo to have) | he’s, she’s, it’s |
| have (presente verbo to have) | I’ve, you’ve, we’ve, they’ve |
| had (pasado verbo to have) | I’d, you’d, he’d, she’d, it’d, we’d, they’d |
| would (condicional) | I’d, you’d, he’d, she’d, it’d, we’d, they’d |
| will (futuro) | I’ll, you’ll, he’ll, she’ll, it’ll, we’ll, you’ll, they’ll |
| shall (futuro) | I’ll, we’ll |
Hacemos formas cortas con pronombres interrogativos.
| Verbo | Forma corta |
| is (presente verbo to be) | what’s, who’s, when’s, how’s… |
| had (pasado verbo to have) | who’d |
| would (condicional) | who’d |
| will (futuro) | what’ll, who’ll |
Podemos hacer formas cortas con here, there y that.
| Forma larga | Forma corta |
| here is | here’s |
| there is / there will | there’s / there’ll |
| that is / that will | that’s / that’ll |
También podemos hacer la forma corta de algunos verbos en negativo.
| Verbo | Forma larga negativa | Forma corta negativa |
| is (presente verbo to be) | is not | isn’t |
| are (presente verbo to be) | are not | aren’t |
| do (presente verbo to do) | do not | don’t |
| does (presente verbo to do) | does not | doesn’t |
| did (pasado verbo to do) | did not | didn’t |
| has (presente verbo to have) | has not | hasn’t |
| have (presente verbo to have) | have not | haven’t |
| had (pasado verbo to have) | had not | hadn’t |
| would, can, must, need, should… | would not, can not, must not… | wouldn’t, can’t, mustn’t, needn’t, shouldn’t… |
| will (futuro) | will not | won’t |
| shall (futuro) | shall not | shan’t |