English 路 Chapter 1 路 Lesson 28 路 Grammar primer
The possessive house: my, your, his, her
Whose is it? My, your, his, her, its, our and their, and the little 's that says Tom's house.
The short version
His or her comes from the owner
In English, his and her depend on who owns the thing, not on the thing. A man's mother is his mother; a woman's father is her father. Look at the owner and the choice is easy.
Tom and his mother. Ana and her father.
Its or it's: try saying it is
Its and it's sound the same. It's means it is. Its means of it. If you can say it is in the sentence, write it's; if not, write its.
It's late. The dog wants its food.
That's the gist. The full article goes deeper - more examples, the edge cases, the why - and the practice below scores like a vocabulary session and earns the same XP.
Read the full guide (optional) 路 3 min readPractice
Practise this lesson
9-question session
One question at a time, mixed across the exercises in this lesson. Miss one and it comes back round before the end.
English 路 Free printables
Worksheets for this lesson
Worksheets with answer keys built in. Open any one to view, print or save.
Lesson 28 of 35 in this chapter