अध्याय 10
सहायक क्रियाओं के संक्षिप्त रूप
सहायक क्रियाओं और ‘सहायक क्रिया + not’ के संक्षिप्त रूप तथा कुछ सर्वनाम और सहायक क्रियाओं को इकट्ठा करके बनाए गए रूप अनौपचारिक लेखन और बोलने में बार बार प्रयोग में आते हैं. ऐसे रूप सविस्तार नीचे दिए गए हैं.
| could not – couldn’t | do not – don’t |
| cannot – can’t | does not – doesn’t |
| need not – needn’t | ought not – oughtn’t |
| did not – didn’t | should not – shouldn’t |
| shall not – shan’t (शांन्ट) | was not – wasn’t |
| is not – isn’t | were not – weren’t |
| am not – aren’t (प्रश्नवाचक वाक्य में) | will not – won’t |
| are not – aren’t | would not – wouldn’t |
| have not – haven’t | might not – mightn’t |
| has not – hasn’t | they are – they’re |
| had not – hadn’t | I will – I’ll |
| may not – mayn’t | I had – I’d |
| I am – I’m (आइम) | that will – that’ll |
| I have – I’ve | that is – that’s |
| I would – I’d | he has – he’s |
| he is – he’s | here is – here’s |
| must not – mustn’t (मसन्ट) | that has – that’s |
| he had – he’d | who had – who’d |
| he would – he’d | who is – who’s |
| he will – he’ll | who would – who’d |
| we are – we’re | there is – there’s |
| you are – you’re | there has – there’s |

