Homophones are words that are pronounced exactly  the same way. They just have different spellings  

and different meanings. Our words today are: 

its: the possessive pronoun and it's: the contraction of it is

So let's take a look at these words. They're  actually spelled the same we just have that  

little apostrophe that makes it different. So  to say these words correctly we're going to  

start with that short ih sound. To make  this sound, your mouth is going to be  

relatively relaxed, it is slightly open, and  you can see the tip of my tongue just behind  

the top front teeth. It is not touching.  You can see it like right here.

ih ih ih

If you close your mouth more and you  smile, e, and your mouth becomes tense  

you're going to have that e sound. So  just relax your mouth a little bit.

My tongue is still relatively flat in  my mouth. But the difference between the  

e and the ih that I can feel my tongue relaxing,  and instead of having my tongue completely flat  

for that e, it's going to pop down a little  bit. And I can feel relaxation in the middle  

of my tongue there. Then we're going to move  to that t sound. To do this, touch the tip of  

your tongue to the back of your top front teeth.  Air puffs out. Then pull the tip of your tongue  

down. It can actually be pointing all the way down  into the bottom of your mouth. That is totally  

fine. Just as long as that air keeps moving out  for that s sound. Let's put it all together.

it's it's it's it's it's it's

Some of you may be asking, but what  about eats? Doesn't it sound like  

eats? It's a little bit different. The e is  the sound that we just talked about which is  

super flat tongue, which is really high in  your mouth, and smiling lips that are tense.

eats eats eats

Relax the mouth. Relax the tongue.

it's it's it's

And now for a sentence: That box, yes, it's on its side.

Give it a try I know people are going to notice  the difference. If you found this helpful,  

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