The document defines contractions as two words joined together with one or more letters dropped and replaced by an apostrophe. It provides examples of common contractions such as "don't" and "I'll". The text then examines contractions formed from specific words like "have", "had", "will", "are", "is", "not", listing both the full and contracted forms. It concludes by asking the reader to match words to their contractions in a brief quiz.