D3 ENGLISH: ITS vs IT'S

10th May 2021

ITS versus IT'S

 - ITS menunjukkan KEPUNYAAN.  Sesuatu/seseorang yang menjadi kepunyaan kepada SESUATU BENDA/OBJEK.  

tips:   Pikir satu benda, dan apa yang menjadi kepunyaan benda tu kita gunakan its.

The cat is mine and ITS kittens are very cute. (anak kucing kepunyaan kucing itu)

I watched a movie and its director is Christopher Nolan.

I watch a very interesting program on tv but its script is bad. (the script BELONGS to the movie)

- IT’S = ‘IT IS’ (keadaan sesuatu).    

IT’S hot today and I am very thirsty. 

Sentence samples:

ITS

- The car is nice and ITS key is on my desk. (its key = kunci kereta)

- She gave me a book and ITS cover is very beautiful. (its cover = kulit buku)

- That computer was broken and ITS charger is inside my drawer.

-  This house is for sale. You may contact ITS owner if you wish to buy it.

- The camera is expensive and ITS image is marvelous.

- Siti has a cat, its name is Johny.  

- Our school library is small yet its selection of books varies

IT'S

- The dress is mine and IT’S quite expensive. 

- IT’S a very interesting show. 

- The BSH cat is cute but IT'S slightly expensive.

-  IT'S hot and sunny this morning

-  IT'S a funny movie and I can't stop watching it.

- Mummy bakes a cake and it's yummy!

- It's going to rain so you'd better bring an umbrella.

Grammar points:

- SHE GIVES (kalau she, he it, verb dia mesti ada 's' untuk Present tense)

She gives me a blouse...

The school needs to...

- May Allah BLESS you all... lepas 'May'  kita gunakan verb dalam bentuk asal

- We always say it belongs ✔️  not its belong ❌

- a lot of work OR lots of work 

- kalau you mean 'glasses' kena ada 's' ya.. spectacles.

- bila gunakan objek like 'new dress' mesti ada a/the ya... in which case is I bought a new dress...

- you'd = you should; we'd = we should

It's going to rain soon, so we'd better stay indoor.

It's going to rain so you'd better bring an umbrella.

- shine vs shiny

Shine tu kata kerja.    Verb.   The stars shine so gloriously tonight.

Shiny tu kata sifat. Adjective. The shoes are so shiny.