Possessive vs contraction | A2 Level
Read this sentence. What feels wrong?
Your welcome! Its a beautiful day.
What's the correction?
You're welcome! It's a beautiful day.
Your/Its = possession (your book, its colour). You're/It's = you are / it is (contractions).
The apostrophe shows a missing letter: you're = you ARE, it's = it IS. No apostrophe = possession.
your house
your name
its colour
its purpose
whose book?
you're = you are
you're welcome
it's = it is
it's raining
who's = who is
1. _____ a great teacher. (= you are)
2. Is this _____ bag? (= belonging to you)
3. _____ raining outside. (= it is)
4. The cat licked _____ paw. (= belonging to it)
Complete these without help.
1. Correct: 'Your the best!'
2. Correct: 'The dog wagged it's tail.'
3. Correct: 'Its a nice day.'
4. Write: 'belong to you + be amazing'