Often confusing students is the difference between its and it’s. Well, it’s very easy.
Its
It is a possessive pronoun which is used to show possession of non-living things or gender neutral things.
- The girl has hurt her leg.
- The boy has hurt his leg.
- My dog has hurt its leg.
- The child has dropped its milk*
*When the gender of a child is not mentioned, it takes pronoun it.
It’s
It is a contraction or short form for It+is or It+has.
Just like
can’t = can+not
we’ve = we+have
I’d = I+had
similarly,
It’s = It+is/ It+has.
- It’s a beautiful day = It is a beautiful day.
- It’s too far to walk = It is too far to walk.
- It’s a house = It is a house.
- It’s four legs= It has four legs.
See, I told you it’s very easy to note the difference between it’s and its.
Test yourself.
- Joseph’s cat loves _____ fur.
- My child is sleeping on _____bed.
- ____ a very difficult question.
- _____ a bad habit to interrupt elders while they are speaking.
- The lion left _____ footprints in the jungle.
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English Maven by Manpreet 