Last week we talked about contractions – words made from shortening two words into one.
It is can be shortened into it’s.
It is time for lunch. It’s time for lunch.
The pronoun its is a possessive pronoun when it owns something.
The cat chased its tail. The cat licked its fur.
The contraction for it is uses an apostrophe to show that the letter i has been taken out.
The word it’s with an apostrophe really means it is.
The word its without an apostrophe is a pronoun showing ownership.
The contraction it’s uses an apostrophe to show where the letter i was bumped out.
It’s actually means it is. Do not use an apostrophe in the possessive pronoun its.