Toefl exam Essentials

Troublesome Pronouns
Its/It’s
Its means “belonging to it.”
The dog wagged its tail.
It’s is a contraction for “it is.”
It’s time to go. (It is time to
go.)
Your/You are
Your means “belonging to 
Your phone is ringing.
you.”
You are is a contraction for 
You’re right about that. (You 
“you are.”
are right . . . )
Their/They’re/There
Their means “belonging to 
Their plane is ready for 
them.”
take-off.
They’re is a contraction for 
They’re going to miss the 
“they are.”
plane. (They are going . . . )
There is an adverb describing There goes the plane!
where an action takes place.
Whose/Who’s
Whose means “belonging 
Whose sweater is this?
to whom.”
Who’s is a contraction for 
Who’s coming to dinner? 
“who is” or “who has.”
(Who is coming to dinner?)
Who/That/Which
Who refers to people.
The man who fixes my car
has retired.
That refers to things.
This is the car that I told you
about.
Which introduces clauses 
The band, which started out
that are not essential to the 
in Boston, is now famous in
information in the sentence, Europe and Japan.
unless they refer to people.
Maya, who plays in the 
In that case, use who.
band, lives upstairs.

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