UPCAT English practice question 22: ______ almost midnight, and the old generator has finally lost ______ power.
Correct answer
C. It's, its
"It's" is the contraction of "it is"; "its" is the possessive pronoun and never takes an apostrophe.
The question
______ almost midnight, and the old generator has finally lost ______ power.
- Option A: Its, it's
- Option B: Its, its
- Option C: It's, itsCorrect
- Option D: It's, it's
Why C is correct
"It's" is the contraction of "it is"; "its" is the possessive pronoun and never takes an apostrophe.
Why the other options are wrong
- A Its, it's
- Reverses both. The first blank needs "it is", the second needs a possessive.
- B Its, its
- Correct for the second blank but leaves the first without a verb.
- D It's, it's
- Correct for the first blank, but the second would read "the generator has lost it is power".