A. Read ench sentence. Form a contraction using the two words in parentheses.
White the contraction on the line provided.
1. My uncle (could not find this car in the parking lot.
2. At first, he did not want to call the police.
3. He was not sure about where he had parked it.
4. My father told him he should not) wait to report a.
5. The micers who showed up were not surprised about the missing car.
B. Read each sentence. Correct the double negatives and write the new sentence
on the line provided
&. They hadn't never received so many reports of stolen cars.
7. There hadn't been no reports of a missing car in days, however.
& The oicers didn't waste no time gathering information about the case.
Coprom The
2. The police hadn't caught nobody yet, but they had some leads.
Comparine
10. There wasn't nothing that would keep them from solving the case.

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