Grammar: correct use of its and it’s.?

Question

1. There is a horse in the stable.------------speed is very good.

2. There is a horse in the stable. ------------a good runner.

3. The buttetrfly looks pretty. --------------colours are wonderful.

4. The butterfly looks pretty.-----------------colourful.

5. The joker lost his cap------------a long one.

6. The joker lost his cap.------------ length is half metre.

7. The garden is very beautiful. ------------full of flowers.

8. The garden is very beautiful -------------fame is due to the flowers.

9. The pant was drying in the sun. -------------colour faded.

10. The pant was drying in the sun---------------still wet.

11. Swati has a book --------------very costly,

12. The watch has two hands .--------------hands tell the time.

13. the key is in a ring . ---------------ring is small

14. The lunch box is on the table ----------------Meena’s.

15. The coat is white .----------------buttons are black

Answer 1

Here is a simple test: IT'S means IT IS.

ITS is neutral possession.

Put in its as if the word was IT IS

The coat is white. It is buttons are black. OK, that makes it ITS.

I have given you the tools; you do the work

Answer 2

The easiest thing to remember, is that whenever you use " it's ", you could always replace it with " it is ". If it sounds wrong, then you are supposed to use " its ".

So basically,

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Answer 3

it's = it is

its = possession ("of it")

Answer 4

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