Time for a quick listening test today.

Listen to me very carefully.

Whose mother is this now?

What am I saying?

Who's or who's what do you think if you don't know or if you have difficulty with who's and who's this video is for you?

Keep on watching.

Mhm.

Hi guys, my name is Fannie and in this video I'm going to explain to you the difference between who's W.

H.

O.

Apostrophe S and who's in one word, W.

H.

O.

S.

E.

Now it's very simple but it's very confusing because they both sound the same.

So even native speakers make a lot of mistakes.

Okay, so listen to me very carefully, it's very simple.

Who's W.

H.

O.

Apostrophe S.

Is the contraction of the verb to be.

So it's actually who is if I say who's on the phone, it's who is on the phone, who's in one word, W.

H.

O.

S.

E.

Is the possessive, it means who does it belong to?

For example, whose bag is this meaning who does this bag belong to?

And you can say it's my bag.

It's your bag.

It's a possessive if you really don't know, just try and replace the S.

Or S.

E.

With the verb to be and see if it works.

If it works, then it's the contraction of the verb to be.

Let's see together with a few examples first, who's calling?

Which one is it?

Is it the contraction of the verb to be or is it the possessive can you say?

Who is calling?

Does that work?

Yes it does.

So it is the contraction of the verb to be, who is calling.

Now a second example, well let's take our very first example whose mother is this?

Which one is it?

Is it the verb to be?

Or is it the possessive can you say?

Who is mother?

Is this?

No, you can't.

It's incorrect.

It's the possessive whose mother is this?

It's my mother.

It's your mother.

It's his mother.

Okay, now one final example, who's in the house?

Come on guys.

Which one is it?

Is it the verb to be?

Or is it the possessive?

It's obviously the verb to be.

You can say who is in the house.

Okay.

I really hope you understand the difference.

It's a very common mistake, but it's not difficult to fix.

Okay, so keep practicing.

Practice Makes perfect.

Thank you for watching guys.

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