It's or it's? Apostrophe or no apostrophe? Look! The apostrophe is so small but the
difference is so huge. I'm Arnel from Arnel's everyday English and today you
are going to learn how to use these two forms perfectly.
Basics: It's = possessive. It's = it is. It's = it has. When
we have the apostrophe, it's is two words. No apostrophe, it's only one word. Yes, the
pronunciation is the same for all of these. Let's look at the difference
specifically. It's, no apostrophe, is possessive. Let's compare this to other
possessives so you really get a clear idea. My hair
is brown. Your hair is brown. His hair is brown. Her hair is brown. Its hair is
brown. Our hair is brown. Their hair is brown. So you know we use it when we're
speaking about things, objects, or even animals. Of course we can also say his or
her for animals, but sometimes we use it's - it's hair is brown. I have a beautiful
tree in my yard, its leaves are red and gold. The tree's leaves are red and
gold. I watched a great movie last night its ending was very exciting. I don't
like this bag very much its color is a bit weird, the bag's color. I go to a very
expensive gym now its facilities are excellent. The gym's facilities. I've been
to Croatia about four times its coastline is stunning. Croatia's
coastline. So why is this so difficult? It seems easy! Normally when we form the possessive
we add apostrophe s. The tree's leaves. The movie's ending. The bag's color.
Arnel's Everyday English. So you know possessives
we add apostrophe s, but not with it. It's = it is. Wow, it's already 3 o'clock! It
is already 3 o'clock. It's raining = it is raining. It's hard learning a new
language = it is hard learning a new language. I don't like the soup, it's too
salty = it is too salty. My laptop is getting a bit old, it's a bit slow = it is
a bit slow. It's getting a bit colder. Sorry I didn't hear that? It is getting a
bit colder. It's also stands for: it has. We use it has when we form the present
perfect. We form the present perfect have or has + past participle. I have
+ past participle. You have + past participle.
He/she/it has + past participle. etc... So you can see we only use has with: he/
she/it.
What's the past participle? Its verb number 3. Eat/ate/eaten, eaten is the past
participle. Play/played/played, played is a past participle. Verb number 3! It's
been a wonderful vacation = it has been a wonderful vacation. I really love this
book I'm reading, it's given me a new perspective on life =
it has given me. Look at my rose bush it's grown so much in just two weeks =
it has grown. This portrait has been in my family for over three generations it's
lost a lot of its color = it has lost and ooh possessive it's color double it...s. Of
course we can also use it's with the present perfect continuous. Has been +
verb ing. It's been getting colder every day, winter is coming.
It has been. It's been raining so much lately = it has been raining. My computer
hasn't been working very well lately, it's been shutting itself off for some
reason = it has been shutting itself off. So you know it's can mean it has, but we
don't contract it has when we mean possession. For example, this vase has
three flowers. It's three flowers? We say it has three flowers. My new car has two
doors, only two doors. It's two doors? It has two doors.
Well okay, it's been a pleasure, it's time for me to go. I hope you enjoyed this
lesson I hope it's information has been useful
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