Exercise 3: long/short forms of auxiliary verbs

Short and long forms – multiple-choice test

Difficulty: rather easy (2 of 5)

Choose the corresponding long form (not shortened) of the contracted auxiliary verb given in the sentence.

• Example: “He’ll come back soon.”
  • A. shall
  • B. will → Correct!
  • C. will not

If you still need help with the topic, look at forming short forms of auxiliary verbs again.

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