EXERCISE 2. CHANGE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CONTRACTIONS TO FORMAL ENGLIS...

5. shouldn’t 10. it’s

The contraction ain’t is considered nonstandard. This means that ain’t should not be

used in either formal or informal English situations. Avoid it.

INSTEAD OF

USE

I ain’t ready. I’m not ready.

or I am not ready.

Ain’t I next? Am I not next?

They ain’t come back. They haven’t come back.

or They have not come back.

Lesson 4 ^Nouns

How many nouns are there in the following sentence?

An old fisherman who had no luck hooked a huge fish that pulled his

boat far out to sea.

Five.