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Spell Bee Word: Its


What does its mean?

Word: Its

Part of Speech: Determiner

Meaning: Its means belonging to it. The dog wagged its tail.

Sounds like: it's (A short way of writing it is.)

How do you spell its?

Syllables: its

Tricky part: Its has no apostrophe when it means belonging to it. It's, with an apostrophe, means it is.

Watch out for: itts, itss, ihts

Memory tip: His has no apostrophe, and nor does its. His tail, its tail.

Its in a sentence

Example 1: The bird flapped its wings.

Example 2: The cat licked its paw.

Example 3: The tree lost its leaves.

Fun Fact

In the 1600s and 1700s many writers put an apostrophe in it's tail. Its with no apostrophe became the rule in the 1800s.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Magic

Choose the correctly spelt magical word:

a) its
b) itz

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a) its. Its ends with s, just like his.

Letter Treasure

Fill in the missing vowel:

_ts

a) e
b) i

Show answer

b) i. Its starts with i, just like the word it.

Word Link Express

Continue the word chain:

its ---> sad ---> ____

a) sun
b) doll

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b) doll. Sad ends with d, so doll fits next. Sun starts with s, where sad starts.

Rhyme Chime

Choose the word that rhymes with its.

a) cats
b) sits

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b) sits. Sits sounds like its at the end; cats does not.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. You use its to talk about something that belongs to ____.

a) your mother
b) a toy or a pet
c) your teacher
d) your best friend

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b) a toy or a pet

2. The kite lost its tail. Whose tail was it?

a) the kite's
b) the wind's
c) a boy's
d) a girl's

Show answer

a) the kite's

Associated Words

tenhitmencarbox
cublegwetaskcap

Next steps

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