Subject Pronoun Contractions
These tables show you all the short forms of subject pronouns followed by ‘be’ and ‘have’.
Subject pronoun + be
| long form | short form |
|---|---|
| I am | I’m |
| we are | we’re |
| you are | you’re |
| they are | they’re |
| he is | he’s |
| she is | she’s |
| it is | it’s |
Subject pronoun + be
We can only use the short form of a subject pronoun with the present forms of ‘be’ (‘am’, ‘is’, ‘are’). We can’t use the short form when using ‘be’ in the past (‘was’, ‘were’).
Subject pronoun + have
We can use the short form of a subject pronoun with have in the present and the past forms.
| long form | short form |
|---|---|
| I have | I’ve |
| we have | we’ve |
| you have | you’ve |
| they have | they’ve |
| he has | he’s |
| she has | she’s |
| it has | it’s |
Subject pronoun + have (present)
| long form | short form |
|---|---|
| I had | I’d |
| we had | we’d |
| you had | you’d |
| they had | they’d |
| he had | he’d |
| she had | she’d |
| it had | it’d |
Subject pronoun + had (past)