Rewrite these sentences using contractions for negatives and shortening words.

Here are the completed exercises:

Part 1: Use an apostrophe to shorten the underlined words.

• He isn't at school today.
• We aren't going to play soccer today.
• She wasn't at school on Thursday.

Part 2: Circle the correct word and then make the sentences negative by using contractions.

• The children were at the farm. The children weren't at the farm.
• Susan was lost in the mall. Susan wasn't lost in the mall.
• He is riding a horse. He isn't riding a horse.
• We are happy to be back. We aren't happy to be back.