# 2022/3/23 1. While she was tidying up her room she found some old photos. = Tidying up her room, she found some old photos. 2. He was a good boy and helped his mother in the kitchen. = Helping his mother in the kitchen, he was a good boy. = Being a good boy, he helped his mother is/am/are/was/were = be I am happy. To be happy, I .... 3. He was tired and refused to help his mother in the kitchen. = (Being) tired, he refused to help his mother in the kitchen. – ***It’s*** is a contraction that means both it is and it has. – ***Its*** is used to indicate possession. – ***Its’*** is not a word. It's vs Its https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/exercises/ItsIt%27sExercise2.aspx 1. I hope that it's not too late to get to the meeting on time. 2. The tree in the back yard has finally lost all of its leaves. 3. The car is so noisy because its muffler fell off. 4. It's been almost forty years since you have traveled to your hometown. 5. Nobody thinks that it's a good idea to talk to Bob right now. 6. Everyone knows that it's his fault. 7. Why did the television lose its audio signal? 8. Unfortunately, it's going to take a long time to solve this problem. 9. A small plane lost its landing gear as the plane took off. 10. All things considered, it's taken much too long to finish this work.